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Originally Posted by Mad Mac
I have just bought a few small parts from Brattons. The quoted cost in Bratton's catalog was $US19.85. They were such small things (gaskets, screws, seals etc) that they would almost have fit into a cigarette packet. But Brattons packed them in a cardboard box measuring 10 x 12 x 8 inches. This resulted in a shipping cost of $US44.20, effectively tripling the net quoted cost to $US64.05. Do Brattons have shares in a shipping company?
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You have two packages, one 10x12x8 and another 1/2x3x4. Both entering and exiting several sorting centers, airports and such on the way to you. Which one is easier to have fallen in some corner, get damaged, and otherwise not make it to you?