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  • N NormDroid

    1 Bag of 100x 100mm 20mm Cabie Ties 0.23p GBP - Postage £3.95 GPB (UK Mainland) :omg: :wtf: Why do (Compnaies) sellers insist in charging unreasonable and extortionate postal changes. I can buy the sames good on flea bay (albeit the cost is marginally higher) but the postage is free.

    Two heads are better than one.

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    Electron Shepherd
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    The thing is, the "postage" cost is more than just the face value of the stamps. It also has to cover the cost of the packaging, and time for someone to put your order in the box, go and find the things in the warehouse, etc etc. If this is someone like Screwfix, they are geared up for volume supply. So if someone was buying 500 bags of cable ties, the postage costs would not be 500 times as great. Also, your fuel + parking charges + time to go to the local B&Q and buy them directly would probably be a lot more than £3.95, so you are, on the whole, saving money.

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    • N NormDroid

      1 Bag of 100x 100mm 20mm Cabie Ties 0.23p GBP - Postage £3.95 GPB (UK Mainland) :omg: :wtf: Why do (Compnaies) sellers insist in charging unreasonable and extortionate postal changes. I can buy the sames good on flea bay (albeit the cost is marginally higher) but the postage is free.

      Two heads are better than one.

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      leppie
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      Where do you live that you can't just pick them up at a supermarket or hardware store?

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      • N NormDroid

        1 Bag of 100x 100mm 20mm Cabie Ties 0.23p GBP - Postage £3.95 GPB (UK Mainland) :omg: :wtf: Why do (Compnaies) sellers insist in charging unreasonable and extortionate postal changes. I can buy the sames good on flea bay (albeit the cost is marginally higher) but the postage is free.

        Two heads are better than one.

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        OriginalGriff
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        You got to look closely at flea bay too - I was going to bid on a air staple gun, no bids, 2 hours, 0.99p. Until I saw the postage - £39.99 No f'king way!

        You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy

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        • L leppie

          Where do you live that you can't just pick them up at a supermarket or hardware store?

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          NormDroid
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          Somethings yes, somethings it's worth having it delivered - more time for me and my family.

          Two heads are better than one.

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          • E Electron Shepherd

            The thing is, the "postage" cost is more than just the face value of the stamps. It also has to cover the cost of the packaging, and time for someone to put your order in the box, go and find the things in the warehouse, etc etc. If this is someone like Screwfix, they are geared up for volume supply. So if someone was buying 500 bags of cable ties, the postage costs would not be 500 times as great. Also, your fuel + parking charges + time to go to the local B&Q and buy them directly would probably be a lot more than £3.95, so you are, on the whole, saving money.

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            NormDroid
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            But if it's an item which you get postage charges for is £3.95 and then they post it first class - that in my eyes is a rip off.

            Two heads are better than one.

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            • N NormDroid

              But if it's an item which you get postage charges for is £3.95 and then they post it first class - that in my eyes is a rip off.

              Two heads are better than one.

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              But it isn't postage you are paying for. It's the time and materials to package it. The cost of the 1st class stamp is just one part of that.

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                You got to look closely at flea bay too - I was going to bid on a air staple gun, no bids, 2 hours, 0.99p. Until I saw the postage - £39.99 No f'king way!

                You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy

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                That's having you pants pulled down and your arse spanked good and proper (at least in the days when you could do that).

                Two heads are better than one.

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                • N NormDroid

                  That's having you pants pulled down and your arse spanked good and proper (at least in the days when you could do that).

                  Two heads are better than one.

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                  OriginalGriff
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                  Norm .net wrote:

                  having you pants pulled down and your arse spanked good and proper

                  I understand that such services are still available, from specialist suppliers.

                  You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                  "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    Norm .net wrote:

                    having you pants pulled down and your arse spanked good and proper

                    I understand that such services are still available, from specialist suppliers.

                    You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy

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                    True :)

                    Two heads are better than one.

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                    • N NormDroid

                      True :)

                      Two heads are better than one.

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                      OriginalGriff
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                      Is this from personal experience? On second thoughts - I don't want to know. What you do in the privacy, etc. etc. :laugh:

                      You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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