[nullc]

> but there is a cost.

It may be less than you suspect because the regular bubble in their ordering pipeline might give them time to deal with suppliers, maintain stock, improve their website, maintain systems, relax and refocus, etc.

I doubt it works out better than not doing it at least economically, but there may be enough benefit to offset most of the costs.

The times I've run into the B&H sabbath outage, I just waited and ordered later. There are more thing in my life than just ordering things as fast as possible, and I respect a business for having other priorities. (Plus, B&H is just generally a really good supplier)

[m-zuber]

>It may be less than you suspect because the regular bubble in their ordering pipeline might give them time to deal with suppliers, maintain stock, improve their website, maintain systems, relax and refocus, etc.

the thing is, the bubble they have includes not doing anything on this list :)

[nullc]

Not during the time but presumably the lack of orders during that period results in reduced work the following day. Otherwise, they'd be like many businesses: closed on sunday, but handing sunday's orders on monday.

[Wowfunhappy]

> There are more thing in my life than just ordering things as fast as possible.

On a purely personal level, it's not so much the speed as it is the need to get it done and move on with my life. If I need to order something, I want to just do it and forget about it for a few days (or whatever) until it arrives in the mail. If I have to come back later, that's one more thing for my mental to-do list.

[snapetom]

B&H is also very competitive in price and still doesn't charge sales tax in many states.

Save twenty bucks by placing the order tonight instead of right now? Sure, why not.