Dan you guys should lower your prices and start taking Paypal, there fees are a lot less than 10%.
Ya??? and cash is even cheaper ... But guess what??? Not everyone has that kind of cash laying around and some people dont have Paypal......:hello:
Dan you guys should lower your prices and start taking Paypal, there fees are a lot less than 10%.
Ya??? and cash is even cheaper ... But guess what??? Not everyone has that kind of cash laying around and some people dont have Paypal......:hello:
Pretty cut and dry there then. I'm with you Dan, sorry about his luck.
Thanks!:hug:
That said, I still stand by what I said about shipping them back to Carillo. Just doesn't make sense to me to do that. Or why if they were in an un-opened box you guys would even consider doing this.
He already posted he opened the PPE box breaking the tamper seal (as he told me on the phone when discussing the refund). The Carrillo box have NO tamper seal. How do I know what has been done to the rods? Yes I can look at/talk to them and ask them if they are ok, but I don’t think I will get an honest answer :thumb:. I am not the manufacturer and don’t I have all the equipment to properly verify to make 100% sure the rods are in the exact shape Carrillo shipped them to us. I will NOT put the companies name or my own without the manufactures ok, PERIOD. Can you say Liability???
Credit card fee's for retailers must be ridiculous in the US. Up here, it's only about 3-5% on a transaction. Interact is about the same or even less.
I'm glad you pointed this out.....yep 3-5% is about the norm.. what you are not considering is the fee is charged both ways (purchase and refunds). So what? about 6-10% in fee's? Now do the math...
Credit card fee's for retailers must be ridiculous in the US. Up here, it's only about 3-5% on a transaction. Interact is about the same or even less.
The way I understand it is... If the trasaction is "Voided" the same day there a NO fee's either way. For example we ran the card for the wrong amount. If the transaction is refunded (the only way to put money back on the card if its not the same day the purchase was made) then they charge fee's both ways (purchase and refund).
Why do you feel that only 10% off is not enough to "make it worth while"?
10% off the used new ones isn't enough for me to buy the used new rods. If I feel extremely trusting of the person I'm buying them from then OK but I guess like most people I'm looking for a deal. I also am only wanting them to build a spare motor so it's not a need it's a want. I don't really care either way, your bill clearly states your policies so it is what it is. If someone bought the rods from a smaller shop I can garuntee they wouldn't take them back either as they wouldn't want to sit on that many $.
Every were charges a restocking fee. PPE has every right to send them out to get inspected. Like Dan said how does he know whats been done to them. Just like selling a truck I can tell every one that comes and looks at it that it has been babied it whole life, we all know that's not true. IT said in the invoice about the 20%. I wouldn't buy them for what he wants cause that kinda money I would want new ones from the manufacturer of them.
Man I guess nobody is reading my posts...... THE 10%/$245 will NOT EVEN COVER THE CREDIT CARD FEE'S. Then you have shipping, shop time, Carrillos fee (if any) and MY TIME DEFENDING OUR POLICY/ REPUTATION FOR DOING NOTHING WRONG. We did not hide our policies it is clear and concise on his invoice. NO RETURNS AFTER 30 DAYS AND A 20% RESTOCKING FEE ON ALL RETURNS. What is so hard to understand???
I am here to help and will do whatever I can (sometimes even bend the rules a bit) to help out a customer. But in this case “it does not make any sense”. He will have no problem selling the rods for what he paid for them. But I will not take a pounding on here for NO REASON!!!!
I'm surprised that the CC company still holds back the full transaction percentage. I don't take CC so I don't know but I'd bet that they only charge a transaction fee (charge back?) not the normal 2-3 % they normally take or what ever it is. Must be more as it was said $245 wouldn't cover the CC fees! That can't be right I would think that on $2450 the CC company ,NOT AMEX, the fee would be more like $50 bucks.
If they're holding back more then 10% I'd think no one would take CC as there would be no profit.
If they're holding back more then 10% I'd think no one would take CC as there would be no profit.
It's not 10%, but the business gets charged again. So for rough, high numbers, we will use 3% as the example.
Rods $2450 - cc charges $73.50
Refunding it, they charge again, another $73.50.
That brings us to $147, plus, like Dan says, his time, shipping, etc.
When I look at a possible return, I'll use discretion - is it a regular account? How much do they buy? What are the chances I'll sell the returned item in the next 3 months?
I don't think PPEs 20% is at all unreasonable. Repackaging and re-selling rods that technically aren't new even though they are.
Can we lock this thread now please?
It's PPE's policy to charge the re stocking fee. No matter how much yall bitch and discuss it, its not gonna change.
Agreed. No matter how much it sucks to get hit with a hefty restocking fee, (and it does, I feel for the OP, that's a lot of money ) it is PPE's policy, it's probably been their policy for a long time... there really isn't much else to it.
I may have missed it, but it sounds like the OP is trying to sell them outright possibly as well? I would think he could get close to the price they go for new if the rods are still in a sealed Carrillo box, and only take a small hit? Like I said maybe I missed something, hope it works out as best as it can for him :thumb:
OK I got some info for the people that STILL think we are not being reasonable.
The credit card charges for this transaction is about $220.00 (purchase and refund) shipping to Carrillo and back is about $75.00 (with insurance). So the HARD cost would be right at $290.00. PLUS any fee Carrillo might charge for inspecting the Rods...
Then we have the shop time to receive the package (shipping and receiving), someone to inspect the package before they are sent to Carrillo (to make sure everything is there), Someone to make the credit invoice and refund his card, Someone to call Carrillo and get an rma number, someone to rebox the rods for return to Carrillo, someone to follow up/keep track of the rods till they are returned, then someone to again receive the checked rods, someone to enter the rods back inventory, then someone to finally put the rods back on the shelf (doubt we would do this) and or resell them at a discount (a loss) because they are not 100% brand new (a more likely option).....
Then don’t forget all the time I have spent on this defending our rep, not doing what I am paid to do (tech support, making sales)...
So let’s recap for all the slower people on here.... HARD COST OF $290.00 Plus all the shop time listed, Plus my time, Plus Carrillo fee's (if any). SO NO! 10% ($245.00) WILL NOT EVEN COVER THE HARD COSTS ($290.00) PPE would be in the hole -$45.00 just in hard fees!!!! AGAIN THIS DOES NOT COVER ANY SHOP TIME OR MY TIME .
You know after looking at all the cost involved on this return I am not sure if 20% will even cover the all the cost incurred in refunding this transaction, especially if we have to sell them at a discounted rate…….