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<blockquote data-quote="david cassin" data-source="post: 330743" data-attributes="member: 6013"><p>when petrol/diesel goes up at the petrol stations the ordinary folk have to pay and have no problem.they know that ups with its large fleet of vans/trucks & planes have to pay more for fuel as the price rises also.the bigger companies like amazon charge the customer 30-40 or more $ for shipping and get it off of ups for 10-15 so they make on the shipping.they buy the books,cd's all in bulk for a low value and charge the customer a few more dollars than what they bought<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /> it for.</p><p>theres a shipper in the usa that ships shoes all over the world i see their invoices and they are charging 20-30 for a pair of shoes and 100 $ for shipping...now ye all know that as they are giving ups x amount of pkgs per day they are on 40 maybe mor % discount so they are well able to soak up fuel surcharges and still make a profit..</p><p>i have to laugh at people saying usa is in recession,our business coming into ireland is up major for this time of year,i know well the $ is great at the moment for us europeans but you would swear that money wa going out of fashion for the amount i see being spent on our irish imports.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="david cassin, post: 330743, member: 6013"] when petrol/diesel goes up at the petrol stations the ordinary folk have to pay and have no problem.they know that ups with its large fleet of vans/trucks & planes have to pay more for fuel as the price rises also.the bigger companies like amazon charge the customer 30-40 or more $ for shipping and get it off of ups for 10-15 so they make on the shipping.they buy the books,cd's all in bulk for a low value and charge the customer a few more dollars than what they bought:happy-very: it for. theres a shipper in the usa that ships shoes all over the world i see their invoices and they are charging 20-30 for a pair of shoes and 100 $ for shipping...now ye all know that as they are giving ups x amount of pkgs per day they are on 40 maybe mor % discount so they are well able to soak up fuel surcharges and still make a profit.. i have to laugh at people saying usa is in recession,our business coming into ireland is up major for this time of year,i know well the $ is great at the moment for us europeans but you would swear that money wa going out of fashion for the amount i see being spent on our irish imports. [/QUOTE]
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