New Postal shipping rates
dragon1952
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Anybody ship anything USPS lately? I shipped a 6"x5"x4" 1lb box today from west coast to Kentucky. This would have cost $6.50 Priority Mail and around the same Parcel Post before. Now Priority was $12 something and Parcel Post was $9.79. I said "you've got to be kidding me, the rates went up that much?", she said "well they went up a little bit". Well the flat rate boxes went up just a bit but everything else it's basically too expensive to ship a smaller value item now.
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Now they are talking about discontinuing Saturday mail delivery too, supposedly to save $$... Hate USPS....
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I sell used/rare books as a part-time side business and, if you think that domestic shipping rates have increased a lot, you should check out the new increased U.S. Postal international shipping rates. I used to average 4 or 5 overseas book orders a month to places like Japan, Australia, England, France, etc. A Global Priorty Mail flat rate envelope that used to cost $14 now costs $24. And a priority mail medium flat rate box that used to cost $45 to ship overseas is now $60. It has killed my overseas business! And, domestically, it costs me about $5 on average to ship a single average-sized hardcover. And that is not even including postal insurance and all the other fees! I shipped a book out today and postal insurance alone was over $7!
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I used to sell a bunch of stuff on Ebay. I would also buy stuff, usually electronics or guitars and related accessories, to try them out and then resell them if I didn't want them. You take enough of a hit with Ebay/PayPal fees but with the way the shipping costs are now it's unaffordable. I gave up on UPS/FedEx a long time ago except for larger items but now USPS is just as expensive. Unfortunately I live in a fairly remote area so local selling of the type of stuff I sell is not really an option. Basically, if it doesn't fit in an envelope or the little $5.80 flat rate box you're screwed.2 channel - Willsenton R8 tube integrated, Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE DAC, audio optimized NUC7i5, Windows 10 Pro/JRiver MC29/Fidelizer Plus 8.7 w/LPS and external SSD drive, PS Audio PerfectWave P3 regenerator, KEF R3 speakers, Rythmik F12SE subwoofer, Audioquest Diamond USB cable, Gabriel Gold IC's, Morrow Audio SP5 speaker cables. Computer - Windows 10/JRiver, Schiit Magni 3+/Modi 3+, Fostex PMO.4n monitors, Sennheiser HD600 headphones
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Funny, FedEx hasn't gotten any more expensive for me over the last few years...
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And, domestically, it costs me about $5 on average to ship a single average-sized hardcover. And that is not even including postal insurance and all the other fees! I shipped a book out today and postal insurance alone was over $7!
Tried Media Mail?My humble setup...
...is no more.
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the usps is on a downward spiral to disappearing it seems. I just purchased a bunch of DVD-A from japan and paid $3 US each for shipping. The ones i purchased that were shipped from the states were $3-5 how does that work out?Speakers:
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It's sad USPS used to be the only self supportive Gov't entity. That started to decline rapidly when fax/email came aboard...times have changed2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
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It doesn't help that they have the WORST custom service of any business. I intentionally choose not to put money into the Post Office if I don't have to, but I can't stand trying to do business with the employees.
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I don't know. For 43 cents I can profess my love for Keiko on a piece of paper, stick it in an envelope and have it hand delivered to the dear boy halfway around the world. 43 cents. I just can't be there to see his beaming face when he gets it.
I've been shipping packages with the PO for awhile now. Maybe a couple thousand packages? Every single one has been accounted for. Not a single lost package.
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Thanks, goofyGAguy. Yes, I was referring to media mail as I ship all of my books strictly by media mail unless the buyer requests (and pays for) prioriy mail. Media mail prices have really increased too. A single hardcover book costs about $4 or $5 to ship by media mail and that is not including insurance or any extras. Shipping a single CD costs about $2.50 by media mail nowadays.
