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<blockquote data-quote="cachsux" data-source="post: 993250" data-attributes="member: 5529"><p>Ok, to take it further. Let's pick Midas Mufflers. Franchises all across the country. You roll your car into one store and it's $300 for an exhaust. The store in the next town over it's $400. Prices set by the franchisee for "labor and fabrication,etc". If ,at either store, you ask upfront for an estimate you can give the ok if your are satisfied. If you look at the bill after the fact and are unhappy would you go on a Midas employee website and proclaim your car sabotaged by unreasonable labor costs at that one particular store and expect satisfaction from the parent company? You mentioned McD's. Part of their franchise is the across the board pricing consistency across the country. Not every company has the same pricing built into it's franchise contract. The cost of the shipping might be the same, the cardboard box the same. But the cost of my "expertise" in packaging your item is set by myself and I'm not cheap. As I said, I'll put a paycheck on the fact your friend did not say "How much will it cost" beforehand. Plus, if the cost was so outrageous, why was it not disputed at the time of payment? Their arm was not bent behind their back. They are responsible in the actions they chose.</p><p></p><p>As an example I placed an order with a company since my first post. The prices of what I ordered are consistent across the country. The shipping however is set by the store that I ordered from. I could choose between free shipping that'll take a week to get here (thanks FedEx surepost) or for $21 I could get it in 3 BUSINESS days. Now what I ordered altogether weighs less than 2 lbs and a small box is only a dollar so $21 is outrageous for that level of shipping. Obviously the rest is profit. I chose the free shipping before I hit the submit button on the order. Now when it takes a bit longer than what I want to get here I'll just have to accept responsibility in my choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cachsux, post: 993250, member: 5529"] Ok, to take it further. Let's pick Midas Mufflers. Franchises all across the country. You roll your car into one store and it's $300 for an exhaust. The store in the next town over it's $400. Prices set by the franchisee for "labor and fabrication,etc". If ,at either store, you ask upfront for an estimate you can give the ok if your are satisfied. If you look at the bill after the fact and are unhappy would you go on a Midas employee website and proclaim your car sabotaged by unreasonable labor costs at that one particular store and expect satisfaction from the parent company? You mentioned McD's. Part of their franchise is the across the board pricing consistency across the country. Not every company has the same pricing built into it's franchise contract. The cost of the shipping might be the same, the cardboard box the same. But the cost of my "expertise" in packaging your item is set by myself and I'm not cheap. As I said, I'll put a paycheck on the fact your friend did not say "How much will it cost" beforehand. Plus, if the cost was so outrageous, why was it not disputed at the time of payment? Their arm was not bent behind their back. They are responsible in the actions they chose. As an example I placed an order with a company since my first post. The prices of what I ordered are consistent across the country. The shipping however is set by the store that I ordered from. I could choose between free shipping that'll take a week to get here (thanks FedEx surepost) or for $21 I could get it in 3 BUSINESS days. Now what I ordered altogether weighs less than 2 lbs and a small box is only a dollar so $21 is outrageous for that level of shipping. Obviously the rest is profit. I chose the free shipping before I hit the submit button on the order. Now when it takes a bit longer than what I want to get here I'll just have to accept responsibility in my choice. [/QUOTE]
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