Hi all,
As per T's & C's its to help cover costs.
If you look at the FAQ you will see that we subsidise the postage on orders. and don't charge for packaging.
Its unfortunate but as an internet based business we are charged more for insurance and have to pay double the merchant fees than a normal shop would have to pay (we are forced to use a gateway system to process credit cards hence the dbl charge)
For a very long time we were absorbing these costs ourselves but as we get busier the costs get higher so rather than hide these costs by increasing the cost of items above the RRP we thought it best to be upfront about it.
If you find yourself just under the £15 just stick something else in your cart (we have quite few cheap items) and you will miss the charge.
Since we started BB our business model has changed so much. Now we find that people use our services to buy more heavy items (food etc) and as such our systems are now geared up more towards large orders. (there is not many places online where you can buy a full pallet of food).
I hope this helps explain things.