wtf... shipping is expensive...
 

$21.57 to ship [2] valve covers that came out to weigh 15.90lbs via FedEx Ground!? I've shipped turbos for less than that!

What are the cheap shipping alternatives... I shipped FedEx cause USPS is usually too much, but for $21.57 I might as well have shipped USPS.

I miss DHL...

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honing alpacas are uber cheap

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all shipping companies went up 15 percent this year. People crying about shipping costs havent shipped lately

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usps rates are up has well

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USPS might cost a bit more but i seem to get packages way faster from them. UPS/Fedex take at least a week on everything

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Greyhound bus, but you have to pick the parts up at your local facility. They are the best price for shipping wierd shaped or bulky ---- like bumper covers.

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Depends on location but from coast to coast fedex usually takes 6 business days+the weekend. Flat rate boxes are the saving grace of online sales

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This is why you get a fedex account and drop off during busy hours. 90 percent of the time they wont throw it on the scale since their so busy. Has long has you keep it within reason say thrown 12 pounds on that package it will go through at that weight and you save a couple bucks. Fedex knows this they dont care online accounts make them so much damn money.

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very true, i should know

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yeah... i know... i used to ship stuff out almost daily like a year ago... got sick of driving to the PO like everyday so I practically stopped selling online... started again cause money sucks.... I greatly prefer USPS, but 2 valve covers wont fit in a flat rate box, and 2 flat rate boxes would cost as much as fedex and fedex has 100 insurance and good tracking.

that is a damn good idea... I might have to try that sometime...

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It works alot of the time. Just shipped a transmission went through at 80 pounds my scale said 105 with packing. Just make sure you do it when there busy so they will just scan and go.

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Fedex re-weighs all of our packages and they charge dimensional weight now also - which is retarded. You guys may end up getting a bill later. I know UPS has sent us a few bills later for a few pounds off.

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bitches already sent it, what are they gonna do? repo post delivery

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Fedex when they do reweigh your package its shown in the tracking. My bills dont lie most of the time they go under weight. Been doing it for for years now.

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Are you paying for the box at time of shipment online or something? I can't imagine they would let people get away with that considering how stringent they are with the commercial net 30 accounts. We are billed when the package is delivered, and they charge every single cent that they can get out of you. We are shipping a good 50-75 boxes a day these days, and have to double check every invoice to make sure they don't throw in some miscellaneous charges which they do all the time (we catch them uping the rates all the time for dimensional inaccuracies).

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fedex shipping is dirt cheap....when you get 70% off ;D