Posting costs from U.K. Airsoft Shops

[novioman]

I don’t mind paying £10- £12 for delivery if I’am buying a large item, but if buying a small light item which I did, it’s ridiculous to my mind.
Just purchased a Glock mag, could only find it in stock in Landwarrior, mag £39.99, postage £10 by DPD.
Was about to order and I though sod it I will check overseas, got one from JK army, delivered for £40.
Another shop 30 miles from me won’t post anything for less than £12.
If I was to post a mag it would be £3.55 tracked by RM.
Don’t know how others feel, perhaps you don’t mind, but seems a rip off to me.

 

[BigStew]

How much does the packaging cost? how much is the labour to pick package and label the item?

 

[LMKipper]

This is a tough one - a mate ran a small retail business that did a bit of online retail. Barely seemed worth it.

15 minutes to get the item, find a box, print the label and pack it is £4 in wages. Plus the cost of the box, packing materials and postage. It's easy to see a small business spending a tenner posting something out.

By the time you've taken the VAT & payment provider fees off a £30 mag then the cost to buy it they'd be lucky to have a fivers profit in it. If they subsidise that postage rate, their profit has vanished.

 

[woody_2231]

UK economy in a nutshell.

Everything overpriced on a customer pov and small businesses getting messed up by VAT.

Shops like Fire support shows the price excluding VAT, without it it looks reasonable, but then looks like a rip off with tax.

Buying any airsoft parts overseas is always going to be cheaper than uk shops. it's sad and annoying but it's how it is.

 

[novioman]

I don’t know the mark up on goods for airsoft, but my own opinion is that’s it’s not really on to make profit on posting costs. Small item, Jiffy bag, tracked 48hr. £3.55.

 

[LMKipper]

Who said they're making a profit? It costs you £4 to post it out, but if you charged yourself for that time it would be double that easily.
The point of my post is that it will likely cost them a tenner to post the item out.

 

[novioman]

Who said they're making a profit? It costs you £4 to post it out, but if you charged yourself for that time it would be double that easily.
The point of my post is that it will likely cost them a tenner to post the item out.

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I don’t agree with you, but that’s fine. Purchased a SRC Giga Target System the other day, whacking great box, 48 hour tracked. Delivery free.
Some can do it, so why can’t others at least just charge the actual cost. If they can’t I won’t buy from them. If people don’t mind paying extra as you obviously don’t, then that’s o.k.

 

[BigStew]

I don’t agree with you, but that’s fine. Purchased a SRC Giga Target System the other day, whacking great box, 48 hour tracked. Delivery free.
Some can do it, so why can’t others at least just charge the actual cost. If they can’t I won’t buy from them. If people don’t mind paying extra as you obviously don’t, then that’s o.k.

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Then the price of shipping and prep was calculated in the price.

 

[novioman]

Possibly, but got it for a good price.