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Discussion => Shipping => Topic started by: goblin on March 23, 2012, 08:35 pm

Title: Shopping cart, different listings, saving on shipping
Post by: goblin on March 23, 2012, 08:35 pm
I haven't figured this out yet, shame on me. And I can never seem to do a succesful search on the forum for a topic, I always get that you've searched less than 5 seconds ago message, when I haven't searched in a day or so!

Anyway, when a buyer orders one item each from different listings, does the shopping cart take this into account to save him from duplicate shipping charges? I don't think so, but like I said, I haven't been able to see it clearly. Anyone?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Shopping cart, different listings, saving on shipping
Post by: johnnyfivetoes on March 24, 2012, 10:51 am
I personally did my orders individually as I saw that as the only way to send an encrypted address to each seller. That's probably worth taking into consideration as well.
Title: Re: Shopping cart, different listings, saving on shipping
Post by: Appa on March 26, 2012, 06:12 am
I personally did my orders individually as I saw that as the only way to send an encrypted address to each seller. That's probably worth taking into consideration as well.

I'm pretty sure goblin is only referring to purchasing multiple listings from the same vendor; all the products might be sent in one package, saving on the cost of shipping.  Purchasing from a few different vendors at the same time wouldn't get you any discount on shipping, since they'd all be shipping your purchases individually from their separate locations.
Title: Re: Shopping cart, different listings, saving on shipping
Post by: msween27 on March 26, 2012, 06:54 am
I haven't figured this out yet, shame on me. And I can never seem to do a succesful search on the forum for a topic, I always get that you've searched less than 5 seconds ago message, when I haven't searched in a day or so!

Anyway, when a buyer orders one item each from different listings, does the shopping cart take this into account to save him from duplicate shipping charges? I don't think so, but like I said, I haven't been able to see it clearly. Anyone?

Thanks.

No, I don't think so.  Your forced to pay shipping on each item.  You could always try to PM the vendor for a custom listing...
Title: Re: Shopping cart, different listings, saving on shipping
Post by: johnnyfivetoes on March 26, 2012, 09:00 pm
I personally did my orders individually as I saw that as the only way to send an encrypted address to each seller. That's probably worth taking into consideration as well.

I'm pretty sure goblin is only referring to purchasing multiple listings from the same vendor; all the products might be sent in one package, saving on the cost of shipping.  Purchasing from a few different vendors at the same time wouldn't get you any discount on shipping, since they'd all be shipping your purchases individually from their separate locations.

Ah, my mistake!