topic Re: RISING SHIPPING PRICES in Q Talk

RISING SHIPPING PRICES

greyexplorer — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:59:09 GMT

Please note that s/h changes on the TSV (Halston faux suede jacket) is $5.00 vs. the $3.00 that was rolled out for most clothing when they restructured s/h fees (after taking away reduced shipping on multiple items and no longer refunding original s/h fees). They giveth and then taketh away and then some. S/H is creeping up - in many cases what used to be $3.00 is now $3.50 and what used to be $5.00 is now $5.50. Just beware.

Re: RISING SHIPPING PRICES

KYToby — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 22:21:50 GMT

The shipping changes went into effect almost 18 months ago. Did you expect them to remain the same forever even though the prices of most things we purchase (from QVC and elsewhere) have gone up?

When was the last time you personally shipped a package? You probably paid a lot more than QVC charges, and the cost for QVCnalso include pakaging, labor, and insurance. In reality, it's really a bargain.

Re: RISING SHIPPING PRICES

Zita — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 00:42:40 GMT

@KYToby This kind of defensive post makes me suspect -- someone or someone's relative works for the Q.

As a matter of fact, I do think shipping costs should go down -- in view of the tough competition out there in retail land, most companies are jumping on the "free S/H"

bandwagon. It's all absorbed into the higher prices as it is.

Re: RISING SHIPPING PRICES

Nataliesgramma — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 09:28:56 GMT

My only beef with their shipping is when you buy multiples of the same thing and are charged shipping on each one.

Re: RISING SHIPPING PRICES

seaBreeze — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:39:55 GMT

@Zita wrote:
@KYToby This kind of defensive post makes me suspect -- someone or someone's relative works for the Q.

As a matter of fact, I do think shipping costs should go down -- in view of the tough competition out there in retail land, most companies are jumping on the "free S/H"
bandwagon. It's all absorbed into the higher prices as it is.

@Zita All of KY`T's posts are defensive and usually offensive. We are used to it, and discard any opinions given by this person.

Re: RISING SHIPPING PRICES

Zita — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:31:52 GMT

@seaBreeze Thanks! I did not realize that!

Re: RISING SHIPPING PRICES

qbetzforreal — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:58:47 GMT

The new rates have always been 3.00 or 5.00. What rate is charged depends on the item. However, I did notice the .50 increase.

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shopQVConline — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:37:19 GMT

QVC has to realize that Amazon Prime is competition for some of what it sells. For example, Amazon sells many of the shoes and handbags QVC does. BUT, Amazon Prime has free two-day shipping. The same thing from QVC probably costs $5 to ship and arrives in a week or more. QVC needs to look at lowering, not raising, its shipping prices and speeding up the shipping department.

Re: RISING SHIPPING PRICES

Tennisbum — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 20:57:17 GMT

This is why I have bought less from QVC. I saw an item I wanted the other day at a decent price but the shipping handling was way too much for me to buy the item.

Re: RISING SHIPPING PRICES

WSfan — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 01:01:15 GMT

If I'm being charged full shipping when I order more than one of the same item, then I expect both to be shipped in separate boxes, not both in the same box. If you are going to do that, then reduce my S&H charges on one item. I received one item as described here. There have been times that I have thought twice about ordering items because of the S&H charges. And yes, S&H are slowly creeping up, fifty cents here, 50 cents there, will soon turn into a dollar. So much for the reduced rates.

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laluzdelmundo — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:16:39 GMT

Not only do I occasionally receive 2 items in one package/2 shipping charges, but 2 items I bought earlier this year now have $5.50 shipping where they originally were $5.00. When I went to the post office earlier this month (Oct. 2016), I asked if shipping charges had increased this year. The postal employee said they hadn't.

Now let's look at "the Southern channel," as some refer to it. Today I received a $10 off coupon from them, the 3rd I received this year. The last few items ordered from them were free shipping, e.g. a pair of mocassins, some Serious Skincare and vitamins. Free shipping and $10 off? QVC is definitely going the opposite way. Oh, well, just a different business paradigm for their marketing experts.

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fairymom — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:32:47 GMT

Well, QVC also has accounts with UPS and USPS and with the amount of packages sent out they get a 'deep' discount on shipping charges so it costs them nowhere near the same amount to ship as you would pay taking it to the post office or ups. By the time you pay the initial shipping charge, if you return an item you not only lose that charge but also have to pay the $6.95 or higher return fee for using their label (which is always through usps instead of ups) so it takes forever for it to reach them and then another forever for them to put through the credit. Their packaging has also gotten pretty bad (and cheap) and half the time the box is crushed and coming apart. There are other home shopping networks that have better prices on shipping, many times it is free shipping and the easy pays are better (they have more pays and on almost everything). Just saying.

Re: RISING SHIPPING PRICES

MomCat — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:59:23 GMT

@Nataliesgramma wrote:
My only beef with their shipping is when you buy multiples of the same thing and are charged shipping on each one.

Yes. Which was the whole point in setting those lower S&H prices. If they are increasing, they need to go back to multiple shipping pricing. Looks like they want to test the market on this first.