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Buck 110 huge price jump?
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But only because I need a new toaster and replacement filters for my PUR water dispenser.
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"Great Deal" or no, at $60, it is way out of my price range. $38 ~ $40 was pushing it for me.
Fortunately, I have a few 110's/110LT's, so I don't "need" to buy another. Tho I'll admit a 110 with a drop point 5160 blade is mighty tempting ... if the price hasn't doubled or worse if/when they are in stock again.
Fortunately, I have a few 110's/110LT's, so I don't "need" to buy another. Tho I'll admit a 110 with a drop point 5160 blade is mighty tempting ... if the price hasn't doubled or worse if/when they are in stock again.
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I kinda remember where ya are..not exactly but the rough area and state anyways....I looked it up...appears youre near the 60 dollar Buck walmart area.
blame all them Californians coming in with Cali big money driving the Walmart prices up near ya......
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Even online ... which is the only way I can shop, thanks to our Guv'ner B. Little.
I don't order from the "local" (only about 45 mile away) Walmart Super Center though. For some strange unknown to me reason, no Walmart will ship to the town I'm in, even though I'm a good 45 miles away. "In Store" or "Curbside Pickup" are my only options, even when I specify I want shipping.
I got no way to get there, even if we weren't still under that
over 2 year old and counting Covid lockdown. I suppose WM don't want my $$. It's O.K. Amazon, SMKW, a few other cutlery sites, a couple online archery, and pen/ink, and stationary sites are willing to take my $$.
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That's weird. WM must just not like you. I shop in store at my local WM which is about 15 miles away. I also have ordered stuff form WM online and had it delivered to my home with no problem. Maybe its only certain items. HuhEven online ... which is the only way I can shop, thanks to our Guv'ner B. Little.
I don't order from the "local" (only about 45 mile away) Walmart Super Center though. For some strange unknown to me reason, no Walmart will ship to the town I'm in, even though I'm a good 45 miles away. "In Store" or "Curbside Pickup" are my only options, even when I specify I want shipping.
I got no way to get there, even if we weren't still under that
I suppose WM don't want my $$. It's O.K. Amazon, SMKW, a few other cutlery sites, a couple online archery, and pen/ink, and stationary sites are willing to take my $$.
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When I ordered a dozen of the 110 at the lower price online, I selected shipping. They actually got shipped from the two of the closest WM locations (7 from one store 6.4 miles out and 5 from another location 7.8 miles out), not from a WM warehouse. They were delivered from people in plain clothes and vehicle(s), not from a known shipper. After seeing this, I suspect that shipping means directly from your local store. and not from some large warehouse utilizing a known shipper. You being 45 miles out is probably too far for some independent delivery contractor, or possibly a store employee, to deliver the knives from that location. But this was just my experience when purchasing Buck 110s with the shipping option and may not be your case.
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When I ordered a dozen of the 110 at the lower price online, I selected shipping. They actually got shipped from the two of the closest WM locations (7 from one store 6.4 miles out and 5 from another location 7.8 miles out), not from a WM warehouse. They were delivered from people in plain clothes and vehicles, not from a known shipper. After seeing this, I suspect that shipping means directly from your local store and not from some large warehouse utilizing a known shipper. You being 45 miles out is probably too far for some independent delivery contractor, or possibly a store employee, to deliver the knives from that location. But this was just my experience when purchasing Buck 110s with the shipping option and may not be your case.Even online ... which is the only way I can shop, thanks to our Guv'ner B. Little.
I don't order from the "local" (only about 45 mile away) Walmart Super Center though. For some strange unknown to me reason, no Walmart will ship to the town I'm in, even though I'm a good 45 miles away. "In Store" or "Curbside Pickup" are my only options, even when I specify I want shipping.
I got no way to get there, even if we weren't still under that
I suppose WM don't want my $$. It's O.K. Amazon, SMKW, a few other cutlery sites, a couple online archery, and pen/ink, and stationary sites are willing to take my $$.
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Don't know why they couldn't put say 4 box worth of Sam's Choice drink mix, or other small items that would fit in a small flat rate postal box or a ream of paper in a appropriate size flat rate envelope, and mail it. I know they use postal for some orders.
I think their minimum shipping charge (without "Walmart Plus" their version of Amazon Prime) is $6 or $7.
Give an employee even just 75% of that for each order s/he delivers, if not sent by postal/UPS/Fed-X.
I'm sure I wouldn't be the only person ordering from this town any one day.
The persons making deliveries would make more than gas money making the deliveries. The other 25% would help offset the handling costs to package the orders.
Heck, even if they paid them $1.50 a mile (combined for all orders per delivery trip) they would make more than gas money. A lot more.
When I drove the expedited truck, I got $1.50 a mile plus any applicable Federal fuel surcharge, to the truck.
Of that, roughly $0.25 a mile went to my pocket. The shippers were charged at least $3 to $4 a mile. (the difference paid the overhead: rent, office personell, dispatcher, and mechanic's wages, fleet insurance, utilities, radio/electronic logs/fuel card fees, etc. Oh, and a portion of what the shippers were charged went to the individual fleet owners. Owner operators got something like $250 or $3 to the truck. If a team truck, the owner was responsible for paying the co-driver, plus truck maintenance and repairs, DOT inspections, truck washes, and so on. If not an owner operator, the fleet owner got to pay for those.
We had "magic blue boxes" in the cab that paid most tolls electronically (was no good in Florida, Kansas, and some tollways in New Jersey (to get off the toll roads in KS and NJ. They did work to get you on the tollway. Florida mailed the registered owner (based on the license plate number) a monthly toll bill. Shippers were charged for any tolls, in addition to the mileage and fuel surcharge.)
I was making enough I could send 50% of my pay to my family, and still have enough to eat at the trucks stop restaurant/deli counter, or fast food joint, 3x a day, plus coffee and Mountain Dew (I had five 44 ounce coffee/soda cups/mugs plus a few 16 and 32 ounce. I drank a bit of iced coffee and Mountain Dew on the job, pay the monthly cellphone family plan, and family Office 365 subscription, buy my vape juices, new vape mods and tanks, knives and other things online and at Walmarts that didn't have high vehicle restriction into the parking lot, at the truck stops, do laundry ...
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thats depends. ive gotten walmart packages from other states where the local stores had it too.....ive also gotten packages from stores close to me and likewise from stores in other parts of my state far away where the local stores had it in stock ......
they have their software doing what it does and im sure are good reasons......maybe staff levels or store setups or inventory control.....who knows. I can't see the whole picture so I won't guess at why they do what they do.
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I agree with you.
I was just throwing out a personal experience that may or may not have been the reason they would not ship to afishhunter.
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Even online ... which is the only way I can shop, thanks to our Guv'ner B. Little.
I don't order from the "local" (only about 45 mile away) Walmart Super Center though. For some strange unknown to me reason, no Walmart will ship to the town I'm in, even though I'm a good 45 miles away. "In Store" or "Curbside Pickup" are my only options, even when I specify I want shipping.
I got no way to get there, even if we weren't still under that
I suppose WM don't want my $$. It's O.K. Amazon, SMKW, a few other cutlery sites, a couple online archery, and pen/ink, and stationary sites are willing to take my $$.
One of the $35 110s I ordered for delivery was delivered by one of the local store employees on their way home in their personal vehicle. It was . . . unexpected. Same day I ordered it too, and no additional shipping/delivery charge since it barely broke the magic $35 minimum.
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I've had a similar experience. Maybe it depends on the item, availability, and the age of the stock in a specific location. Logistics software can make some interesting decisions based on the input parameters.
