I got ***** by a local mail office.

[titanle 10+ year member]

i paid 50bux to get my pdx1000 shipped to canada from cali, via usps.

 

[DD_Dave 10+ year member]

I sure hope this isnt a racial thing.....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I sure hope this isnt a racial thing.....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

Say what?

 

[Redlineaudio 10+ year member]

Rounding up is normal, All of the services do the same thing.

If you want the lowest prices ship online at Fedex.com you just have to setup an account with a CC and do the paper work online, then drop it at a pickup location.

Also about $8 is the least you can get by with paying for gound service.

 

[cdimic25 10+ year member]

meh i know there a business and have to make money but isnt 8.55 rediculus? for shipping a distrobution block...

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Ok well i like to keep to shop at mom and pop stores trying to help them out but ive had it.
This local place which i wont say the name but they ship fedex, ups, and USPS and they tell you the rates of all the places which is cool and the problem is, they jack up the weight of your item.

I shipped a kicker distrobution block today it weighed 10oz with the padded envelope i bought from them for a dollar.

He charged as it weighed 16oz!

I paid 8.55 to ship a 10oz item to the next state over using priority!!!

It was $12 to ship it ups ground //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

I shipped an amp through him that weighed 21lb and he jacked it up a lb.... Causing me to pay 24 to ship the amp IN THE SAME STATE!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif

So am i over reacting or are these prices REDICULUS?

Not sure how he shipped it, but UPS rounds up. anything over an ounce is a pound. the 8.55 seems about right if he had some form of confirmation added to it. I used to work in the mailroom back in the day and to send a few documents priority started at 3.50. Location really doesn't matter, it was getting to you in 2-3 days. UPS for 12 bucks seems unrealistic for ground. that was a 3 day select or 2 day for that price.

 

[Redlineaudio 10+ year member]

Shipping prices have really jumped with the cost of fuel.

 

[richierich75 10+ year member]

Ok well i like to keep to shop at mom and pop stores trying to help them out but ive had it.
This local place which i wont say the name but they ship fedex, ups, and USPS and they tell you the rates of all the places which is cool and the problem is, they jack up the weight of your item.

I shipped a kicker distrobution block today it weighed 10oz with the padded envelope i bought from them for a dollar.

He charged as it weighed 16oz!

I paid 8.55 to ship a 10oz item to the next state over using priority!!!

It was $12 to ship it ups ground //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

I shipped an amp through him that weighed 21lb and he jacked it up a lb.... Causing me to pay 24 to ship the amp IN THE SAME STATE!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif

So am i over reacting or are these prices REDICULUS?

that is how those "mail centers" make their money, most of the shipping cost goes directly to the shipping company - next time look for the price that is printed on the "stamp" or "label" they affix to the box. That should show the real shipping "cost."