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Ebuyer supersaver delivery
Andy wrote:
"Palindrome" wrote in message m... wrote: On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:50:19 +0100, "Andy" wrote: I just don't get this system. They wait until the last day then ship it on a next day delivery :/ This is not my experience. I have had stuff delivered several days earlier than advertised. Yes, the shipping is usually "next day" but that is because the couriers don't offer a choice. I suspect that they charge less if they are not required to deliver within 24 hours. I reckon that ebuyer only has "next day" contracts for outgoing orders. It's all to do with "just in time" ordering and stock levels. If they have a few days before they need to ship, it gives them time to get goods in to meet the orders. If it has to ship immediately on order, it has to be met from existing stock. So, the more customers that take supersaver, the lower they can keep their stock levels and the lower the amount of money they have tied up in inventory. Plus, of course, the extra that people are willing to pay for immediate shippping more than offsets the cost of having to have some stock. If they already have more stock than required to meet the immediate shipping demands that are forecast, they may as well ship it immediately. Otherwise it just needs to be stored, at a cost. Hence why some orders are shipped early. -- Sue Strangely i hadn't considered JIT and the fact they may well indeed only order the items in for supersaver on receipt of the order. You're almost correct, eBuyer's stock levels are correct or at least should be at the time of order. However they do use multiple dropship vendors who's stock levels are also shown. If the dropship vendors despatch the goods directly to you then there is a charge, however if they deliver to eBuyer which is free, they then consolidate the order inhouse. By having supersaver long delivery times this is possible. It also opens the opportunity to manage worksflow, typically Monday & Wednesday are big shipping days for them, having lots of orders that they can ship when they want to means they can bring orders forward & keep the staff busy. |
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Ebuyer supersaver delivery
"Andy" wrote in message
... I just don't get this system. They wait until the last day then ship it on a next day delivery :/ It's similar logic to the second-class post system - exactly the same volume of mail is handled and delivered, but extra work is done separating a fraction and holding it back 24 hours. Amazon use the same system with their free delivery - it's just delayed at their end., Maybe to encourage a few eager people to pay for faster delivery but still encourage cheapskates like me to spend a bit more on the goods.and get over the free delivery threshold. |
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Ebuyer supersaver delivery
I was just thinking how wonderful life was, when "cpemma"
opened his gob and said: Amazon use the same system with their free delivery - it's just delayed at their end., They never used to do this. It seemed to change a few months ago; before that, free delivery was usually next day. -- Cheers, Guy ** Stress - the condition brought about by having to ** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights ** out of someone who richly deserves it. |
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Ebuyer supersaver delivery
On Apr 3, 12:34 pm, "Bob Eager" wrote:
On Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:55:08 UTC, Tim wrote: LSR wrote: Andy wrote: The risk i think for ebuyer is if i were to see the price cheaper elsewhere later in the week i'm likely to want going to cancel the ebuyer order. Ahh but you can't . To quote their Ts & C's "Order Cancellations - You may cancel any item that has not entered the shipping process. Most items enter the shipping process 5 minutes after you place your order. You may cancel entire orders via the Account section within these first 5 minutes. " Distance selling regulations trump their T&Cs, even to the point of return goods after receipt, within a time limit or 7 days. Of course, but you may well have to pay the return postage. That will depend on whether they've covered that in the T&Cs. It'd be interesting to see them try and hold the buyer liable for return postage, on an item which was cancelled days before they shipped it. |
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