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Gee freight has gone up

Post by JimTom » 09 Oct 2020, 9:54 am

Ordered a few projectiles today and was surprised at the increase in freight compared to last time.
Last time I paid $20 freight and now it’s up to $33 in a fairly short time frame.
Not that it’s a deal breaker, still ends up being cheap, was just surprised how quickly it had increased.
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Re: Gee freight has gone up

Post by deye243 » 10 Oct 2020, 1:19 am

I think they are stooging you with a handling fee
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Post by TassieTiger » 10 Oct 2020, 4:22 am

Yeah but for the extra money your going to get it soo much faster....ummm...hang on...no. I mean they are going to hold on to it linger to quality control it - then Aust post are going to send it to 5 wrong cities before...getting it to the correct one.
It all costs money ya know!
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Post by JimTom » 10 Oct 2020, 6:30 am

Yeah mate I think you’re right. Definitely wouldn’t cost that much to send it up.
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Post by straightshooter » 10 Oct 2020, 6:44 am

Have you been to the hardware chain that has swallowed up all the rest of the hardware business lately.
I went recently to buy some small items and they all seem to have doubled or nearly doubled in price.
I think we are in for some fun times.
I hope you all have stocked up on useful consumables.
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Post by eddievic » 10 Oct 2020, 7:30 am

TassieTiger wrote:Yeah but for the extra money your going to get it soo much faster....ummm...hang on...no. I mean they are going to hold on to it linger to quality control it - then Aust post are going to send it to 5 wrong cities before...getting it to the correct one.
It all costs money ya know!



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Post by eddievic » 10 Oct 2020, 7:33 am

straightshooter wrote:Have you been to the hardware chain that has swallowed up all the rest of the hardware business lately.
I went recently to buy some small items and they all seem to have doubled or nearly doubled in price.
I think we are in for some fun times.
I hope you all have stocked up on useful consumables.


Yep i noticed that too, i get those coreflute sheets used to be 8 bucks now 12. Almost feels like evening is up by a couple of dollars.

Even aldi/coles/woollies are in this play. Our weekly shopping cart is up 15-20%
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Post by trekin » 10 Oct 2020, 7:43 am

eddievic wrote:
straightshooter wrote:Have you been to the hardware chain that has swallowed up all the rest of the hardware business lately.
I went recently to buy some small items and they all seem to have doubled or nearly doubled in price.
I think we are in for some fun times.
I hope you all have stocked up on useful consumables.


Yep i noticed that too, i get those coreflute sheets used to be 8 bucks now 12. Almost feels like evening is up by a couple of dollars.

Even aldi/coles/woollies are in this play. Our weekly shopping cart is up 15-20%

eddievic wrote:
TassieTiger wrote:Yeah but for the extra money your going to get it soo much faster....ummm...hang on...no. I mean they are going to hold on to it linger to quality control it - then Aust post are going to send it to 5 wrong cities before...getting it to the correct one.
It all costs money ya know!



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Re: Gee freight has gone up

Post by TassieTiger » 10 Oct 2020, 8:08 am

eddievic wrote:
TassieTiger wrote:Yeah but for the extra money your going to get it soo much faster....ummm...hang on...no. I mean they are going to hold on to it linger to quality control it - then Aust post are going to send it to 5 wrong cities before...getting it to the correct one.
It all costs money ya know!



:drinks: you been on the piss last night mate, i see a few spelling mistakes coming up


It’s autocorrect but whilst on the subject of spelling and grammar...where’s your question mark ? “Mistakes coming up “ - is hardly the best way to describe your intent...
Now if everything was fine in the evening, you could linger longer...cheers Trek.
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Re: Gee freight has gone up

Post by marksman » 10 Oct 2020, 10:43 am

eddievic wrote:
TassieTiger wrote:Yeah but for the extra money your going to get it soo much faster....ummm...hang on...no. I mean they are going to hold on to it linger to quality control it - then Aust post are going to send it to 5 wrong cities before...getting it to the correct one.
It all costs money ya know!



:drinks: you been on the piss last night mate, i see a few spelling mistakes coming up


and when you get it back you will cry victim, silly fool l will give you the advice l gave you on another thread again, clearer l hope this time :wtf:

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Post by marksman » 10 Oct 2020, 10:49 am

l haven't seen the freight charges go up but have seen the amount of time to get things delivered has doubled at least
covid has worked out good for the post office and customs

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l had to edit because Jane actually said "l just think that um, covid is god's gift to the left, chuckle" :lol:
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Post by eddievic » 10 Oct 2020, 6:01 pm

Lol i find it funny how MM comes to assistance of TT when the poor guy is in trouble. :sarcasm:

So MM i hear you are now a professional shooter :allegedly:
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Post by TassieTiger » 10 Oct 2020, 6:09 pm

eddievic wrote:Lol i find it funny how MM comes to assistance of TT when the poor guy is in trouble. :sarcasm:

So MM i hear you are now a professional shooter :allegedly:


Mate - sometimes it’s better to keep your mouth closed and let the world think your a dikwad, rather than reply stupidly and confirm it.
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