New USPS shipping option, good for small, heavy, cross cou..

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Was at the post office today and noticed a new shipping option, Priority
Mail Flat Rate for up to 70 pounds! The catch is you have to use one of
their two size boxes for this (which are free). And no doubling up one box
over another to make it bigger. But it's $7.70 to anywhere in the USA, via
Priority Mail. Inside size of their boxes are:

11" x 8.5" x 5.5" or
13.625" x 11.875" x 3.375".

So if you need to ship a transformer block or something like that, coast to
coast, sounds like a good option. If you buy or sell a lot of smaller size
stuff off ebay, might be an easy way to accurately estimate your shipping
costs/charges too. Seems like a good deal for those that live on one coast
and buy/sell to the other.

Details can be reviewed here:

http://www.usps.com/shipping/flatrate.htm?from=priority&page=flatrate

Joe (joemagiera at ameritech dot net)
joemagiera@ameritech.net

 

[Scott]

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Actually, Bob's most recent package to me used this very same type of
box.

The man knows everything ya know...lol.

 

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smallest dimensions on the two boxes are about 3 inches, and 5 inches,
might be tough to get a big pin transformer in there...but I never
measured one.
Frenchy

 

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Been around since last November IIRC.

You cannot deform the box in any way (e.g. if it has a huge bulge in it,
they will NOT accept it at the flat rate). You also cannot cut down the box
or attach multiples together like you can do with regular priority mail
boxes. If so, you pay the per pound rate instead.

You also cannot use them to ship regular priority (e..g if you had something
that fit perfectly and could send for 1# 3.85, they would still charge you
$7.70

"Joe Magiera" <joemagiera@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:7oA9e.617$iB1.91@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
> Was at the post office today and noticed a new shipping option, Priority
> Mail Flat Rate for up to 70 pounds! The catch is you have to use one of
> their two size boxes for this (which are free). And no doubling up one
> box over another to make it bigger. But it's $7.70 to anywhere in the
> USA, via Priority Mail. Inside size of their boxes are:
>
> 11" x 8.5" x 5.5" or
> 13.625" x 11.875" x 3.375".
>
> So if you need to ship a transformer block or something like that, coast
> to coast, sounds like a good option. If you buy or sell a lot of smaller
> size stuff off ebay, might be an easy way to accurately estimate your
> shipping costs/charges too. Seems like a good deal for those that live on
> one coast and buy/sell to the other.
>
> Details can be reviewed here:
>
> http://www.usps.com/shipping/flatrate.htm?from=priority&page=flatrate
>
> Joe (joemagiera at ameritech dot net)
> joemagiera@ameritech.net
>

 

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Yeah, this is a great deal. I had a huge bag of hudreds of tokens
sent this way. The box held up pretty well but it looked like it
might not stay together much longer.

 

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someone should let bob roberts know...

"Joe Magiera" <joemagiera@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:7oA9e.617$iB1.91@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
> Was at the post office today and noticed a new shipping option, Priority
> Mail Flat Rate for up to 70 pounds! The catch is you have to use one of
> their two size boxes for this (which are free). And no doubling up one
> box over another to make it bigger. But it's $7.70 to anywhere in the
> USA, via Priority Mail. Inside size of their boxes are:
>
> 11" x 8.5" x 5.5" or
> 13.625" x 11.875" x 3.375".
>
> So if you need to ship a transformer block or something like that, coast
> to coast, sounds like a good option. If you buy or sell a lot of smaller
> size stuff off ebay, might be an easy way to accurately estimate your
> shipping costs/charges too. Seems like a good deal for those that live on
> one coast and buy/sell to the other.
>
> Details can be reviewed here:
>
> http://www.usps.com/shipping/flatrate.htm?from=priority&page=flatrate
>
> Joe (joemagiera at ameritech dot net)
> joemagiera@ameritech.net
>

 

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In rec.games.video.arcade.collecting Joe Magiera <joemagiera@ameritech.net> wrote:

: If you buy or sell a lot of smaller size
: stuff off ebay, might be an easy way to accurately estimate your shipping
: costs/charges too.

Since when do ebay sellers care about accurately estimating shipping?
It's all about gouging and making an extra $10-$15 per sale on the shipping.

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> You cannot deform the box in any way (e.g. if it has a huge bulge in it,
> they will NOT accept it at the flat rate). You also cannot cut down the
> box or attach multiples together like you can do with regular priority
> mail boxes. If so, you pay the per pound rate instead.
>
> You also cannot use them to ship regular priority (e..g if you had
> something that fit perfectly and could send for 1# 3.85, they would still
> charge you $7.70

You are right on both counts. When I was asking in general about it, they
mentioned about how the box cannot be mangled in any way to stuff more
inside. And even if it was cheaper to send regular priority mail, but you
used the flat rate box, you still had to pay the flat rate. They also
mentioned that the biggest factor if it might be a good deal is if a long
distance is involved (i.e., coast to coast). So in some cases it could turn
out to be a good deal, but just some things to be aware of.

Joe