How do y'all ship small items??
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TECH Junkie
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How do y'all ship small items?? I sold a center cap on here for $10shipped. I tried to send out via UPS today and they wanted $14.XX. WTF? I was only sending it to brownsville. Also a few days ago I sent out my bullet mufflers to south carolina and they only charged $12.XX. Doesnt make sense to me.
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I run the shipping/receiving dept at my parts store, and we have a UPS shipper account....anything you ship is going to be minimum $5. We don't enter box dimesions, but at 1 lb, anything I ship, whether its across the street or across the state, will be minimum $4.xx with our discount. Sorry man, but you're gonna make about $4 off that cap, lol.
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TECH Junkie
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From: San Antonio, TX
I run the shipping/receiving dept at my parts store, and we have a UPS shipper account....anything you ship is going to be minimum $5. We don't enter box dimesions, but at 1 lb, anything I ship, whether its across the street or across the state, will be minimum $4.xx with our discount. Sorry man, but you're gonna make about $4 off that cap, lol.
. LOL. Oh well. At least someone will get it that actually needs it. Im going to send it out wednesday at USPS for whatever they charge and be done with it. 
If you go to a UPS store you will get RIPPED OFF since they are franchises and the only way to make money is the upcharge which you never see. If it's something not valuable ship USPS because they are the cheapest by far. If the item has any value ship it UPS since they offer the absolute best value with the insurance package as long as it's packaged correctly. Keep in mind that all the companies use dimensional weight rather than actual weight now so a box that's 2lbs but very large can be billed as 40lbs etc, etc. The shipping companies have wised up and are looking at efficiency so the more they can put on the truck the better it is for them. My company spends over $3million with UPS every year and I have meetings with their executives once a month and I have explored every possible option as far as shipping goes and UPS still wins. Some people say Fedex, DHL, Blah blah..... I say UPS.. just like auto insurance.. you never know how good it is until you have a claim.
