Postage

When buying online it is important to realise that buying online is cheaper but there are several traps and tips that you must look out for:

The postage trap

Postage is a very important factor when buying online please remember that some online stores will drop the price of their products, only to boost the price of the postage by the same and some times more of a percent. This means that the final price will cost you the same if not more than buying the same product elsewhere for a slightly higher asking price.

Remember that the asking price is not always the cheapest price and don't buy an Item until you know the final price.

Wicara Enterprises WILL NOT these cheap and nasty tactics to attract and deceive customers into buying products and our postage prices have been determined by Australia Post with no mark up on postage.

Free postage

Knowing the above information you must also know that postage is a factor of online shopping and it is an obstacle and cost, that cannot be avoided. Note that online stores that offer free postage have added the cost of postage to the product and in the long run you are going to pay more, because you are paying postage on every single item, rather than paying for the overall weight and size of your buy.

Why postage is saving you

The best way to explain the cost and saving of postage is like this, when you want to buy a pair of jeans (offline) the procedure goes as follows:

• 1. You leave your house and go to the nearest shopping centre or Jeans shop. Now depending were you live this will cost you ether time, to walk to the shops or time and money to drive to the shops.
• 2. You go into theJeans shop and look at the jeans atthis time you are just looking for something you would like and the minute you touch a pair a shop assistant will come over and will usually say "can I Help you". Now statistics say 99% of people whoare asked this immediately respond with "no just looking thank you"Iam sure that you yourself can't say that you have never been in a similar situation.This creates an uncomfortable environment for you and if the assistant is a hoverer nine times out of ten times the customer will leave the store for another one.
  
  Although this seems trivial to the subject you are wasting your precious time in these common situations.
• 3. Once you have looked through several stores you will ether find a pair that you want or not and this is time consuming process. If you find a pair you go back to that store and then try it on for size. At this point the assistant's job is to pile as much clothes ontoyou as possible, to attempt to sell you more than you want to buy. After several clothes changes, you ether buy or put the jeans back.
  All this is a very time consuming process.
• 4. Check out, this is the last chance for the assistant to sell you something else and he/she will try there hardest to sell you more then what you want. Money is exchanged for the jeans and the then there's the trip home that you guessed it costs you ether time or time and money.

Now this may seem trivial but look at it like this lets say your time is on base wage so $10 an hour, all the time taken from home to shop, browsing, shop assistants, buying the jeans and then the trip home lets be lenient 3 hrs. So the cost so far is $30 + whatever petrol you used to get to the store. So $34, which is more than the cost of postage.

Buying a pair of jeans from wicara.com

• 1. turn on the computer, go on the internet and type www.wicara.com
• 2. go to log in for fantastic savings or create a log in Time 3 minutes
• 3. Browse the jeans sections until you find a pair of jeans that you like the look of. time max 20min
• 4. Check the sizes of the jeans in the size chart. Time max 3min
• 5. Check out through pay pal. Secure, safe, fast. Time 4min
  
  now you have boughtyour pair of jeans no more of your time will be taken from you. You have bought a pair of jeans from the comfort of your own home in only 30 minutes ($5)with no pressure.
• 6. Handling time will vary but Wicara enterprises will post your order as soon as possible, once payment is clear .Your pair of jeans will be delivered to you with in the next month depending on Australia post and what postage you select. Wicara Enterprises encourages its customers to pay a little more for express postage as the pair of jeans will be delivered in the next week.

Make postage work for you

Also remember to make the postage system work for you, postage is calculated on size and weight, so bulk buying is a great way to save on postage. The same amount is usually charged for two pairs of jeans, so this means that the cost of postage has just halved. At the same time the more you send in the same package the more cheaper the postage gets, so get a group of friends together and make a group buy this will cut your postage cost into a fraction of the original amount. Four and five pairs are good bulk buys when you opt for express postage undoubtedly the best way to get your product to you fast.

Summery

So remember to watch for the unethical online postage rise trap, look for the final price not the first price. Buying online is not only saving you money but also time and also relieving you of the stress shop assistants and unwanted extra buying, the trade of is the cost of postage but when weighed up you are actually saving yourself money also this cost can be countered by bulk buying, so buy with friends. Websites that offer free postage may look great but you are paying for the postage on every item and in the end you are paying more.

Always opt for express postage because it may cost a little more but it is the safest and fastest way to get your product and always pay securely online unless you fully trust who you are buying off.