@pingpong517 wrote:
@castlemagicmemories wrote:
In the case of "free" shipping, there is no way the buyer can request combined shipping to save on their shipping cost. The seller benefits by getting full price shipping and possibly greater profit.
Another reason why buyers may choose to forego that "free" shipping listing.
WHAT am i missing here? the seller benefits from free shipping, even on multiple items??.. Combine shipping would be free right? so buyer pays nothing more than free on shipping?...AS for what the buyer paid..they paid what they saw in listing and agreed to...seller makes more because it's combine? ok maybe yes because two thing in one box or envelope...BUT SO WHAT?
free shipping is what is the new norm in online retail... free returns too...ebat didn't invent it...or start it..BUT they do suggest it because it is what a person looks at...no matter what each person here thinks...there are too many other sites and companies proving the point.
To clarify, when a seller has free shipping, he builds the cost of that shipping, and anything else he cares to add, into the listing price. So when a buyer buys multiples, they cannot ask for combined shipping, because there is no shipping listed, remember it is "free' (or rather included). So the shipping they pay may be more than if they bought from a listing with shipping specified and they asked if the seller would combine, as when they do the buyer may pay a lower shipping cost. Buyers know this and they may not buy because of it. The point is many buyers know that someone is paying for that "free" shipping and it isn't the seller, it is the buyer. Free shipping really isn't free, it is just hidden shipping. While there are some that do go for free shipping, that in no way means that all buyers do.
