SHIPPING CONCERNS

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by monterey:
It was priority mail with tracking.  I don't pay for insurance just because I've never been burned.  I can replace lost or broken items many times over with what is saved by not buying insurance.  

I know several high volume bowyers who do the same.

You can go online and figure USPS shipping on just about anything.  When I shipped it The rate was within pennies of the calculator.  Maybe there is a way of doing it that will save.

Since the shirts probably have a message on them maybe they qualify for media rate?

The post office doesn't know what's written on the shirts they're packed when I take him to the post office

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by 9 Shocks:
I second endicia.

Also, USPS will give you boxes for free.

If you use priority flat rate envelopes and if it fits, it ships for 6.50

I ship jackets and clothing in them all the time.  Just gotta roll em up right.

You can use a regional A box or regional B box and get better rates as well.

Lots of tricks to shipping and saving money.

I buy my own shipping supplies and take them to the post office already packed

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by 9 Shocks:
I second endicia.

Also, USPS will give you boxes for free.

If you use priority flat rate envelopes and if it fits, it ships for 6.50

I ship jackets and clothing in them all the time.  Just gotta roll em up right.

You can use a regional A box or regional B box and get better rates as well.

Lots of tricks to shipping and saving money.

Well the post office never measures the bags or the boxes but they always weigh them... so whether I roll them up tight or not doesn't really seem to matter since they're weighing the package

[Terry Green]

Well from the sound of things I guess I've been doing it all wrong... maybe I should ship things the cheapest way possible the absolute cheapest way and allow people to suffer scream and holler for 3 weeks till it gets delivered ...no tracking no insurance no nothing good luck HAHAHAhaha

[Terry Green]

Okay seriously I'm going to ship a sweatshirt I just sold one I'm going to see how much it cost with no tracking no insurance no nothing no special

[Jon Stewart]

I used the grey bags I mentioned earlier without an issue for 4 years. Never lost an item, they were delivered in a timely manner and it saved the buyer funds.  Never used tracking or insurance.

[Gdpolk]

Shipping can be rediculous at times.  I just picked up a stand off a guy here.  17lbs, 7.5oz and shipping ran $41.55 via USPS Priority!  That's insane.  

I would have expected $20-25 but $42!  You can ship any of their flat rate boxes up to 70lbs for less than $20.  The last batch of knives that I sent in for heat treat was in a medium flat rate box that weighted 69lbs 15oz and shipped for $13.  Granted the box size was smaller but I literally shipped FOUR times the weight for A THIRD of the cost and most 18-wheelers are not full when they reach the weight capacity for shipping purposes which to me means weight and distance should be the primary contributing factor for cost.

[Tim Finley]

I mail bows every week and the cost of priority mail is usually 11.00 to 14.00. Then there is the cost of the box and the trip to the post office  24 miles round trip, it adds up . The service is good, I shipped a bow from N.D. to Rochester NY . I mailed it on a Tuesday and it arrived on Thursday same week , that's fast .

[9 Shocks]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
Well from the sound of things I guess I've been doing it all wrong... maybe I should ship things the cheapest way possible the absolute cheapest way and allow people to suffer scream and holler for 3 weeks till it gets delivered ...no tracking no insurance no nothing good luck HAHAHAhaha

Insurance would be included in shipping costs covering up to 50 dollars and tracking is free.  All you have to do is pass the information along.

I was not being condescending with my response at all but apparently you were, I was just trying to offer some sound advice.

[9 Shocks]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
 

Originally posted by 9 Shocks:
I second endicia.

Also, USPS will give you boxes for free.

If you use priority flat rate envelopes and if it fits, it ships for 6.50

I ship jackets and clothing in them all the time.  Just gotta roll em up right.

You can use a regional A box or regional B box and get better rates as well.

Lots of tricks to shipping and saving money.

Well the post office never measures the bags or the boxes but they always weigh them... so whether I roll them up tight or not doesn't really seem to matter since they're weighing the package [/b]

But it does matter if you can fit the shirt in the RIGHT package...

Just trying to be helpful

[DanielB89]

I agree with 9shocks about the free boxes from USPS.  

FWIW, I just received a pair of coveralls and my mind was blown to see what this individual had to pay to ship them.  It was right at $40.  


