Yes, I’d like to pay nearly $200 for shipping of a $30 thing. Or free shipping that will arrive on the same day.
None of those dates have the year on them.
exactly what it feels like when airlines list “board first” as a perk for paying twice as much
Priority seating in such a weird way to do it as well.
So you load first class, and then the obvious next move is to go back to front.
I’m short the first class passengers absolutely love the experience of everybody walking past to them. Who wouldn’t want that?
Right?
I like boarding last. Less time I spend in that fucking tube the better.
I like being part of the last 10-15%, but not the last couple of people. The number of times I’ve been forced to check my backpack because “there’s no more room in the overhead compartments” only to step in the plane and find plenty of room in the overhead compartments is too damn high.
That is my number one gripe, how the hell do those overhead compartments run out of space when everyone is limited to one carry on bag, aren’t the planes designed to hold the carrry on of every passenger, it’s usually some dickheads putting their personal item bags up there or the cabin crew not bothering to tell people to shift their bags sideways or actually checking if they are completely full or not
Yep, or I have seen staff heckling an old guy because the tip of his case wheels stuck outside of the sizing device, while some moron with a hockey bag sized duffel walks on and nobody days anything.
One flight was packed and so the host was asking everyone to turn their bag sideways in the overhead as we boarded, and while saying this over and over people still were laying them flat. I said “This must get old, it is like dealing with children.” He said, “no it is worse, children listen, these adults don’t.”
I’ve been on flights where people have placed their bags in flat and sidewise then just closed the bin. Attendants then get upset when you open bins to check for space (even in cases where you saw there was space before someone closed it) because of course they are the only ones that close bins and they always check for space.
I’ve also been on flights where people have stood up to use the bathroom or adjust their bags while taxiing and then everyone has to wait on them wine the attendants just repeat on loop that they need to sit the fuck down.
The rules of planes just seem not to matter at all to some people and the rest of us have to suffer for it.
I don’t understand the people who close the bins after putting their bag up. It’s frustrating as heck for the rest of us, but I don’t see how they think it benefits them in any way. Is it just annoying other passengers for the LoLs, or do they think there’s some logic?
There is also the issue that airlines have been stuffing seats tighter and tighter. So more people without an increase in overhead compartment space.
One carry on, one personal item. A personal item can be a backpack. I don’t remember the last time I checked a bag.
How big is your backpack where they’d make you check it?
Smaller than a roller bag. There just comes a time when boarding that airline staff just seem to say “fuck it, everything else goes on the hold.”
What if you have stuff in your backpack that is not allowed in hold luggage (lithium batteries)?
You are supposed to take it out. Carry it with you or put it in the personal bag they assume you have.
The same thing they expect those who travel with roller bags that have to be checked under the same circumstances: take it out and make sure it fits under the seat in front of you.
All too often it’s an announcement like “boarding groups 7 and 8 must check their carryons”
I was more than once forced to gate check my guitar because the flight attendants didn’t think any of the overhead bins were wide enough for the case. They were plenty wide.
Did your guitar case fit inside the carry-on bag sizer? Why do you think it’s ok to do this lol?
Wouldn’t a guitar take up like 3 or 4 people’s worth of luggage space
It was a flat road case for an electric guitar, on a jumbo jet. There was plenty of space for 3 or 4 carry-ons or backpacks to sit on top of it and the bin in question was not even remotely full at take off.
Now we know why they keep running out of overhead bin space
Yeah, because those are meant to hold more than a single case taking up all the space.
If I’m traveling without a carry on, yes, I wait until the whole line is clear before I board.
If I have a carry-on, I line up to board as soon as my zone is called. Too many times I boarded and found some assholes sitting all the way in the back have put their carry ons above my seats so they don’t have to drag it, and I have to walk past my seat and be an asshole myself by putting my carry on above a seat that’s not mine, wait until there’s a break in boarding so I can make my way back to my seat, and wait for everyone to deboard before I can go back and grab my carry on.
I thought most airlines won’t allow a carry-on that won’t fit under your seat?
No that’s the personal item a small bag that fits under the seat. A carry on is a slightly larger bag that goes in the overhead bin
Oh! I carry a giant Camelbak, so it does double duty I guess.
