- Location
- s florida
I ususally charge about $175 to build a crate for a customer. Although, it does take me about 2 /1/2 hrs
Wamiltons shipping is outrageous (edited)
- Thread starter Tuttle
- Start date
- Location
- Celebration, FL
Prolly cause your a person that puts the profit into the price of your products and not into shipping. And because you have class :biggthumpup:
- Location
- s florida
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Legdrag's
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- Location
- West Palm Beach
Wood in FLA isn't cheep. I remember just the cost of Wamilton's Crates (material only) was about $170 at one time. That's was very little scrap too. Wamilton built some nice crates too. Too nice sometimes. Maybe you got one of those?
- Location
- Clearwater, FL
Did anything happen to the ski though?
Don't know... I never saw the ski before it left their shop. It has a few marks in the bottom of the hull and the rubrail has been hit but it's not a big deal... It's just sad because the first shipping company I had went to their place to pick up the ski and when they saw the was it was packaged they didn't want to take it. So i had to get a different company to do it and it ended up costing me double! Now that I saw how it was packed I know why the first company said NO
hangtime
Speak up ,don't kiss azz
- Location
- WORCESTER,MASS- HAMPTON N.H.
Not cool at all .I know who not to buy a ski from if you have to ship it.
I've dealt with Wammer a few times for small parts and he always took care of me but not attaching a ski to the crate is unacceptable IMO.
I've dealt with Wammer a few times for small parts and he always took care of me but not attaching a ski to the crate is unacceptable IMO.
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
if the crate is made where the hull cannot move, then it would be ok....... I would prefer it to be strapped.
jetskiking
Im done sanding!!!
- Location
- Dallas Georgia
I would agree that the $18.00 for hood straps is insane. I can totally understand having a minimum shipping cost like blowsion does but to charge that much for handling is a joke. If most of your business is mail order then it needs to built into the cost. I have never had any problems with wamiltons but I will be sure to call and get the shipping cost before I order again. When I order from someplace that has minimum shipping like blowsion I make sure to order enough to offset the cost.I would say that the shipping needs to be disclosed. This is part of the reason I dont buy from Riva because they cant seam tell you what shipping is when you call. Not that they have ripped me off, I just like to know all the cost up front. Like I have said before. All jetski companies have poor customer service. These people are gearheads not business men. If you name a company I bet I could tell you or pull up a horror story about them.
botizzle
drillin like a villian
- Location
- Lake Lanier / LKN
I dont know about the shipping gougings, but I think it is strange that I can order stuff from Blowsion and get my parts in seven days ground from the west coast but Ive been waiting over 10 days now from wammer and he is one state over. No info, no tracking #, no nothing. It's not hard to inform your customers if there is a problem.
- Location
- Celebration, FL
I actually like how you can register and log on his website to order. Then when you wanna go back and see when you ordered, I can't seem to be able to pull up "my account". :frown:
Goatboy
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- Location
- Jersey (British Isles)
The bloke is a complete tool, if i ever travel to America he will be getting a bunch of fives. I ordered about $1500 worth of stuff off him. He takes the money from my bank account on the day i placed the order but due to a water box not been in stock he does not send my goods till a month later. Now i understand that stuff often goes on back order, but the clown had the cheek to take my money before shipping, thats a months interest in his fat bank account and not mine.
The blokes a clown shoe, plus he needs to speak the queens english and loose his accent cos i have no idea what he says on the phone!
The blokes a clown shoe, plus he needs to speak the queens english and loose his accent cos i have no idea what he says on the phone!
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douglee25
m3booooy
- Location
- South Jersey
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Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
What about when his suppliers charge him more for shipping? Should he complain about them in this site about them as well? Bottom line time is money and if it takes 15 minutes to take the order and do the paperwork and ship it not counting going to pick up supplies thats 16.00 at 65.00 an hour . We must ask ourselves how much does our boss make on 15 minutes of our time not how much we make in 15 minutes. His monthly business expense can't be cheap. I don't think he goes to the bank every time he sells a video.
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
If Wamilton was willing to ship a partial order, would you be willing to pay the additional shipping for an out of stock item or wait and have it shipped at one time which would be much cheaper, especially since it is going across the big pond??
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