I kind of look at this like health care.. sure, it is expensive, BUT, I don't have many other options.

[Jon Stewart]

Free boxes come with a fixed  price. No need to pay a medium flat rate price for a sweatshirt when you can mail it in a bag.

Someone wrote they don't measure boxes but they weight them.  That is incorrect.  Not only have I been mailing out archery club shirts, hats and other club gear, I mailed archery equipment to military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. I have been down out every mailing road there is.

[hunting badger]

Try living in Alaska if you think your shipping charges are high! Ours are through the roof, I try to buy locally when I can but your not getting much traditional archery gear locally. What rips me is the companies than don't charge just shipping, like several of the popular traditional archery companies, I try to avoid buying from them if I can, or buy from guys like Kenny that just charge the true shipping. A lot of companies will not ship through the USPS because they have some kind of deal with these shipping companies, as a consequence we the consumer get ripped!!

[pdk25]

Originally posted by Holybeardman:
Being in the industry myself, I can tell you that these trucking fees are way inflated over what is reasonable.

I can ship skids of product for 300 bucks or less over 2000 miles. Thousands of pounds of products...

That is amazing since a semi truck averages 7 mpg, and smaller hauling vehicles rarely over 12 mph. With the average price per gallon in the US at around $2.50, of you assume 10 mpg that comes out to $500, and that is for a one way trip.  Definitely gotta be sharing that cost somewhere.

[Zradix]

lots of skids per truck/trailer.

[DeerSpotter]

You could put into perspective !!!

If you don't eat right, exercise right, you're not going to pull a 50# bow.  Yeah have to added into your cost of enjoyment !

I just sold some stuff in the classifieds, I was surprised again how much it cost to ship.  But I made a commitment to someone, and by paying the extra for the shipping you just bless that person.

Now if we can have the brakes that the big companies do, it be a different story.

If you do ship to a business Address, instead of a residential there is a little bit of a break on with ups.  

Happiness is a choice, shipping is just a part of happiness, you are getting rid of something you don't want ! AND  making somebody else happy by getting it.  How much better can it get.

Carl

[SERGIO VENNERI]

If i can air another issue with shipping it's OVER PACKAGING! I recently ordered 2  packs of vanes ,which could have been shipped economically in an envelope ,however the shop decided that i needed one of their catalogues (unasked for) so they shipped everything i a box and i ended up paying 5 times the cost of the vanes.
 Personally i ship everything by snail mail uninsured and have not lost a thing so far! There now i feel better!

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by 9 Shocks:
   

Originally posted by Terry Green:
Well from the sound of things I guess I've been doing it all wrong... maybe I should ship things the cheapest way possible the absolute cheapest way and allow people to suffer scream and holler for 3 weeks till it gets delivered ...no tracking no insurance no nothing good luck HAHAHAhaha

Insurance would be included in shipping costs covering up to 50 dollars and tracking is free.  All you have to do is pass the information along.

I was not being condescending with my response at all but apparently you were, I was just trying to offer some sound advice. [/b]

No...I wasn't sir..I promise.  And Yes, tracking comes with $50 insured.  I'm going to mail the sweatshirt on Saturday and see without tracking.  ....and these sweatshirts are so heavy I can't ger them into one of those boxes.

And I do ship them in a bag...but I'll check it all out Monday!

Next time someone says shipping is too expensive, simply offer the choice of picking it up at your location, no charge.

At an average of .60 per mile to operate a vehicle, anyone more than 8 miles away is getting a bargain.  When they think about that, 10 bucks sounds pretty cheap.

[mjh]

I dunno how people ship long or heavy stuff for the prices they put on out on line. Every time I go to the PO to ship something heavy or long I'm paying more than what I hear other folks paying. I use flat rate boxes most the time though.  I insure to the agreed sale price of the item I ship, I'm not a person who can make another one and send it out.  Sure insurance is a kind of scam....until yea need it.....I've shipped some expensive knives over the years and you bet I fully insure them.  Never had a problem yet but I do hear nightmare stories on getting insurance claims settled.  What I see is everyone wants a deal...we'll there are a few out there now and then...but get real if you want something and you think the price is fair buy it and pay the agreed costs....if you don't like the total price...don't buy it.