Really Mckenzie????

George...how funny would it be for someone to photo-shop a big " I love Hillary " sign at his driveway in his avatar. He asked me to be deleted from my "friends" group emails. Didn't want to read any facts about the Democrats...lol. :

 

Hey I feel you pain bro! I got hit with a $11.47 S&H Fee for one single Riffler File that I only needed at the time badly!
You can bet your batootie that I won't ever just order 1 single small item like that itself again! Like it REALLY costed THAT much to ship that 1 small file via USPS or UPS that weighed about 2 ounces? Gimme a break! I wish there was some other supplier that I knew of with much more reasonable shipping fee's. Perhaps Revolution may be...
I started to look, shop and buy some of my goods on eBay at even better prices with FREE shipping - such as 25# of Potter's Clay for $24 with FREE S&H, 100 #22 Scalpel Blades and Scalpel Handle for $8.90! I bought 4 ea Victorinox 3.25" Paring Knife Spear Point Small Black With Clam Pack 47600 for $16.08 + $3.65 S&H Fee! A Wiebe Beaver Knife 4 1/4" Great Knife for Fleshing Beaver & Fish - $14.95 with FREE S&H as well!

It pays to shop!

 

Prime example!

Apoxie® Sculpt - 1# Black. Brand new on eBay - $20.85 with FREE 4-day S&H!
I buy a lot on eBay for my taxidermy needs with superb results! Potters Clay, Scalpel Blades, Pins, Skinning Knives, Bostitch Staples - all brand new and 99% of the time with FREE SHIPPING!
I save a lot of money that way! Have to!

 

Well I contacted McKenzie about socking it to me with that $11.47 UPS shipping charge for 1 mere RIFFLER FILE and told them that if that is how they were going to conduct business with outrageous prices and such - I'd begin (and have already begun) buying as much as I could on eBay for the SAME THING with greatly reduced or FREE S&H or I'd find another taxidermy vendor to do business with. That's BS - $11.47 for ONE maybe 4 ounce box of ONE file? Lord God!

They agreed to credit my account $9.00 for that order. Odd isn't it - that they can afford to credit me $9 BACK on S&H? Which tells me I was WAY overcharged for S&H in the FIRST PLACE!

 

Revolution is one of the highest on " extra " shipping fees, if not the highest. Also the poorest I've dealt with as far as getting orders correct. After 5 years of screwed up orders, over paying for shipping and products, a screwed up discount policy, a " Revolution glue sticker " placed over a Roman 555 label on 5 gallons of glue then charged $165 dollars for what I could have bought down the road at Sherwin Williams for $85 dollars, and a whole list of short comings to long to type out for fear of typer's cramp, I don't deal with them unless it's completely unavoidable...

On the bright side, I do think they offer speedy now , but you better ask em' for it.

 

I ordered a small rock and a set of bobcat eyes...Shipping was $33.50 I called them up and asked why it was so much and they ended up refunded me about 1/2. They separated my order and shipping on the bobcat eyes was like $13 through UPS. she said if i would have selected the regular usps it would have cost $1.50 for shipping. I told her if I order any thing else through them I will just call it in to make sure i can get the best shipping deal.

 

Agreed! That's Highway Robbery IMHO and just plain taking advantage of someone as well. Not very good business practices the way I see it.

Looking at other suppliers at this time if every time I place a order with them I have to SPECIFY in the comment section 'Ship cheapest way.'

That's BS. You mean to tell me no one there thought that $11.47 was OUTRAGEOUS for shipping ONE (1) FILE?

 

Yikes! Think I'll stick with McKenzie then no matter what!
WOW that sure sucks!
I sure won't be buying from Revolution then!

 

Don't be fooled.

You didn't get free shipping just ask George...even though you saved $16 + shipping...so if that was all you ordered you saved approx $30 total $$...HOWEVER...shipping was NOT FREE, they figured it in their bottom line.

Understand??

 

I'm not sure how this happens because I've had good luck with Mckenzie. NOW GRANTED, I live an hour from them.

But yesterday I needed to order three sets of eyes. That's it. That's a big no-no for me, I won't normally order just a few tiny items because I'm afraid of being hit with these so called high shipping charges for a small item.

I asked them to ship the cheapest way, and they shipped them in a tiny USPS manilla envelope for a total of $2.50 s/h. I can live with that!

 

It cost me $120 to ship 2 McKenzie boxes to Idaho from MN, I know I didn't pay even half that to get those boxes of forms and supplies here from McKenzie. Shipping is expensive...... Figure it in your prices.....

 

I'v never been hit with what I would consider outrageous shipping charges from Mckenzie but I always put in the notes to ship cheapest carrier. I'v gotten Mckenzie shipments from every shipping company depending on what I'v ordered.

 

The thread that never dies......

 

;D Never!

I had to laugh when I received this package today. Made me think of this thread.

A back ordered item from Tackle Warehouse...Box 6x8x4.. 1 item pack of (2) hooks. They stuffed the box with paper and laid the item on top. ;D
I have a question for the shipping guru's....This is straight off their website- Guaranteed Lowest Prices-Free Ground shipping on orders over $50.- $5 2-Day shipping on orders over $50. - $10 overnight shipping on orders over $50.

I took advantage of the "free shipping". My questions- If I ordered less than $50, say only $47 and it wasn't free. Am I paying for shipping twice?
Also, if they guarantee the lowest prices and I pay more somewhere else. Did I pay for shipping that I didn't receive ? Sounds like theft.

You can't beat Tackle Warehouse shipping. $5 for 2 day. Thats service.

 

This isn't a Mckenzie deal but my wife ordered two pairs of scrub pants from Amazon. They came in a box that was 24"x18"x16". Honestly the could have put another 50 pairs of pants in there no problem. Unbelievable really

 

Businesses actually make a living by "taking advantage" of the customer. If any of you see my Taxi-Tuk tool in the WASCO catalog, you'll see that its nothing more than wire on a file handle. Let me tell you about that file handle. I went to Lowes looking to find a local source for those Lutz handles. When I finally found them at one store, they were $2.50 each. Well, the tool sells for $10 but I have to give a 40% discount to the buyers wholesale. When you add wire, packaging and postage, you're not making enough to buy a soda with that pricing. I went to Ace Hardware. They don't carry Lutz but they did have CHEAP red plastic handles that were $1.50 for two. I just didn't want to use plastic as most of us would shatter that crap after a few uses. On a lark, I tried calling Lutz only to find they no longer exist. The name was taken over by a small New England millwork company that does, however, continue making various sizes and types of ash wood tool handles. I spoke to the lady and she said that she could sell them to me for $1..25, but if I could use a dozen, she'd sell them to me for $7.80. I told her I'd actually like to buy 12 dozen of them. She then told me that any order over a dozen got a larger discount and that she could sell me the files at 35 cents each ($50.40 for a gross) INCLUDING SHIPPING (Notice, she never said "free shipping", she said INCLUDING shipping. So did I stop going to Lowes? Not likely. But you need to know that if you buy a Lutz file handle there, Lowes is making $2.15 on every 35 cent file handle.

 

But George, I thought we were in business to serve our customers.

 

I'm not the regular manager, the check is in the mail, and the customer is always right. I believe in Sasquatch but doubt there's an Easter bunny or Santa Claus.