Rant on YT shipping

GunnyIa

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The key switch on my 1948 8N 6V has three positions, far left, middle (off), and far right (run). I have no idea what the far left position is for. [b:f03c15cf2c]Possible this is not original equipment?[/b:f03c15cf2c]

Thinking so, I ordered a new 8N switch from this site. Now, here is where the rant comes in. $7.63 for the switch, which probably weighs less than a pound. [b:f03c15cf2c]And $11.00 for parts shipping![/b:f03c15cf2c] Total cost $18.63, for a 7$ + change part that weights less than my left shoe. Shipping charges are ridicules!

YT could easily know, or should know, what actual shipping cost are on each item and charge accordingly. If their is, or should be, a handling fee, it should be identified as a handling fee! End of rant. Sorry guys, its just MHO.

Gunny, in Iowa
 
It's packaging and handling fees, not all shipping.
You could have ordered a half a dozen of those switches and
shipping would still have been $11.00, less than $2 each.

Not that you need 6 switches, but I try to order everything I
need at one time. I never remember everything, but it still
saves a lot on shipping.
 
when placing an order ask if the shipping charge can be reduced. I did and they did. if you did it over the net don't do that again.
 
Give your head a shake. You could have gone to your 'local' parts store and paid more/less. Good to deal with our hosts. I'm still lookin' and couldn't resist.
 
Pretty bad that they can't come up with an estimate on shipping.
Starting bid is phenomenal though! Even without the right lights.
Have you priced a new NAA hood and doglegs?
[b:28e1a911c1]$1300[/b:28e1a911c1] with shipping. No lights, no emblem.
 
(quoted from post at 06:20:47 04/14/15) How's about this shipping...I almost thought about it but beings I learned my lesson on shipping charges unless nobody bids on it im not
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If you need those parts and they are in good condition They are worth 3/400... $20 plus $250 shipping would be a deal...

What he is doing is cheating ebay out of there commission :D on there percentage of the sale.. I tried it on engine kits shipping around $100 the parts $1 I did not even get a bid... I could sale the kits for $125/150 with $20 shipping :roll:
 
(quoted from post at 20:48:33 04/13/15)
(quoted from post at 06:20:47 04/14/15) How's about this shipping...I almost thought about it but beings I learned my lesson on shipping charges unless nobody bids on it im not
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If you need those parts and they are in good condition They are worth 3/400... $20 plus $250 shipping would be a deal...

What he is doing is cheating ebay out of there commission :D on there percentage of the sale.. I tried it on engine kits shipping around $100 the parts $1 I did not even get a bid... I could sale the kits for $125/150 with $20 shipping :roll:
Lots of guys used to do that. Didn't take long for eBay to wisen up.
Now they charge commission on sale price plus shipping cost.
 
(quoted from post at 21:24:34 04/13/15)
I gave up on ebay quite some time ago I buy a few things a year there but not sale there...
I don't blame you. It's kind of a last resort for me now too.
I had a buyer claim something didn't work, left a long drawn out
description of how they tried this and that and then purposely
broke "this and that" in half before shipping it back.

eBay still required me to give them a full refund, even though
they purposely broke it and put it in writing that they did it! :roll:

I think they could have sent me a package full of rocks back.
As long as the tracking info said I received "a package" eBay
would have given them the refund. Even if the auction states
no refunds, etc.
 
(quoted from post at 19:23:51 04/13/15) The key switch on my 1948 8N 6V has three positions, far left, middle (off), and far right (run). I have no idea what the far left position is for. [b:5088afd4fb]Possible this is not original equipment?[/b:5088afd4fb]

Thinking so, I ordered a new 8N switch from this site. Now, here is where the rant comes in. $7.63 for the switch, which probably weighs less than a pound. [b:5088afd4fb]And $11.00 for parts shipping![/b:5088afd4fb] Total cost $18.63, for a 7$ + change part that weights less than my left shoe. Shipping charges are ridicules!

YT could easily know, or should know, what actual shipping cost are on each item and charge accordingly. If their is, or should be, a handling fee, it should be identified as a handling fee! End of rant. Sorry guys, its just MHO.

Gunny, in Iowa
think many "shipping charges" are out of line, too and I don't mean to be unsympathetic, but if you didn't shop various sources, then you got the best deal that you tried for, so you just have to live with it. I just ordered parts today, & I found shipping at half that of some places & cheaper parts costs as well. Take a little effort to save.
 
I haven't priced it out but I figgure if the bids are low then I'll buy them.
I don't need it now..just like half the crap I buy....but maybe one day. Would
it fit an 860?
 
