Been ripped by AS&S deceptive freight pricing???

On a recent shipment AS&S charged $55 for a shipment that should have cost
approx $31-35 according to UPS. AS&S can't explain the charges nor admit
they are wrong. I suppose they feel UPS is mistaken.

Anyone else experience this deception?


Kenny Danielson, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Yes,
That's why I don't do "verbals" and I print a copy of the order for my
records so WHEN they try to overcharge, a quick letter to Visa fixes
everything!

Larry

"Kenny Danielson" wrote in message
ink.net...
On a recent shipment AS&S charged $55 for a shipment that should have cost
approx $31-35 according to UPS. AS&S can't explain the charges nor admit
they are wrong. I suppose they feel UPS is mistaken.

Anyone else experience this deception?


Kenny Danielson, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

There are some who make that extra profit by gouging
on shipping. On a $1900 order and a company charged me
$30 for UPS ground shipping - about 5lbs. I complained and
they refunded $10.

There are some companies that are real honest with shipping:
Wicks Aircraft - often almost to the penny. Van's aircraft parts
they charged me only $4 for shipping a $1800 order UPS ground.

----------------------------------------------------------
Paul Lee, SQ2000 canard project: www.abri.com/sq2000


"Kenny Danielson" wrote in message link.net...
On a recent shipment AS&S charged $55 for a shipment that should have cost
approx $31-35 according to UPS. AS&S can't explain the charges nor admit
they are wrong. I suppose they feel UPS is mistaken.

Anyone else experience this deception?


Kenny Danielson, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

From my invoice copies her is my list of comparitive shipping charges
by companies:

Lowest shipping charges:
------------------------
Vans aircraft - $4 handling charge
Wicks aircraft - at or near cost
Sacramento Sky Ranch (free)
Digi-Key - cost
foamresource.com - free
KLS Composites - free most time
Dynon Avionics - near cost
RST Engineering - near cost
Sky Ox - near cost
Southeast Aerospace - free

Medium:
-------
KRN Aviation
Chief Aircraft

High:
-----
Aircraft Spruce
Woolf Aircraft
Velocity
Eastern Avionics

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Note: USPS priority is really fast and cheap for
small items. But some companies will not ship via
USPS. Many of them insist on shipping by UPS with
no other choices.

----------------------------------------------------
Paul Lee, SQ2000 canard project: www.abri.com/sq2000

For medium weight (1-4 pounds) parcels, FedEx ground is eating the competition
alive. We are gearing up to ship this way.

Jim


(Paul Lee)
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Note: USPS priority is really fast and cheap for
-small items. But some companies will not ship via
-USPS. Many of them insist on shipping by UPS with
-no other choices.

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

FedEx Ground has a new delivery policy here in Huntsville Alabama. If
you live outside of the city, which I do by 1 mile, then they will not
deliver until they have nearly a full load coming that way.

The last FedEx ground package required 11 days to get to me. Their
web page says six days max. The internet said it supposedly rode
around on the truck for five days because there was no one here to
receive it which was total bull crap. I finally got on the phone and
they said they would deliver the next day. It did not show up the
next day so I got on the phone again and did not take their promise to
deliver the next day for an answer. After being on the phone for 15
minutes the package was located at the local fright office where it
had been for 5 days. I drove over there and picked it up.

I got the real story from a UPS driver a few days later. It
seems that UPS tried to do the same bone headed thing a couple of
years ago with the result that they lost customers and stopped that
policy. Now it is FedEx's turn to learn.

John

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:39:52 -0700, Jim Weir wrote:

For medium weight (1-4 pounds) parcels, FedEx ground is eating the competition
alive. We are gearing up to ship this way.

Jim


(Paul Lee)
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Note: USPS priority is really fast and cheap for
-small items. But some companies will not ship via
-USPS. Many of them insist on shipping by UPS with
-no other choices.

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

The internet said it supposedly rode
around on the truck for five days because there was no one here to
receive it which was total bull crap.

Sounds like our FedX ground, and I'm in the city limits. They still can't find
my shop (2 ft tall address, one block long street, no North, South, Way, Blvd,
RD etc.).

The "regular" FedX here is first rate. Why the disparity I can't say.

There are some companies that are real honest with shipping:
It's not that difficult to put a script in the order page of your site that
goes to UPS and gets the actual shipping costs.

We just put one in www.BackWoodsMetalArt.com for one of our clients and they
are very happy with it.

Larry






"Paul Lee" wrote in message
om...
There are some who make that extra profit by gouging
on shipping. On a $1900 order and a company charged me
$30 for UPS ground shipping - about 5lbs. I complained and
they refunded $10.

There are some companies that are real honest with shipping:
Wicks Aircraft - often almost to the penny. Van's aircraft parts
they charged me only $4 for shipping a $1800 order UPS ground.

----------------------------------------------------------
Paul Lee, SQ2000 canard project: www.abri.com/sq2000


"Kenny Danielson" wrote in message
link.net...
On a recent shipment AS&S charged $55 for a shipment that should have
cost
approx $31-35 according to UPS. AS&S can't explain the charges nor admit
they are wrong. I suppose they feel UPS is mistaken.

Anyone else experience this deception?


Kenny Danielson, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Deception? Did they say one thing, do another, and try to hide the facts?

Some companies ship free. Some add the amount they are charged, and some
figure the total cost, including packaging, labor, and paperwork. If a
company offers 'free' shipping and charges the same price for shipped
goods that it does for 'counter' customers, then the counter customers
are subsidizing the shipping. Also, the regional purchasers are
subsidizing shipping for the cross country customers...

I, and most people I know consider the delivered cost of the goods when
making decisions purchasing. Sure, Spruce is cheaper in Russia but
who wants to pay the freight?

-t


Kenny Danielson wrote:
On a recent shipment AS&S charged $55 for a shipment that should have cost
approx $31-35 according to UPS. AS&S can't explain the charges nor admit
they are wrong. I suppose they feel UPS is mistaken.

Anyone else experience this deception?


Kenny Danielson, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

FWIW, mypilotstore.com charged less than five bucks to UPS a kid's
jacket and some knicknacks - very reasonable IMO. They don't sell
spruce, though. :-D


You should get a commercial account with UPS or Fed ex, even if u do a very
large volume 5.00 is still partionally subsided by the store.