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fried1765 · Nov 7, 2017

Sysop said:
I'd still like to hear your "definition" of how you think someone else should make that 170 mile round trip for you. You say there is nothing free about taking a day to make the trip, yet you expect someone else to do it. I don't think anyone ships to every geographic location within the confines of the "Continental US". There are places that are simply too far out of the way to accommodate even if they are within the geographic borders.

OK...then you need to pay careful attention to this!
The "someone else" you refer to, is a licensed common carrier, that may make as many as 30 or 40 deliveries to the same general area each day. If they are collecting $75 for each delivery (plus a $125 lift gate fee for some), they are doing rather well for themselves (trucking company).
I DO NOT expect "someone else" to send a truck with my single item on it.
Is that the way it works in WV, because much of that area is so rural?

EverythingAttachments · Nov 7, 2017

rustyshakelford said:
That rock bucket would have been sent to the shipping terminal of your choosing for FREE.
Their policy is clear and easy to understand. If you have questions, call them.

Brett

Spot on.
Travis

EverythingAttachments · Nov 7, 2017

fried1765 said:
OK...then you need to pay careful attention to this!
The "someone else" you refer to, is a licensed common carrier, that may make as many as 30 or 40 deliveries to the same general area each day. If they are collecting for each delivery (plus a $125 lift gate fee for some), they are doing rather well for themselves (trucking company).

This is probably the most accurate statement you've made. Yes the common carriers are doing well for themselves.
Travis

fried1765 · Nov 7, 2017

rustyshakelford said:
You're griping about 9mpg when you only drive 2000 miles a year? That's hilarious. My 97 454 k3500 would get 5mpg pulling my stock trailer. I didn't gripe. When the mpg issue became a concern, I got a more modern truck. Now I have an $80k truck that gets driven 12k a year and maybe does 10 mpg loaded and 14 unloaded. Still not griping about having to go to the freight terminal to get my ea stuff

Brett

You have completely obscured the issue!
The issue is about "FREE SHIPPING", when the cost of "FREE SHIPPING", as defined by EA would have been $200.
It may not matter to you, but time and mileage (it is not JUST gas) actually do both have meaningful costs.
Do you drive through 85 miles of often heavy traffic each way, to reach your freight terminal?

Sysop · Nov 7, 2017

fried1765 said:
You have completely obscured the issue!
The issue is about "FREE SHIPPING", when the cost of "FREE SHIPPING", as defined by EA would have been $200.
It may not matter to you, but time and mileage (it is not JUST gas) actually do both have meaningful costs.
Do you drive through 85 miles of heavy traffic each way, to reach your freight terminal?

I know of no company that lists their full terms and policies on each item they sell, except perhaps ebay sellers. The issue is: you took one snippet of information and assumed it was a blanket statement covering every physical address in the lower-48. Upon reading into the terms and policies you realized your assumptions were incorrect. Rather than taking it like a man, you took it like an average internet troll and wasted a bunch of people's time over a non-issue.

EverythingAttachments · Nov 7, 2017

fried1765 said:
You have completely obscured the issue!
The issue is about "FREE SHIPPING", when the cost of "FREE SHIPPING", as defined by EA would have been $200.
It may not matter to you, but time and mileage (it is not JUST gas) actually do both have meaningful costs.
Do you drive through 85 miles of often heavy traffic each way, to reach your freight terminal?

Northeast & FL isn't very specific and I do not know which product you're referring to, BUT I can guarantee I can ship it for MUCH less than $200 if you can offload from a semi.

Travis

aczlan · Nov 7, 2017

DieselBound said:
I've gotten several implements from them. I'm a repeat customer, and that's because they ARE a great company to do business with.

In all cases I specifically discussed shipping charges. Looking back through my records I see that the shipping charges for my grapple and pallet forks were based on distance beyond their 1,000 mile radius. I suspect "Continental US" means that the 1,000 mile radius doesn't apply if it extends out past the continent (then who knows what kind of shipping has to take place!). Last item I purchased (a tiller) I don't see any shipping charges on.

Their page on shipping charges is pretty clear to me.

From the map, 1000 miles would also include Canada, hence the restriction to being in the US.

Aaron Z

MossRoad · Nov 7, 2017

aczlan said:
From the map, 1000 miles would also include Canada, hence the restriction to being in the US.

Aaron Z

I found the wording of the free shipping, continental us, limited range, etc... a bit confusing. The map with the circle clears it up pretty well and shows exactly where it'll be free IN THE U.S.

Perhaps it should say something like "some items can ship to any freight terminal anywhere within the contiguous United State for free, and others can ship for free to anywhere within our coverage map - SEE THE MAP AND CALL US FOR DETAILS.

I think they should have used CONTIGUOUS instead of CONTINENTAL.

But really, it in no way comes across as a bait and switch, just a bit confusing.

Anywho, EA would do themselves a favor by not getting into pissing matches on the internet. It comes across as just as unprofessional as the instigator.

rustyshakelford · Nov 7, 2017

fried1765 said:
You have completely obscured the issue!
The issue is about "FREE SHIPPING", when the cost of "FREE SHIPPING", as defined by EA would have been $200.
It may not matter to you, but time and mileage (it is not JUST gas) actually do both have meaningful costs.
Do you drive through 85 miles of often heavy traffic each way, to reach your freight terminal?

Not my fault you decided to live 85 miles from a freight terminal. I live about 60 miles and it's not a bad drive at all but then again I don't expect everything at my inconvenient door step. I know where I live and accept it's out of most people way

Brett