I don't know what the fuss is about.
Ordering off the internet is convenient. You can sit in your bathrobe and slippers at 2 AM and order something from the cheapest seller. The stuff comes a few days later right to your door.
But there is a cost to that convenience. Shipping.
The closest CNH dealer to me is about 30 miles away. I order stuff from them fairly often. Just call them up and give them the part numbers. They send it by the cheapest way possible.
If I don't like shipping charges I can just jump in my pickup and drive there. But I know I couldn't go there and back for what they charge for shipping.
And, CNH isn't providing these great forums. Like YT does.
 
Any local auto parts store or farm and home store with have the same switch and guess what NO Shipping cost. Now days shipping kill a sales
 
I don't know what method was used to ship your light switch. You can't get
anything shipped on ups these days for less than 11 bucks no matter how small
it is.

Back in the 80's dad sold snapper mowers. Back then snapper had a minimum rate
of $7.50 for shipping. Did not matter if our parts order weighed five ounces
or five pounds.

People would come into the shop and want little springs and other small parts
ordered. They were told about the shipping before ordering. When they came to
get there .89 spring they would throw a fit about the shipping.
I still have a cabinet full of snapper parts people would not pay for
because of the shipping charges.
 
When I ordered my parts from YT for the overhaul and general repair/update on my 4000, I spent a lot, had like 4 different packages, and I thought the shipping was reasonable.

I know if you are paying an employee $10/hr and by the time they locate a part, package it, print an invoice, and ship it, they have spent close to an hours time, and that's before you pay the actual shipping for that switch, which is probably at least $4 USPS.

So $11 isn't too bad, but like the others I try to package stuff so that I order more than one part at a time.
 
Gunny........think yer outta line. Yeah, $7.63 switch plus $11 shipping sounds outrageous but it is YT's business model. Ya want cheep, go to TSC or NAPA and adapt their 1-size fits all ignition switch. Surprizingly enuff, I replaced the ignition switch 2-times in one summer before I gott gryped and went to a ships chandeliers and botta WATERPROOF toggle switch and installed it under the corner of the hood like all the others were. Who needs keys, eh? That was 25-yrs ago. My eazy starting 6-volt 8N still starts today, no problem. So unless yer a sphincterly challenged originally authority and demand an ORIGINAL keyed ignition switch, go shoppin' at NAPA. Simple, eh? .......the amazed Dell
 
I have to agree with Del in that it is YTs business model. I have always had an idea of shipping before the fact. I can choose to pay or not. I have always had good service with YT.

FWIW, YT does not maintain an actual physical location or warehouse. Everything is dropped shipped from other locations and sources. I live very close and the listed address is a residence, there is no physical place to shop and buy parts.

The business owner has done a very good job of sourcing quality products and staying very much in the background. I admire the skill.

This thread will probably disappear soon as it involves our site sponsor. I may disappear as well if I get banned. Especially if I mention "the other site."

Rick from Sequim, WA.
 

Just curious.

Did you know what the shipping cost would be before you finalized and submitted the order.

Did you submit it anyway?

Did you make your displeasure known to YT at the time you placed the order?

Have you made it known to them since then and prior to your public rant?

Are you assuming that they actually have one large warehouse with everything under roof and the person you talk to just walks back and grabs it off the shelf like your local auto parts store?
 

The bad part is the new switch is junk to start off with... I have 4 new ones on the shelf I would luv to dump on someone just so I don't have to look at'em are deal with folks that bring them back as a defect... I will not install one I am done with this junk.... A intermediate issue with a ignition switch will cause you to chase your tail if you do not have a voltmeter in the dash...

Shipping is what it is he needs to get over it...
 
Actually, you can often ship small items fort less than $11, by using good old parcel post or first class. It's just everyone has gotten lazy and finds it is easier to send everything Priority or UPS (and as often as not in an oversized cardboard box when a little envelope would do). A 13 oz package (the biggest that can be sent 1st class) costs only $3.50. which can save a lot on last minute small purchases like a set of points or a couple of gaskets or some seals.

Unfortunately a lot of vendors do not offer the choice. One that does is Rock Auto, where I have been charged as little as $1 for shipping.
 
if you didn't like yt's shipping charges you could have just hit walmart or napa or carquest or autozone and grabbed a cheap of fhte shelf switch that could do 4amps.

your 3 position switch wasn't original anyway..
 

I here you but you need to look at the entire picture.

As has been said YT drop ships everything and nothing is warehoused.
Yes YT has sponsors who may be vendors, but I would be foolish to think that YT does not have to pay any shipping charges at all.

Now when you order parts from YT, I assume that someone needs to do the leg work to get that order turned around and sent off to one of their parts sources to get drop shipped to you. Follow up etc. This requires time to do this. Time is money.
I see the prices that YT charges. Not much more in many cases that you can get elsewhere.

