Headline product prices or free delivery - what catches your attention first?

[BowlandStoves]

I wonder if you could help with a discussion I had with a colleague.

 

Do people focus on product prices first or does free delivery catch their attention first and foremost?

 

 

Edited September 19, 2019 by BowlandStoves

[Bob_z_l]

If I am online shopping .....not necessarily Stoves.

I look at Product price, however I prefer to use a search where the combined product price and shipping are totalled and so you get the cheapest "package" price.

 

Saying all of this...I also apply a distance defined search criteria as I'd rather collect where possible to avoid any damage by transportation and the opportunity to meet face to face the distributor in the hope of future dealings.

 

Bob

[difflock]

It very much depends on the cost and weight of the item being sourced.

Why would I baulk at refusing to pay the carriage on a heavy expensive stove, since it is an unavoidable cost.

However buying miscellaneous small stuff off ebay, I will scan for the "free"(or rather actually included) postage vendors. 

SINCE some vendors are simply con artists in respect of their undeclared(until checkout) postage rates, especially when compared to the value and weight of the item being purchased.

Edited September 19, 2019 by difflock

[Bunzena]

Simple.  Always look at the total cost -because that's what I'm going to pay.

 

But I NEVER buy on price alone.  Happy to pay a bit more if I know the company has a reputation for good advice/service.

 

That's especially true if it's something that I'm only ever going to 'buy once' or 'buy very occasionally'.

[Steve Bullman]

‘Free shipping’ at the top of a website always catches my attention 

[Rob_the_Sparky]

As above total price, if it is something that is branded so you know you are getting the same thing regardless of where you buy it.  If it is offered locally then I'm happy to pay a bit more to support a walk in store but depends on how much more.

[trigger_andy]

On 19/09/2019 at 11:28, Steve Bullman said:

‘Free shipping’ at the top of a website always catches my attention 

Me to, but in a negative way. It means they are recouping the shipping costs by other means, generally by adding it to the products price. Not always the case of course. 

[htb]

Total cost here as we are always being classed as remote, therefore extra courier costs