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“Shipping and handling” is a ubiquitous term in U.S. online stores and I’d challenge you to find any site that separates them out like Fanatics does.
by bluedevil2k 3y ago
“Shipping and handling” is a ubiquitous term in U.S. online stores and I’d challenge you to find any site that separates them out like Fanatics does.
- notyourwork 3y agoThey are literally different things and always have been. Whether it’s common to bundle them isn’t really the point.
- scott_w 3y agoThey're a doublet, like "cease and desist." Separating the two makes about as much sense as paying someone an extra fee to "handle" the goods from the warehouse to the supermarket shelf.
- saghm 3y agoHopefully if something is done about this, they'll make the policy Fanatics currently holds both null AND void
- bluedevil2k 3y agoIt’s 100% the point. It’s such a common and accepted thing here that most sites just have “S & H” during the check out process. To advertise free shipping in the US implies the S&H is free. To suddenly spring a “handling” fee at the last step is deceitful and no different than airlines or hotels advertising a price and then adding a “resort fee” on the last step. And if you think differently, then why do they hide the handling fee until the very last step?