Bassmaster96
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Alright, I got the message this morning. Any info on how this is going to change prices?
No problem, I live near a beach that is loaded with stones. Guess I might have to ship stones to the east coast. But, I rarely ship heavy-big things. When I buy I always try to get light weight things. Only heavy big thing now is a POPCORN Windless Swooper Flag with stand.If it's heavy then you might not pay any more.
I live in a super small town, but there is a shipping type company 5 min drive (USPS-UPS-FED-EX) mail boxes and more. I only use them occasionally.They've made the auto part shipping very tough already. My nearest Fedex facility is 45 minutes away now too.
I live in a super small town, but there is a shipping type company 5 min drive (USPS-UPS-FED-EX) mail boxes and more. I only use them occasionally.
Dimensional weight will change bulky items shipping by a bunch! It will not effect heavy items much if at all, especially if the actual weight is more then the dimensional weight.
For example, let say you have a package that is 13'x12x12" that weighs 4 lbs. Now zone 1 would be $7.71 priority mail. 13"x12"x12" = 1872 cubic inches. So 1872/166(the new divisor) = 11.28 or 12 dimensional lbs. So now that same package in zone 1 will cost $11.32. But now lets look at zone 4 for example, say for me, Phoenix AZ. Now it would cost $8.81 priority, after June 23 it will cost $15.83. Now lets look at zone 8. Now it would cost $36.32(divisor now is 194), after June 23 it would cost $42.20. Parcel select in all zones will also be subject to dimensional weight.
Curiously, retail ground will not be subject to dimensional weight.
For many small heavy items, I use Pirate shipping because I get the cubic priority rate. I shipped a Lodge Cactus corn bread pan to Colorado, say Denver and used cubic priority shipping. Box was 18"x7"x3". Weighed about 6 lbs. Label cost me $8.92. Large flat rate box would have been $17.60. To zone 8, the cubic label would have been $11.39. Small, heavy items that pack out at less the .5 cubic feet are perfect for cubic priority.
Never heard of them so I checked them out. I use priority mail bubble envelopes a lot USPS $8.00 Pirate $7.55 not a big savings.I use Pirate shipping
Dimensional weight will change bulky items shipping by a bunch! It will not effect heavy items much if at all, especially if the actual weight is more then the dimensional weight.
For example, let say you have a package that is 13'x12x12" that weighs 4 lbs. Now zone 1 would be $7.71 priority mail. 13"x12"x12" = 1872 cubic inches. So 1872/166(the new divisor) = 11.28 or 12 dimensional lbs. So now that same package in zone 1 will cost $11.32. But now lets look at zone 4 for example, say for me, Phoenix AZ. Now it would cost $8.81 in lite blue usps priority, after June 23 it will cost $15.83. Now lets look at zone 8. Now it would cost $36.32(divisor now is 194), after June 23 it would cost $42.20. Parcel select in all zones will also be subject to dimensional weight.
Curiously, retail ground will not be subject to dimensional weight.