If you’re certain it belongs to someone sitting half an airplane away, take it down and leave it in the aisle. When the attendants come by, just shrug and say it’s not yours.
As much as I’d like to imagine myself doing that, you’re suggesting I take a bag out and put it on the floor (not knowing which one belongs to the asshole in question) and put mine in its place, and leave it in the isle where everyone behind me witnessing me doing it will be unable to finish boarding?
I imagine I’d be kicked off the plane…
Depends on if I’m trying to use the overhead bin. If I am, I want to be in quickly so I can use the one above me. Then I want to sit down, get my Steam Deck out, and disappear until the plane lands.
I’m shocked everytime I fly that people want to board. Only advantage is not getting stuck in the middle of a 3-seater.
Most airlines assign seats. There are a few exceptions
Plus the chairs and leg room at the gate give a much more comfortable sitting experience than in the plane.
I like boarding none! I haven’t been on a plane since 1977.
I think that this is just a shipping cost function that Shopify provides to shops. I don’t think that the seller added these options. Its just showing different options that they have access to in their system. No human has looked at these options and decided that they make sense. The store probably doesn’t even know.
I hate how shopify has taken over internet commerce. I refuse to buy from anywhere that uses it, but it is becoming increasingly difficult.
You’re gonna flip when you hear about it’s cousin Amazon
Mildly amusing. I ship UPS all the time at work, and always check all the options for the best balance of speed and cost. The number of times the cheapest option is estimated to arrive before a more expensive choice cracks me up. Not always, but way more than I’d expect.
Isn’t this rather c/softwaregore?
If you live in a major metropolitan center, anything shipped from relatively close will get to you next day, so changing the service level doesn’t matter.
Higher tier service is only useful when shipping longer distances or to areas that aren’t shipped to frequently enough to have a nearby hub.
In this case the seller probably offers free basic shipping regardless, and charges for other options, regardless of the buyer’s need.
Not necessarily. It very well could just be “we only offer one shipping method, but if you pay us enough we will send a guy down to the post office with only your package today.”
The 2 day air is only $15 more, I think you should go for it
Really bothered that 3d and 2d arrive on the same damn day!
Having worked in the shipping industry the “Promise” branding everywhere is hilarious to me. Even “guaranteed” shipping doesn’t mean shit — the industry will do nothing but lead you on until the final moment when you’re truly just fucked.
This is like when I withdraw money from PayPal, and it’s like… idk the exact wording or cost, but along the lines of
Please choose a withdrawal option.
🔘 Option 1
Usually instant.
No fee⚪ Option 2
Takes up to a few hours.
2% processing feeThere’s a shop I occasionally order from and it has three options.
- within three hours, free
- standard shipping, 3-7 days, $15
- express post, next day, $26
No idea why same day is free when they’re basically sending it in an uber vs the post. It’s handy though
It’s obvious, you’re paying for the FREEDOM to pay more! /s
I’m not in America so I don’t have any freedom 😞
Since this is in the mildly infuriating community, you view this as infuriating, but I think this is preying on the psychology of the average person who doesn’t think about things as much.
They just breeze by this and don’t look closely, but they get the vague impression that the store is saving them a bunch of money, so they’ll be more likely to continue shopping there.
Kinda in the same vein as charging full price and showing the discount separately on the invoice or receipt. People need to see that the seller saved them money or they made a wise choice to save themselves money.
There’s also something called the decoy effect, talked about a bit in this entertaining TED Talk.
Remove the first free line, and it is the story of Canadians trying to buy something from the US… plus $300 fee you receive 3 weeks later.
That New Zealand experience where you desperately try to find the thing you need anywhere but Amazon, but it’s the only seller. With shipping that costs more than the item.
Fun part is that you have to pay tax when importing based on the full value including shipping.
If you need it by Oct 28, you really only have one option. (In that you must choose between three options.)
I know exactly what to say about it: “Standard, please!”
In the spread out regions of the world this is representative of cost. Move to a population center and delivery region with tight bounds and ship internally.
Did you miss the part where the first three options including free are for the same delivery date?
Yeah. I was offended at the price and stopped looking.
