saltwaterfish.com

[mlivvy]

Well the "free shipping" brought me there. And then at checkout...


Pink Square Anthias - Female 24.99 $24.99
Boxes, Packaging, & FedEx Shipping = FREE
Processing Fee = $9.99
Temporary Fuel Charge = $9.99
Live Goods Total = $44.97
Order Grand Total: $44.97


LOL!

[bignick]

that kinda sucks. I was planning on ordering some fish from there. I guess i'll wait and see what the LFS brings in instead.

[dickhordishay]

Yeah, I got the same thing. Free shipping! Weeeee!!!!!

Oh wait, the free shipping is actually costing me 20 bucks!

Not bad I guess, but far from free. And pretty deceptive which makes it even worse!

[coralnut99]

$20 is about a cheap as you can get for a $25 order that probably costs $45 to ship. I'm not gonna defend the way they advertise the free shipping, and leaving out the $20 in extras. I can only wonder how many times this sort of stuff becomes a problem for them. On the flip side, I wouldn't realistically expect anyone to pack one fish and ship it overnight for free. That Anthias should arrive wrapped in dollar bills instead of bubble wrap.

[Dischirm]

and there is a minimum order of $79.00

[mlivvy]

Yeah I wasn't ordering just 1 fish c'mon guys. I was thinking of a school of anthias. But even if there is a $20 charge that still doesn't really make it free shipping. I guess on a $200+ order those charges shouldn't be an issue.

[coralnut99]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11281907#post11281907 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mlivvy
Yeah I wasn't ordering just 1 fish c'mon guys. I was thinking of a school of anthias. But even if there is a $20 charge that still doesn't really make it free shipping. I guess on a $200+ order those charges shouldn't be an issue.

Gottcha. That wasn't clear from the first post. I agree that it isn't the most up-front way of going about it, but $20 for boxing and shipping is still a darn good deal. I think it's more of a "principals" issue than a dollars and cents issue.