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Dogdad
Headliner III
Sep 19, 2022 9:54 PM UTC

free shipping.. do you believe ut?

Sonos has this Pop up when getting on the forum offering free shipping on purchases. Does anyone in the forum actually believe you’re getting free shipping? 

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    Airgetlam
    Sep 19, 2022 9:56 PM UTC

    Yes.

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    Bruce
    Bumper
    Sep 19, 2022 10:42 PM UTC

    Shipping is free but getting a return refund ime is Iike trying to get a mail in rebate from Best Buy in 2005. 

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    Dogdad
    DogdadAuthor
    Headliner III
    Sep 19, 2022 11:21 PM UTC

    Yes.

    You must be joking… shipping is paid from the a portion of the profit of the product…which the consumer ( you and I ) pays. Only way you get free shipping on anything is if it’s shipped to you with you not paying anything at all or the cost of a product is less than the shipping costs. Companies would be better off stating shipping included, which is what in reality Sonos is really doing but stating “free”. 

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    Mr. T
    Sep 19, 2022 11:25 PM UTC

    Yes.

    You must be joking… shipping is paid from the a portion of the profit of the product…which the consumer ( you and I ) pays. Only way you get free shipping on anything is if it’s shipped to you with you not paying anything at all or the cost of a product is less than the shipping costs. Companies would be better off stating shipping included, which is what in reality Sonos is really doing but stating “free”. 

    Your rants are getting boring.

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    Dogdad
    DogdadAuthor
    Headliner III
    Sep 19, 2022 11:45 PM UTC

    Yes.

    You must be joking… shipping is paid from the a portion of the profit of the product…which the consumer ( you and I ) pays. Only way you get free shipping on anything is if it’s shipped to you with you not paying anything at all or the cost of a product is less than the shipping costs. Companies would be better off stating shipping included, which is what in reality Sonos is really doing but stating “free”. 

    Your rants are getting boring.

    No rant at all.. just stating a fact… you like all of us have the option of just scrolling on.. 

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    Sep 20, 2022 2:35 AM UTC

    Companies would be better off stating shipping included, which is what in reality Sonos is really doing but stating “free”. 

    Every thinking adult know there are no free lunches in the world. Sonos is doing what many companies do to attract new customers, and this is a legitimate tactic; unless, like some I know, you believe that all marketing is, in principle, unethical.

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    106rallye
    Sep 20, 2022 10:55 AM UTC

    I think there’s a very blurry line between “free” and “included”. To me it is not strange to call an extra service “free” if someone’s paying the same as another one that does not get the service.

    Why this negative approach?

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    Ken_Griffiths
    Sep 20, 2022 11:22 AM UTC

    I have never paid for shipping a Sonos product to my home. I do have invoices to prove that is the case and the prices paid on those invoices are usually no more than I would pay for the same product from a local store/outlet, which I would have to pickup myself, or presumably the store/outlet might charge me extra for delivery.

    Clearly though, the shipping is in the overall cost and is spread amongst every product purchased by each one of us and I see that as a much fairer way to provide delivery to all. So when I add a Sonos product to the online basket at sonos.com, aside from any trade-up discount voucher included, I can be confident that the stated price is what I will be paying to get it delivered to the doorstep here, so no sudden surprises there, at least.

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    melvimbe
    Sep 20, 2022 11:44 AM UTC

    This is just stupid.  The price you pay whether you buy from  Sonos or through a brick and mortar  retail store without delivery or shipping..  is the same. Therefore,  shipping is free. 

    If you're trying to change the language so that sellers have to say 'included' rather than 'free'  when purchase is required to get a free service/item rather than just getting it without purchase,  this community is a rather poor place to start.

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    Danny
    jgatie
    Sep 20, 2022 1:03 PM UTC

    The pretzel logic in the OP is the silliest thing I’ve read on here since the S1/S2 split was compared to Brexit.

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