We don't pay for this forum but it needs to be maintained so where is that money coming from.

You have access to just about any part you need for your machines in one place.

I am sure that if you have an issue with parts or some parts are chronically problematic, YT would work with you and probably entertain the idea of getting that part supplied by another vendor.

Its why I think shipping is what it is.
 
I live in the country and hate to go to town.
So, it's easy....
price of the part plus shipping......is the price.
Add it in my head when I make my decision, and don't think about it again.
or...stop what I'm doing...change clothes...clean off the grease and mud...drive to town....ugh.
(and even with gas being cheaper...it still ain't free)

like others, I try to order a bunch at once to save a little.(and YT is FAST)

ps, you got any Farmalls? lol That little whisper thin oilpump base
plate gasket.....half dozen or more would go in a regular envelope with one stamp.
Shipping on those will make you groan...but it is what it is.
 
(quoted from post at 17:07:55 04/15/15) I live in the country and hate to go to town.
So, it's easy....
price of the part plus shipping......is the price.
Add it in my head when I make my decision, and don't think about it again.
or...stop what I'm doing...change clothes...clean off the grease and mud...drive to town....ugh.
(and even with gas being cheaper...it still ain't free)

like others, I try to order a bunch at once to save a little.(and YT is FAST)

ps, you got any Farmalls? lol That little whisper thin oilpump base
plate gasket.....half dozen or more would go in a regular envelope with one stamp.
Shipping on those will make you groan...but it is what it is.

I have shipped in a envelop it does not work out well how do you track it who eats the part if it gets damaged are lost.... It is what it is some type of control comes at a price...
 
(quoted from post at 07:31:28 04/14/15)
The bad part is the new switch is junk to start off with... I have 4 new ones on the shelf I would luv to dump on someone just so I don't have to look at'em are deal with folks that bring them back as a defect... I will not install one I am done with this junk.... A intermediate issue with a ignition switch will cause you to chase your tail if you do not have a voltmeter in the dash...

Shipping is what it is he needs to get over it...

They will fit in a small flat rate box , so sell them as a lot of 4 with $6.00 shipping on eBay and never look back .😃
 
I'll never understand shipping. On Woot.com I can order up to 3 queen size mattress's for $5 shipping. If I order only one SD card from them it's $5. Go figure.

A guy on ebay had an item that was 2" long & weighs less than an ounce & wanted $17 to ship it Fedex. I asked him to ship it USPS but he said they lost a package once so he won't use them.
They do final delivery on over 30% of Fedex parcels, chances are they'll wind up delivering it anyway.

I've ordered things from overseas & total price was less than what it should have cost just to ship it.
I'll never understand shipping....
 
i bought some parts 3 weeks a go and got them in 3 days .i checked the parts out and found them defective. it was oil pump gears that were not cut right.i called the seller and they to me to send them back. catch is i have to pay return freight . they sent me a defective part why do i have to pay the freight back ? wasnt my fault!
 
(quoted from post at 00:50:28 04/28/15) i bought some parts 3 weeks a go and got them in 3 days .i checked the parts out and found them defective. it was oil pump gears that were not cut right.i called the seller and they to me to send them back. catch is i have to pay return freight . they sent me a defective part why do i have to pay the freight back ? wasnt my fault!

I have been looking for the specifications on those gears for some time. Would you be so kind as to share them with the rest of us? I have a pump for rebuild that I just received from a customer and it would be really nice if I could measure the new gears.

TOH
 
I need to correct some inaccuracies in this thread. YT does operate a warehouse in Port Townsend that is stuffed to overflowing with any parts that are high volume, or can benefit the customer by our purchasing in large quantities. Many parts are dropped shipped if it makes sense, but YT left the pure "drop ship" model in 2001 with the purchase of the warehouse. In the last couple of years, we've attempted to locate additional warehouse space here because space is at a premium.

The second point is, to my knowledge, there are very few parts we ship where we have a handling fee to pad the profit over the list price. That sort of padding can make sense on specific items that are labor intensive because if you set out to lose money on a part, it's not a business, it's a hobby. A few items, unusual carbs, starters and generators come to mind, may take one of the sales guys half a day to locate. A lot of those aren't even listed in our catalog though and involve calling or emailing to start the process rolling.

A very inexpensive part, can incur a higher shipping cost than the part. The guys do try to work with UPS to get the best rates possible, and we are the largest shipper in our county (another thing that defends the idea that we are not drop-ship only). But we aren't Amazon. We do have the cheapest shipping we can possibly get for as much as we can arrange. Some things are still going to be shipped at more than the cost of the part.

I will shoot some inside photos of the warehouse. That should allow people to see the roughly 14000 parts sitting on the shelf.

Thanks,
Chris
 

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