@davewil1964 wrote:
If I've conflated things that you've introduced it means you've, by definition, introduced unrelated, extraneous things into the discussion.
Which doesn't really help the OP. Who should have waited until tomorrow to panic, rather than pulling the trigger early and getting extraneous stuff conflated.
You seem to have invented your own definition of the word 'conflation' whereby the "things" conflated are necessarily "unrelated" and "extraneous" - that is not the case, and the fact that two ideas or concepts have been conflated is in no way indicative that one is extraneous, or unrelated to the other.
In an attempy to clarify my position, however, I offer you the following.
The OP and I started in the same position i.e. multiple purchases from our respective sellers, and we've asked about combining into a single shipment.
Let's say outcome X is a seller agreeing to the request and combining shipping to charge a lower overall shipping fee.
Likewise, outcome Y can be a seller declining the request and each item being shipped seperately with its own shipping fee.
It's a fairly straightforward request in that there should really only be two possible outcomes - X or Y, agree or decline, yes or no.
My particular example resulted in an unexpected third outcome - Dishonest Z - where the seller declined the request, stated items could only ship seperately, and then combined anyway in order to pocket the funds paid for the second lot of shipping. I've articulated my opinion on such beaviour already.
davewil, what you have conflated is OP's seller - who is still considering whether they'll provide outcome X or Y - and my assessment of *my* seller, who went with outcome Dishonest Z.
As I stated in my first reply to the OP, in topic message #6 - "...I think there's no harm in politely asking, but if your seller doesn't want to do it for whatever reason, you just need to accept it." - that's far from hinting that the seller is dishonest, as you claimed (message #24).
You also said my information doesn't really help the OP, yet in message #18 the OP has stated "...and I was accepting Tazzieterror's solution for " I think there's no harm in politely asking, but if your seller doesn't want to do it for whatever reason, you just need to accept it." which I agree with. "
The OP seems to have had no trouble in discerning between advice I've given regarding their purchase, and my opinion of the dishonest seller I encountered during my own purchase. I hope now that any confusion in your mind has now been removed.
And on a very minor and unrelated point - and only because definitions seem to matter to you - in message #27 where you've calculated:
2 x $8.55 = $17.10, a whole $2.55 more than 1 x 3kg satchel.
- I must take exception to describing '$2.55' as 'a whole'. A 'whole' should be - by definition - whole, and as you're using dollars as units, this turn of phrase only makes sense for values that are dollar multiples, e.g. "a whole $2", "a whole $3". You could quote in cents and I suppose it would technically work - "a whole 255 cents" - but it does look a little untidy to my eyes.
davewil, thank you for challenging me - I look forward to further interactions with you as I very much enjoy our discussions!
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