# WeatherTech Saves Me Money! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 20, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611 "2020-08-20T22:15:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoGraceUnderPressure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nograceunderpressure/32/4402_2.png) [@NoGraceUnderPressure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGraceUnderPressure)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/1 "2020-08-20T22:15:50Z")
I just put 4 items totaling $344.80 into my shopping cart at WeatherTech and noticed some hefty shipping charges, so I called to see if they had any promos. CSR was dismissive and curt. Thanked the person, ended call, cart emptied, money saved! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/2 "2020-08-20T22:27:44Z")
Welcome to the Dope! A word to the wise: I clicked on your thread title because I was expecting to find a spammy testimonial to report. That said, good on you for making poor customer service have a real consequence. I don’t know if WeatherTech has a social media presence, but if they do, relating the above anecdote MIGHT result in that promo you were looking for… ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/3 "2020-08-20T23:20:56Z")
This is not the first time someone has pitted WeatherTech. I mean, welcome to the Dope, new person. It would be lots of fun if this pitting went the way the other one did! ---
**Author:** ![NoGraceUnderPressure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nograceunderpressure/32/4402_2.png) [@NoGraceUnderPressure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGraceUnderPressure)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/4 "2020-08-21T00:13:56Z")
Good point on the thread title, noted. And thank you for the social media suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![NoGraceUnderPressure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nograceunderpressure/32/4402_2.png) [@NoGraceUnderPressure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGraceUnderPressure)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/5 "2020-08-21T00:15:06Z")
Too funny. I am here because of that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/6 "2020-08-21T00:47:44Z")
I’m sorry you didn’t get the free stuff you wanted. Maybe your tantrum will make them feel it’s easier to give baby his cookie? ---
**Author:** ![NoGraceUnderPressure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nograceunderpressure/32/4402_2.png) [@NoGraceUnderPressure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGraceUnderPressure)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/7 "2020-08-21T00:56:57Z")
hehe, expected this. I’m liking the pit. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/8 "2020-08-21T02:41:26Z")
Hey, baby, go get yourself a cookie! ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/9 "2020-08-21T02:50:37Z")
**@Chingon** or **NoGrace**? Getting themselves a cookie. Inquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/10 "2020-08-21T13:10:45Z")
You can’t blame the OP for checking about shipping charges. It is a profit center for many online businesses. I have enquired about shipping options when the only option on the site says that shipping is more than the item. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/11 "2020-08-21T14:42:01Z")
Come February those Weather Tech mats will be looking awfully nice. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/12 "2020-08-21T15:21:27Z")
Why? I’ve live at 7,500+ feet in elevation for most of the last 14 years. I’ve always just left the standard floor mats in my car (cloth in my current Jeep). Knock the mud or snow off before you get in the car it takes 30 seconds and warms up your feet. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/13 "2020-08-21T17:30:20Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > I’m sorry you didn’t get the free stuff you wanted. Maybe your tantrum will make them feel it’s easier to give baby his cookie? Vendor offered product for a price, customer found the price too high for services rendered, vendor refused to change price, customer declines sale and gives testimonial to other potential customers. The Free Market works! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/14 "2020-08-22T15:00:55Z")
Nothing wrong with bitching about unreasonably high shipping costs and letting the company know it’s not acceptable. I think shipping and handling should be as close as possible to actual cost and that firms should make their profits on the items they sell, but gaming the system is a way of life.\* \*especially for small-timers on eBay and similar sites. Though it’s true that buyers often underestimate how much it costs to ship things. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/15 "2020-08-22T15:45:53Z")
> [@NoGraceUnderPressure](#): > > …CSR was dismissive and curt… You probably shouldn’t call him out by name. mmm ---
**Author:** ![NoGraceUnderPressure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nograceunderpressure/32/4402_2.png) [@NoGraceUnderPressure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGraceUnderPressure)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/16 "2020-08-22T22:15:43Z")
Very interesting comments my rant has elicited. I honestly didn’t think anyone would care to read it. To be clear, it never was about the shipping charges. I am willing to pay for quality and convenience. I believe WeatherTech makes a great product. The CSR, who I could have called out by name - at least the one they answered the phone with (@Mean_Mr.Mustard), was the deal breaker for me. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/17 "2020-08-22T22:28:04Z")
And none of you linked to _Barbie_’s famous Weather Tech thread? For shame! > [@Fuck WeatherTech (car mats and liners)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-weathertech-car-mats-and-liners/677712): > > Wow. Just wow. Anyone who reads any of the car magazines knows what a big deal MacNeil Automotive makes about their WeatherTech mats, US manufacturing and bend-over-backwards customer service. Until this week, I’d have heartily endorsed that image and the products - I have three WeatherTech mat sets and a cargo liner for my Odyssey and they are good-fitting, durable and trouble-free products. They were nice in California; such wet-snow-and-slush-proof mats are essential here in the Northeast. S… There’s been a Weather Tech billboard prominently displayed at the interchange between 78 and the Garden State Parkway for years. I think of that thread and giggle every time I see it. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/18 "2020-08-22T22:30:43Z")
I always wondered how weather tech had the moolah to sponsor racing series’. Do they really sell that many floormats? But now I see it’s inflated shipping charges. Makes more sense. Not as much sense as fucking red bull being able to have TWO F1 teams, plus every other sport team out there, but whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/19 "2020-08-23T02:21:12Z")
Makes perfect sense. Have you bought a Red Bull lately? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611/20 "2020-08-23T04:24:50Z")
Not me. If I did, I’d feel an obligation to drink it, and putting that in my mouth is a mistake I don’t intend to repeat. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weathertech-saves-me-money/918611.md?page=2)