I’m just sayin that standards overall have suffered. I was in a convenience store the other day. In walks a t shirted sandal wearing individual with waist length hair. No I’d shown of any kind. ”Here’s your mail” as he throws a couple of junk mail postcards on the counter. Then proceeds to walk out with a stack of first class. When the less than interested clerk returns after selling lottery tickets at the next register I asked him “who was that guy?” His reply,” dunno, the mailman I guess. There’s somebody different every day.” Wonder where your mail goes?
Don't junkyards know about U.S. Postal Service?
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Clearly this is a shock to you, but there's no such thing as free shipping. A smart buyer knows this.
Given these two sale scenarios
Item $15, shipping $0, total = $15
Item $2.50, shipping $10, total = $12.50
you'd pick the first option, wouldn't you ? I mean, what a rip-off charging $10 for shipping when the item fits in a 1st-class envelope and costs 50 cents to ship !
I bought some parts needed to convert our Ford's infotainment system from "Sync 2" to "Sync 3" and got the parts from a salvage yard. They clearly have a proper shipping operation set up and ship a lot of parts based on the fact that they use quality boxes (branded with their company's name/logo) and even use form-fitting, expanding foam packing material.
Some of the bigger corporate operations, sure. Outstanding customer service generally isn't something I associate with salvage yards.
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That would be a rural carrier and probably an RCA who is a part time employee. Rural carriers have no uniform requirements, unlike City carriers.
Thanks Jason. But like I said any kind of standards these days are out the window. I worked part time for NJT for five years before I got promoted to full time. Had to wear full uniform all that time so that passengers boarding my bus didn’t have to worry that I had just hi-jacked it. Would it kill rural carriers to at least have to carry a lanyard with postal ID around their necks?? Nobody gives a (censored) anymore.
It's not required per the union contract.
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Sort, shipping and supplies are time and materials. You can get compensation. I just dump the item on eBay at packing/mailing services as occasional seller and pass cost to buyer.
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That’s summer help, most likely a temporary employment position. They don’t give them uniforms, etc. They’re there to cover for the regulars that are on vacation during the summer. Usually a PO will hire 2-3 of them for the summer...college kids, whatever. Then they’re gone late august.
I see. Makes sense. On to my next
I have wondered the exact same thing.
Some of the carriers I see don't even seem to have much in the way of a uniform.
Saw an older carrier yesterday in uniform complete with pith helmet, actually caught my attention.
And after re-reading missed posts, now I know.
But...I live in the biggest city in the state
Ive had many junkyards refuse to ship or insist on a $300 independent courier
Not just junkyards, or the fancier "salvage" yards.
In the past, I've purchased from more than one dealer which eventually discontinued their online/mail order parts business because it wasn't worth it. To do it right, they have to dedicate a person to handle the orders, customer service, and shipping, and when that specific business is selling parts at reduced margins to begin with, it becomes more hassle than it's worth.
Usually, they use a specific shipper and either charge quoted rates, or if lucky, a flat or maybe tiered rate. That's how they do it; they don't need or want any more complications. Don't like it, feel free to order from elsewhere.
But, the bottom line can still pencil out, to pay 20-35% off true MSRP for genuine parts, whatever the shipping cost, versus the local inflated matrix pricing, and whatever small discount a club affiliation might confer. The biggest cost is time.
We have no real online parts presence because of a lack of personnel. There are 4 total in parts and we are all running around like chickens with our heads cut off all day keeping up with what we have. I get calls from places trying to get us to do more online selling. As much as I don't like turning away business, I don't have the resources to dedicate to something that has an even smaller profit margin than wholesale and collision sales.
A little update on the “why USPS is terrible…”
My sister mailed me a package a week before my birthday in July. USPS basically went “
Not our problem!” till yesterday where I get an informed delivery email that I have a package coming. They didn’t even acknowledge receipt of it till August 10th. So it’s been a month for something they claim takes 2-8 days.
My sister mailed me a package a week before my birthday in July. USPS basically went “
Not our problem!” till yesterday where I get an informed delivery email that I have a package coming. They didn’t even acknowledge receipt of it till August 10th. So it’s been a month for something they claim takes 2-8 days.Similar threads
