You have nothing to be sorry for. It’s all part of the Nachi experience! Members get a little pizzed when they read Nick’s (bragging) posts of how Inspector Outlet pays InterNACHI 10’s of thousands of dollars in fees every month, and then IO has the need to charge exorbitant shipping fee’s. This has been a smelly fish for members to whiff for a long time.
??? So Jeffrey, on top of InspectorOutlet supporting InterNACHI members with hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalty fees every year… you also want them to pay the shipping fees on free stuff too? You do realize that InspectorOutlet processes hundreds of orders a day (that equates to thousands of products being shipped every day). Where would all that money come from?
Are you proposing your fellow members pay USPS, UPS and FedEx on your behalf? Would you then reimburse those members directly? Kind of an accounting mess that way, no? I’m just unclear as to who you are proposing should bear the shipping fees charged by those companies for free stuff we ask InspectorOutlet to ship to you. Can you explain how you see it working? I’m all ears. If it makes sense, we’ll switch to your system.
Hey, you’re the one who throws this carp out there… let’s see… (in addition to the above)… doesn’t charge vendors for access to sell to the members, just demands they give them an awesome deal… FINE… let’s look at this in a different light… Charge $12.00 for the decal, and get FREE s/h. Hmmm. I suspect you won’t be pushing many decals out the door!
Bottom line… this is only an issue because YOU made it an issue. There is NO value in FREE. Offer decals at an appropriate price and charge an appropriate fee for s/h. If you were to tell me decals were $2.50 ea and shipping is $5.85 USPS Priority (If it fits it ships), I wouldn’t think twice. Due to my rural location, I purchase hundreds of $$ of products online EVERY month. The FEW companies that charge out the Ying-Yang for shipping and handling NEVER get my business. There are 10 other companies just waiting in line to bend over backwards for my $$$. Printed items are no exception.
Uh, under your hypothetical, your total cost would be $8.35. These truck decals are free and the shipping is free.
I know what you need Jeffrey… a free calculator. LOL!
Can you name the 10 companies that sell our “We’ll Buy Back Your Home” truck decal](Free Buy Your Home Back Guarantee Decals – Inspector Outlet)? Do give them away for free with free shipping as well? How about you name 2 of the 10?
Hey Mr. Jonas,
I appreciate your defense of my statement earlier in the thread. I do, however, understand the need to cover shipping costs. My statement about not trusting the site came across in the wrong way. I am not opposed to paying the $3 and change for the shipping, I was only put off by the way it showed up only on the final checkout page. I would have had no problem paying the charge had it been shown in advance. I get skeptical when it shows a total of $0.00 and then changes when I hit the next button. Again I hope we can not quibble over a couple of dollars here and there and work together as Nachi members to support each other rather than argue amongst ourselves. We have our wonderful building and licensing departments to argue with.
Andrew, it’s good that you don’t trust every online store. I don’t either.
www.InspectorOutlet.com processes hundreds of orders a day (that equates to thousands of individual products a day), nearly flawlessly. If you ever have an issue with your card being overcharged, you call me on my private cell phone (720) 272-8578.
Thank you Nick. That last post was meant for Mr. Jonas. I wanted to explain to him that I was not looking to get free shipping, just questioning the method in which it was presented. I have used inspectoroutlet.com without any issues. I do appreciate all that you do for our industry. I know how much work goes into 2 businesses. I can only imagine how much extra the association work is. I know you work extra hard to get us all the connections and deals you have. I was not questioning your integrity or Inspector outlets but I appreciate the personal attention if there ever is a problem.
Andrew,
No need to explain. I understood your position exactly from the start. I actually read with the intent of comprehending what someone posts, unlike some here who like to just skim through and reply in some sort of half-as*ed manner.
I also have made many purchases at Inspector outlet, And Nicolai does a great job with it. I have no complaints with the products or services themselves. I don’t mind paying a fair fee for shipping. I have never asked for Free shipping either.
As for Nick, he just likes to play games with members to get their “dander” up. His word games have zero effect on me as I really don’t give a crap what he says. In one ear, out the other. Take what I can use, chuck the rest into the crapper. The Nachi MB way.
Have a great night!
Personally would like to see PayPal as a option.
Bob,
Just get PayPal’s (FREE) Debit Card and use it like any other plastic whether they take PP or not.