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Your shipping tips?
What kind of great ideas do you have that could help reduceshipping costs?
When it costs more to ship an item than it's worth, there'sgotta be shortcuts! |
I use the priority boxes. The lines at the Phoenix PO are horrible. I pay for the postage online and our mailman picks them up at my door. I have had to just suck it up a couple of times mailing something that was not all that valuable.
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Check with Greyhound bus lines. They ship it for you and if it is on their line, it may get there the next day.
Safe too. |
Basic shipping costs are based on weight and size of the item.
An ordinary ten pound rock would cost a lot more to ship than a ten carat (uninsured) diamond. |
Ya, I would use priority boxes too, last time I went to the post office they were able to help me so that it would cut the cost down as much as I could to ship my donation items.
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Originally Posted by ragamuffin
(Post 7170244)
Check with Greyhound bus lines. They ship it for you and if it is on their line, it may get there the next day.
Safe too. |
If the item is large but light in weight, you might want to think about buying a space bag so that you can reduce the size of the folded quilt and therefore the box. Many people don't realize there is a calculation for "dimensional weight" to figure shipping costs - for items that are large but don't weigh much. Also, sometimes, Fed Ex ground rates can be cheaper than the post office.
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Originally Posted by just_the_scraps_m'am
(Post 7170132)
What kind of great ideas do you have that could help reduceshipping costs?
When it costs more to ship an item than it's worth, there'sgotta be shortcuts! |
Originally Posted by PenniF
(Post 7170472)
If the item is large but light in weight, you might want to think about buying a space bag so that you can reduce the size of the folded quilt and therefore the box. Many people don't realize there is a calculation for "dimensional weight" to figure shipping costs - for items that are large but don't weigh much. Also, sometimes, Fed Ex ground rates can be cheaper than the post office.
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Originally Posted by Feather3
(Post 7170499)
I shipped a queen size quilt, extra fabric & a few other small items in the largest priority flat rate box (12" x 12" x 5-1/2") the post office has. Flat rate is around $17.90 (under 70 pounds). Add extra insurance & it'll cost a little more. Comes with free tracking. I folded my quilt long ways, down to about 12 inches. Then accordian folded it to fit in the space bag & box. Those space bags can really give you added space. Wal-Mart carries a couple brands of space bags. I bought the cheaper ones. I went to USPS website & printed out my label. When you take it to the post office you get a reciept with a tracking number. Give them your e-mail address & you get auto notices for tracking.
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