IamMadMan
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Anyone else experience inflated shipping costs at webstaurantstore?
I use webstaurantstore sometimes, just because I don't want to make the trip to Restaurant Depot, or Restaurant Equippers (https://www.equippers.com/) that are somewhat near me. Convenience is the name of the game. Whenever I had ordered in the past, shipping has always been somewhat reasonable.
In an email webstaurantstore had solicited a shipping subscription similar to what Amazon offers, but I declined because I only place 3 or 4 orders per year.
Yesterday I went to webstaurantstore.com (https://www.webstaurantstore.com) to restock on our Minor's soup stock/ base items, nylon pan liners, and a couple replacement heads for our french fry cutters. When I went to check out, the cost of shipping far exceeded the cost of the products. It's not like these are heavy equipment parts, just light aluminum cutting heads, and the pan liners weigh virtually nothing because they are thin sheets of plastic (a case of a hundered is just over a pound). I sent a question asking about the shipping fees and webstaurantstore responded that "we cater to bulk sales even though we do sell lesser quantities".
I found the same Minor's products on Amazon for less than a dollar more with free shipping, and the pan liners are in stock at Restaurant Depot. I guess webstaurantstore won't be my first stop to check pricing/purchase anymore. It's a shame because I never had to leave home to get what I needed, but times are changing. I discovered you can find almost anything on Amazon.
I use webstaurantstore sometimes, just because I don't want to make the trip to Restaurant Depot, or Restaurant Equippers (https://www.equippers.com/) that are somewhat near me. Convenience is the name of the game. Whenever I had ordered in the past, shipping has always been somewhat reasonable.
In an email webstaurantstore had solicited a shipping subscription similar to what Amazon offers, but I declined because I only place 3 or 4 orders per year.
Yesterday I went to webstaurantstore.com (https://www.webstaurantstore.com) to restock on our Minor's soup stock/ base items, nylon pan liners, and a couple replacement heads for our french fry cutters. When I went to check out, the cost of shipping far exceeded the cost of the products. It's not like these are heavy equipment parts, just light aluminum cutting heads, and the pan liners weigh virtually nothing because they are thin sheets of plastic (a case of a hundered is just over a pound). I sent a question asking about the shipping fees and webstaurantstore responded that "we cater to bulk sales even though we do sell lesser quantities".
I found the same Minor's products on Amazon for less than a dollar more with free shipping, and the pan liners are in stock at Restaurant Depot. I guess webstaurantstore won't be my first stop to check pricing/purchase anymore. It's a shame because I never had to leave home to get what I needed, but times are changing. I discovered you can find almost anything on Amazon.
