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Post Office Price Changes Again
Well it wasnt just the stamps everything flat rate and all packages have gone up so if your selling stuff be forwarned. I went in and was shocked that flat rate boxes went up almost a dollar again. Thats all.
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It's following the gas price :7
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Yeah just like everything else. Went to snatch up a 20oz the other day when I got gas and the -----s were $1.69 wtf
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I found it very dirty that for 2 months all they talked about was forever stamps this etc Im in the post office 2-3 times a week sending parts off. Then go to use the automated machine and was shocked by the change(Again) had to actually ask a worker and she told me it just changed thanks for the heads up. Oh well Im going to try to get everything to fit in flat rate envelopes now.
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Just rip the envelope open for slightly larger items and use a lot of tape. lol
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$9.80 for flat rate box now.......was 7.70 two years ago!
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Originally Posted by Mista Bone
$9.80 for flat rate box now.......was 7.70 two years ago!
They better not try to change again anytime soon or watch fedex/ups get back alot of business |
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Wait about another 5 years until the post office doesnt exist. They have been steadily declining due to email and online bill payment and its to the point they pretty much deliver junk mail for pennies. Every year they loose more and more money which is covered by tax dollars. Things are getting bad.
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Originally Posted by rsmith2786
Wait about another 5 years until the post office doesnt exist. They have been steadily declining due to email and online bill payment and its to the point they pretty much deliver junk mail for pennies. Every year they loose more and more money which is covered by tax dollars. Things are getting bad.
well the flat rate box has gotten almost my shipments but I mean to ship a small 2 ounce package is almost 3 times what it was a year ago. No bueno. I guess gas prices just own everything |
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Originally Posted by chris
well the flat rate box has gotten almost my shipments but I mean to ship a small 2 ounce package is almost 3 times what it was a year ago. No bueno. I guess pocket cash just owns everything |
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that fucken blows. I needed to ship out like a dozen flat rate boxes and at near 10 bucks, that hurts. 8 dollars I could work with, but 10!
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Yeah they are really getting bad. I just started using UPS almost exclusively unless I am shipping in state.
It is almost always $10 to ship with UPS, but you get $100 of insurance, real time tracking, and door-step delivery. UPS want more and more for each service. They upped the delivery confirm and insurance rates too. |
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Originally Posted by Cray91
Yeah they are really getting bad. I just started using UPS almost exclusively unless I am shipping in state.
It is almost always $10 to ship with UPS, but you get $100 of insurance, real time tracking, and door-step delivery. UPS want more and more for each service. They upped the delivery confirm and insurance rates too. |
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USPS pissed me off when I shipped a package to hawaii with $400+ worth of phones I sold on egay. I sent it parcel post, because usps says it would take a week or two. Well, after a month or two it still showed "electronic information received" or whatever. The guy filed a claim, got his money back, and a week or two later it showed "delivered" and was ------- signed by him. Of course, at this point, paypal was of no use :7
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I can agree with the shittiness of Parcel Post and I will never use it for anything. My girl ordered something online and the seller put the wrong zipcode on the package. It was just off by the last digit, they knew exactly where it was going regardless of that fact. It took 2 weeks to arrive in my city from 5 states away, then it took 2 more weeks once they found out the zip was wrong :S
Parcest post means lowest priority, so nobody gives a ---- about your package. Don't ever use that ----. I'm a cheap ass mofo but even I won't stoop that low. |
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Originally Posted by Jorsher
USPS pissed me off when I shipped a package to hawaii with $400+ worth of phones I sold on egay. I sent it parcel post, because usps says it would take a week or two. Well, after a month or two it still showed "electronic information received" or whatever. The guy filed a claim, got his money back, and a week or two later it showed "delivered" and was ------- signed by him. Of course, at this point, paypal was of no use :7
parcel llike Jon said should never be used period. If its under a pound first class mail works just fine |
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Oh was chattin up my Bud at the post office this morning word is they might start charging for priority boxes has well. sNot sure if its complete bull ---- but Im going to order a butt load just to be safe.
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Originally Posted by chris
parcel llike Jon said should never be used period. If its under a pound first class mail works just fine USPS' tracking is a joke. I've got a package before and still had it show online "electronic information received. It's garbage. |
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I just remembered too, I sold a moped frame to some kid in Hawaii. I was forced to use parcel post because the package was too large to fit on an airplane. Took over 2.5 months to reach him :o
He sent me cash in the mail though so I wasn't worried about a chargeback. He kept asking me where it was and I got tired of it real quick and ignored him :6 Then one day he says he received it. |
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Originally Posted by chris
Oh was chattin up my Bud at the post office this morning word is they might start charging for priority boxes has well. sNot sure if its complete bull ---- but Im going to order a butt load just to be safe.
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Originally Posted by Mista Bone
Great, I use two boxes a day for my courier route.......
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ordered 150.......will order another 150 next week.
I've been pretty consistant of my ordering. The new Large Flat Rate Boxes are thinner, kinda crappy if you ask me. I'd hate to put 50-60 pounds in one and see what happens :) |
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What's even more rediculous...it is CHEAPER to ship a small 1-2 ounce padded envelope to Canada or another foreign country than it is to send the same envelope somewhere in the US.
They have now planned increases in the pricing every may...at this same time. |
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Originally Posted by xenocron
What's even more rediculous...it is CHEAPER to ship a small 1-2 ounce padded envelope to Canada or another foreign country than it is to send the same envelope somewhere in the US.
They have now planned increases in the pricing every may...at this same time. Ya had that happen and the girl had to double check we had a good laugh about it. Well looks like Ill be back at fedex 5 days a week |
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Originally Posted by xenocron
What's even more rediculous...it is CHEAPER to ship a small 1-2 ounce padded envelope to Canada or another foreign country than it is to send the same envelope somewhere in the US.
They have now planned increases in the pricing every may...at this same time. |
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Originally Posted by g_shok
thats cuz their trying to increase the amount of international shipments
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i believe they make more profit on the international stuff then they do with the domestic
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Originally Posted by chris
Ya had that happen and the girl had to double check we had a good laugh about it. Well looks like Ill be back at fedex 5 days a week |
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Originally Posted by xenocron
Why not cough up the $8 and get a daily pickup?
Im so off and on with my hours due to school and when I can get my drunk brother to help at the shop. Plus the 95 pound pit bull/boxer that roams my yard at the shop to keep the thieves at bay :y |
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