On Nov 14, 11:29�pm, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:
> In article . com>,
>
> �Sheldon > wrote:
> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > > I found some and am now arguing about the shipping cost with them. �:-) �
> > > I pointed out a significant error on their website and suggested that,
> > > to express their gratitude they knock off half the shipping cost if I
> > > order 3 jars. �I'm waiting to hear. �:-) � Hope springs eternal. �I
> > > offered her some jam. . .
>
> > What's the web site, what's the significant error, since when are you
> > too cheap to pay shipping... how much shipping on a little powder,
> > can't be nearly as much as to ship jars of jam.
>
> > Sheldon Bahhumbug
>
> Flat rate shipping, $10 for any order under $50. �You have to go a ways
> into it �before finding that out, though, IF you get to the site the way
> I did (a Google search). �My jar of powdered almond extract is 2.9
> ounces and costs $5.79 cents (something like that). �$16 is too much for
> maybe 1/2 cup of product. �And I won't order more unless I know I like
> it. �And I'll never know that because I won't pay $16 to find out. �
> Adams Extracts and Spices (I think). �Their CSR manager pretty much told
> me to like it or lump it. �:-) �Fair enough. �Rules are rules, charges
> are charges. �They just don't explain it very well.

$10 to ship 3 ounces... I woulda told them what they could powder.