I added up the weight of all the products in my package, including the boxes and everything else, and it comes to a total of 6538g. However, the Hipobuy app says the package weighs 7878g at checkout. What's causing this weight discrepancy? I'm being charged 20€ more than I should be. I imagine this is a mistake, and I've talked with the hipobuy online support, and they haven't been able to help me.
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Is it normal that I was charged €28 for shipping to the warehouse?
I had previously placed an order through another agent and they didn't charge me shipping costs to send them from the supplier to the warehouse, I don't know if this is normal.
You recommend sending my 7.2kg package by truck via FedEx? It's only €55 with the 25% discount (without the discount it's €72), and with DHL, the cheapest company that ships by air, it costs me €97 with the discount (€125 without it).