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flannelheart t1_jdjl45q wrote

I've never ordered from rock auto. Like, you only pay shipping on your first order and it's free fir each order after that?

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Amp8424 t1_jdjp07z wrote

Absolutely not lol.

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flannelheart t1_jdjqau3 wrote

What's he mean by you pay shipping once? Looks like they have great prices but shipping was $26 on wipers, an oil filter and an air filter.

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Amp8424 t1_jdjqffy wrote

I think he meant he orders both wipers at the same time so that he only has to pay shipping once. Rockauto makes you pay shipping everytime, nothing special.

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terrible_sloth t1_jdk1go9 wrote

I’ll probably explain this bad but here goes. Rock Auto doesn’t work like most online retailers and they will charge you shipping for every package in an order if they ship from different warehouses. So once you add an item to your cart you’ll notice letters next to other items as you shop, possibly an “A” at first. That means everything you see with an “A” will ship from the same warehouse. You want to try to purchase items that all ship from the same place or you will pay the full shipping price for each shipment. I’m assuming you didn’t because I’ve never paid them $26 in shipping even for brake rotors. But that’s where they shine is once you make one purchase you can find small items that are quite inexpensive and add them to your order and it doesn’t really add up to much more shipping cost. That’s what the other person meant by only paying shipping once. Hope that helped.

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Amp8424 t1_jdk2mad wrote

What really sucks is of you ever have to return said items, they all have to be sent back to each warehouse, A then B then C etc. So it really blows when you have to pay shipping to 2 different warehouses.

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flannelheart t1_jdk56t8 wrote

Aha! That makes more sense and that's a great tip. Yeah, it was shipping from three different warehouses so that explains the $26. Thanks for the explanation!

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haven_taclue t1_jdjnuj3 wrote

Seeing this...I just ordered some wipers and the site has been processing my order for 5 minutes...I guess Ill lose the order. Going to wallyworld.

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