How do you save on shipping? Courier or website advice? Thanks!
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The 'over length' fee still applies tho right? That's on the carrier not PS i'm assuming.I’ve been using PirateShip about one year now for my personal shipments. It’s awesome. The price is way less. The website is 10x easier to use (than all 3 or the carriers). Highly recommend. They offer USPS and UPS shipping, both at substantially lower prices than direct. They don’t offer FedEx. They easily show more choices. For example “parcel select” is usually the cheapest one. I never even heard of that one when using the usps site.
I think so. You are still making a ups or usps label. And put in the box size and weight. They just pass along a big discount.The 'over length' fee still applies tho right? That's on the carrier not PS i'm assuming.
UPS Store's are franchises and they can hit you with all kinds of fees. I once shipped a cue back to maker who lived off the hwy by about 200yds. UPSStore wanted to charge me a fkng 'gravel road fee'. WTF.Print your own UPS labels. They might slip a slight upcharge but still a best rate. Never use PakMail or The UPS STORE… use them only to ship a prepaid label/package.
They do offer FedEx lolI’ve been using PirateShip about one year now for my personal shipments. It’s awesome. The price is way less. The website is 10x easier to use (than all 3 or the carriers). Highly recommend. They offer USPS and UPS shipping, both at substantially lower prices than direct. They don’t offer FedEx. They easily show more choices. For example “parcel select” is usually the cheapest one. I never even heard of that one when using the usps site.
You can cut a postal triangle tube down to 36 inches and avoid that. Pirate ship is the best. I ship UPS almost exclusively now. Even with 1k insurance the average cue costs just over 20 bucks to ship domestically. I sent a cue to Japan for $72 UPS through pirate ship and it got there in two days. I wouldn't use Fedex even if it was a choice.The 'over length' fee still applies tho right? That's on the carrier not PS i'm assuming.
I remember you saying that. I got a $5.00 fee as the destination was on a hill in a rural area by a long winding road. Don’t you love shiiit merchants.UPS Store's are franchises and they can hit you with all kinds of fees. I once shipped a cue back to maker who lived off the hwy by about 200yds. UPSStore wanted to charge me a fkng 'gravel road fee'. WTF.
Cutting it down to 36 inches won't avoid the new $15.00 surcharge. It applies to anything over 30 inches. Anything over 22 inches has a $4.00 surcharge, anything over 30 inches has a $15.00 surcharge, and anything over 2 cubic feet in volume has a $15.00 surcharge. The charges are additive, which means that if you ship a package that is more than 30 inches long and more than 2 cubic feet the surcharge will be $30.00. USPS has also eliminated the Regional Rate catagory which was a very good choice for small but heavy items. Now UPS and FedEx are significantly cheaper for those items.You can cut a postal triangle tube down to 36 inches and avoid that. Pirate ship is the best. I ship UPS almost exclusively now. Even with 1k insurance the average cue costs just over 20 bucks to ship domestically. I sent a cue to Japan for $72 UPS through pirate ship and it got there in two days. I wouldn't use Fedex even if it was a choice.
I guess I wasn't aware of the postal service new fees as I fired them a time ago. UPS seems to be the most solid choice right now.Cutting it down to 36 inches won't avoid the new $15.00 surcharge. It applies to anything over 30 inches. Anything over 22 inches has a $4.00 surcharge, anything over 30 inches has a $15.00 surcharge, and anything over 2 cubic feet in volume has a $15.00 surcharge. The charges are additive, which means that if you ship a package that is more than 30 inches long and more than 2 cubic feet the surcharge will be $30.00. USPS has also eliminated the Regional Rate catagory which was a very good choice for small but heavy items. Now UPS and FedEx are significantly cheaper for those items.
I ship 40-50 packages a week, and since the new surcharges went into effect I have migrated about 30% of my shipping from the USPS to UPS and FedEx Ground. The split used to be about 80% USPS and 20% UPS/FedEx, but now it's just about 50-50.
I use them a lot and they work really well. They seem to get the same discount as ebay.Have heard PirateShip is the way to ship. Never used them yet but have heard good reports on here and elsewhere. https://www.pirateship.com/?utm_sou...ZSI8pSFHmSjeJXW1wB6bkziCJDRI9gGoaAofoEALw_wcB
Louis DeJoy still Postmaster General, sent from the private sector to destroy USPS. That has to be it.The last few cues i shipped i used UPS the post office was almost triple the price
This is exactly rightLouis DeJoy still Postmaster General, sent from the private sector to destroy USPS. That has to be it.