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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CBQ_Guy The one thing that irritates me about Pentrex is that they seem to have something on sale EVERY WEEK! This actually gets irritating. The first time I realized it, I had just ordered some sale items. A few day later, here comes another email announcing other items I would have liked on sale. Well if I'd known, I would have ordered all at once to save on postage costs. Sales are great but space them out some! I'm at the point now where when I see another email, announcing yet ANOTHER sale from Pentrex, just like the one I got the week before, and the week before that, and...many times I don't even look anymore. It's kinda like the boy crying "Wolf!" so much you've stopped paying much attention. How about it Pentrex, make the sales a LOT less often and maybe many of us would order more items under one shipping fee for them all? I know I would. [/quote] No Paul, based on your original post quoted here, it wasn't obvious. I didn't think your complaint was really so much about shipping/postage costs, but rather about the emphasized weekly aspect. The shipping comment appeared to be more of an afterthought. Further, some of the oldest, largest, and most "normal" companies in America have sales every week, week in and week out - namely Sears, JC Penney's, and Walmart. My kids raised the same complaint you did about having sales every single week, only the were complaining about the sales commercials they see on TV every day by these companies. They also do it in the print media. So do Bestbuy, Circuit City, Macy's, Robinsons May, etc. My Sunday newspapers are filled with the sales ads - different from week to week, but there every week. LOL Pentrex is just copying a marketing model that obviously works - those companies are huge and profitable. Pentrex too appears to be profitable as they've been in business for 20 years now. Whatever. Enjoy the hobby! Greg
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