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10-30-2012
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Activity: 1% Longevity: 78% | |  DHL price increase Nov 1
Any of your Chinese suppliers tell you that DHL will be increasing prices starting Nov 1 ?
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10-30-2012
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Increase of 4.9%.
Examples of Shipping Rate:
$50 ---> Now 52.45
$150 ---> Now 157.35
$500 ---> Now 524.50
Increases suck, but could be worse.
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I guess the foo-foo's are gonna have to go up in price too, lol.
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This is a normal increase. Nothing too worrisome from a business perspective.
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Pay more just to have items seized...ha
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so, pricing is only up in china?
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Originally Posted by sidebetz  so, pricing is only up in china? | No, most DHL routes are going up between now and February. The average increase is 5%.
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Happens every year! Nothing new!
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Now its time for minimum wage to go up!
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Originally Posted by astralman Now its time for minimum wage to go up! | If that happens, prices will go up right after it.
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11-10-2012
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Do you not get your items shipped for free by DHL? That way the increases wont affect you
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Originally Posted by wilburnet Do you not get your items shipped for free by DHL? That way the increases wont affect you | There is NO SUCH THING as free shipping - ANYWHERE. It is just advertised that way and they build the shipping cost into the product price.
Unless, maybe, your rich uncle happens to own DHL...
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Originally Posted by astralman Now its time for minimum wage to go up! | Why worry about min wage?
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Originally Posted by jeffweico
Unless, maybe, your rich uncle happens to own DHL...
| My once rich uncle once owned Circuit City but it went bust.
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Money is worth less and less everyday.
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Especially when you run away with it LoopHole...
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Originally Posted by rsot Especially when you run away with it LoopHole... | hahaha i have to. Too many people chasing after it.
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Originally Posted by astralman Now its time for minimum wage to go up! | What an ignorant, uneducated comment.  | |
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Originally Posted by unkown5454 What an ignorant, uneducated comment. | Not uneducated, just lack of basic knowledge of economics
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Thats what is lacking for lot of folx - basic knowledge of economics
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Originally Posted by yotano211 Not uneducated, just lack of basic knowledge of economics | ed·u·ca·tion [ej-oo-key-shuhn]
noun
1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
...still applicable. Guess I'm just the only one who started actually learning useful things in high school.
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