Shipping Costs Concerns

The cluster focuses on discussions about high shipping costs, particularly for international deliveries, small products, and e-commerce, highlighting how they inflate prices, reduce profitability, and deter purchases compared to services like Amazon.

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Sample Comments

55555 Sep 3, 2021 View on HN

Shipping costs make this probably a bad idea.

witty_username Aug 5, 2016 View on HN

Shipping would be expensive though.

lsaferite Jun 11, 2012 View on HN

Seems like they are hiding part of the cost in shipping. They are even charging $30 to deliver to Asia.

8n4vidtmkvmk Oct 8, 2022 View on HN

depends.. for a lot of cheap products you'll pay a premium for shipping but not everything

pests Mar 8, 2024 View on HN

Eh, shipping is extremely cheap. Might want to double check those assumptions.

HeatrayEnjoyer May 31, 2024 View on HN

What products require you to pay more for shipping?

parliament32 May 1, 2018 View on HN

It probably costs more to ship them than they're worth.

tyingq Nov 12, 2017 View on HN

Shipping costs too. Amazon gets rates you won't get until you match their scale.

pg_bot Apr 28, 2023 View on HN

Too difficult/expensive to ship stuff

rbanffy Nov 3, 2010 View on HN

Too bad shipping is very expenvive...