Where do you ship your items from? price?

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

I have DHL, Fedex and UPS accounts and always check all three to see who's cheaper.

For small things, anything that'll fit in the free flat rate box, I use USPS.

 

[OldOneEye 10+ year member]

Just the simple act of having a UPS driver pull up to your house costs money (lets say $7). Wether he lugs out a 1 pound or 50 pound box, he still had to pull over, go to your door, etc. That is why it isn't by the pound (lets say like buying bulk trail mix at the store).

I use USPS fixed rate for "heavy" light stuff that is also cheap. They have a fixed rate box that comes out to $9 no matter how heavy.

For other stuff, I usually use UPS because the nearest Kinkos is far and the nearest UPS store is close to it isn't worth it for me to save a buck or two.

Juan

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

USPS here, and i ship quite a bit on ebay, and i can never get anything less then 8-9 bucks no matter what weight. i think the base rate is like 6 or 7 bucks for all shipping carriers. So since i dont have a scale i always say 9.99 on shipping no matter what. DHL is awesome though, ive used them a few times. They come to you, pick it up and are extremely reasonable.

 

[docutech 10+ year member]

Work. Discounted Fedex/UPS rates

 

[ToyTundra 10+ year member]

But if you're gonna do UPS, I do my own packaging, and print a label from ups.com, and just drop it off at a UPS store. That's the cheapest way to do UPS.

drop off packages get beat to death before they even leave the store.

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

Ive Used em all . . . . FedEx has been my favorite........... DHL was OK but its too far from my home, FedEx has always taken care of me. USPS is great for smaller items though. UPS i just never really cared for.......... i am brown myself maybe thats why //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif lol