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A new (for me) ordering wrinkle
midmofan Offline
#1 Posted:
Joined: 04-25-2014
Posts: 1,108
In the past, I was able to adjust my shipping frequency so that I was able to hold off a shipment for a week or so in order to add to my order to save on shipping costs.

For example this was a common scenario:

1) Won a bid on Mon, changed my shipping frequency from Tuesday to Thursday so it would not ship the next day.

2) On Wednesday change frequency from Thursday to Tuesday so the order will not ship until the following week. This gives me a whole week to bid, buy, and add stuff to the order.

3) Joy-Joy, get more stuff bundled together to save on shipping

You could not do this indefinably, it seemed to work for me as set out above one time for each shipment, so at most you got was an extra week or so, but it saved a lot of money over the years.

This week however, I get a message that I can only change my shipping frequency once a week so it won't change my ship day. :( Not sure how long this has been this way as its been a bit since bought anything on here, so everybody but me might have known this already.

Yeah, what I was doing was gaming the system somewhat but really wasn't hurting anyone and got me to buy more stuff. Many times there were items that I was marginally interested in that were not having their auctions close until after the ship day for the item I just had bid on and won. These are items (like an extra cutter, cheap lighter, or a single cigar I wanted to try out) that I would not buy unless I could combine shipping, so it actually increased CBid sales from me. The way it is now, I just won't be buying the "extra" stuff I used to.
DrChaos Offline
#2 Posted:
Joined: 04-17-2019
Posts: 60
midmofan wrote:
In the past, I was able to adjust my shipping frequency so that I was able to hold off a shipment for a week or so in order to add to my order to save on shipping costs.

For example this was a common scenario:

1) Won a bid on Mon, changed my shipping frequency from Tuesday to Thursday so it would not ship the next day.

2) On Wednesday change frequency from Thursday to Tuesday so the order will not ship until the following week. This gives me a whole week to bid, buy, and add stuff to the order.

3) Joy-Joy, get more stuff bundled together to save on shipping

You could not do this indefinably, it seemed to work for me as set out above one time for each shipment, so at most you got was an extra week or so, but it saved a lot of money over the years.

This week however, I get a message that I can only change my shipping frequency once a week so it won't change my ship day. :( Not sure how long this has been this way as its been a bit since bought anything on here, so everybody but me might have known this already.

Yeah, what I was doing was gaming the system somewhat but really wasn't hurting anyone and got me to buy more stuff. Many times there were items that I was marginally interested in that were not having their auctions close until after the ship day for the item I just had bid on and won. These are items (like an extra cutter, cheap lighter, or a single cigar I wanted to try out) that I would not buy unless I could combine shipping, so it actually increased CBid sales from me. The way it is now, I just won't be buying the "extra" stuff I used to.




In the end it is kind've a game they have it set up so you can do what you did, people like me just don't place orders so often maybe once every three months so there's that aspect.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#3 Posted:
Joined: 01-10-2012
Posts: 13,954
Midmo - no idea how long it's been that way but just call and have them change it manually... If they refuse, have them cancel the order... If they refuse that, cancel the credit card... At this point in the game, cbid needs you as a customer way more than you need them as a supplier...
USNGunner Offline
#4 Posted:
Joined: 05-17-2019
Posts: 4,402
Yeah, it's been like that since I've been here. You can change it online every seven days. Dunno.
SirKnight Offline
#5 Posted:
Joined: 12-19-2018
Posts: 605
Set shipping on Thursday wait a week, start bidding on Thursday the next week then on Wednesday switch it to Tuesday and you will get an extra five days of bidding.
pacman357 Offline
#6 Posted:
Joined: 02-27-2006
Posts: 42,596
I blame The Man. Damn The Man.

Wife and I finally got around to HD TV. Good TV set us back a quarter of what our old rear projection cost us, plus we get some really nice free goodies, like Pandora. Great with a good home theater, except if the thing gets stupid and keeps playing too many of the wrong songs, I cannot skip more than 6 songs in an hour. WTF? Yeah, but I can set up infinite "stations", play dozens of different audio music channels via DirecTV, and tap into over 50K songs in my collection via blue tooth, my phone (I have to reload, my phone won't hold them all), etc.

Some businesses just can't help themselves when they are crafting customer service policies. Didn't think this would be one of those, but perhaps you're playing havoc with their inventory or something. Still strikes me as odd that some businesses will encourage people to take their business elsewhere, however. Just this week, I've found three things on Amazon that were significantly cheaper elsewhere. Seems to be more problematic with mergers, large companies, etc.

I suppose it answers the question, where does an 800 lb. gorilla sit? Anywhere it damn well pleases.
pacman357 Offline
#7 Posted:
Joined: 02-27-2006
Posts: 42,596
opelmanta1900 wrote:
Midmo - no idea how long it's been that way but just call and have them change it manually... If they refuse, have them cancel the order... If they refuse that, cancel the credit card... At this point in the game, cbid needs you as a customer way more than you need them as a supplier...

Uh...I'd be careful about that cancel the credit card move. If you read the terms here, bidding constitutes a binding contract, per site rules. While they will occasionally bend that rule for obvious mistakes or problems, just canceling your card risks (1) permanent ban here, (2) lawsuit to collect (including costs and attorney fees), and (3) possible damaging info. on your credit report. To me, none of that trouble is worth the risk.
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