USPS Shipping Services January 18 Pricing Change

That's fine, just let me know when they ship out and when to expect them. Now I have myself and my husband to wait for them.

P.S. Box four on the link I gave is a small flat rate box. ;)
 
Riiz said:
Mgamer, what Flat-rate box were you using this past summer/fall for plants, cause I dont remember seeing you quote any of the prices I see on the USPS site?
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for the most part with plants i dont ship out using flat rate. unless they are in the pots and heavy they should stay under a pound so i use box 4 i think it is. the square box. for driftwood i use laptop flat rate box for fish i use the lunch box flat rate box.
 
Mgamer20o0 said:
for the most part with plants i dont ship out using flat rate. unless they are in the pots and heavy they should stay under a pound so i use box 4 i think it is. the square box. for driftwood i use laptop flat rate box for fish i use the lunch box flat rate box.
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That makes since, you were always cheaper than the prices on the USPS flat-rate prices. Wondering if you had a business account or something, hehe.
 
Thanks for the pointers, Mgamer. Using that for a guideline will help me a lot.

I took all my stuff down to ship things out yesterday and, of course, they were out of the smallest boxes. (I've stocked up shipping supplies now.) Having to go up one size added about $5 to those package costs. Not the buyer's fault, of course.. so I'll pay the difference. But it's okay, I'm still learning. The most important thing is to keep these costs down as low as possible - so they can afford to buy more plants/etc.. and spend less on postage.

Thanks again! :goldfish:
 
I read an article a while back by Consumer Reports where they tested USPS, UPS, and FedEx for Next Day/Express Mail services. They sent 50 envelopes to 50 cities. From all 3 carriers, all arrived the next day, but USPS was about 1/3 the cost.

Prices go up, but like they say, still the most competitive.
 
I am completely new to shipping and I saw each box had a default shipping quote, I thought all you had to do was bring the package to the post office. They weigh it than you pay for shipping?

So whatever the package is... shipping is ONLY :

Envelope $4.95 $4.80 $4.75 Small box $4.95 $4.80 $4.75 Regular box $10.35 $9.85 $9.67 Large box $13.95 $13.50 $13.27 Large box (APO/FPO) $11.95 $11.50 $11.30 Express Mail —

Also what does Retail, Commericial Base, and Commercial Plus mean?
 
Those prices listed are for flat rate boxes. Regular Priority you still pay by the weight/zone.
 
So flat rate ONLY refers to that shipping chart, and you do not pay anything extra for shipping but that set price.

And priority shipping is based on weight and zone?

Wouldn't flat rate be cheaper than seeing it has a default set shipping price?

Also some boxes say priority and flat rate... any clarifications :S.

I have about -100% clue about shipping.

(Paperdragon- and all your plants are doing great :) from the raok)
 
DarrylR said:
So flat rate ONLY refers to that shipping chart, and you do not pay anything extra for shipping but that set price.

And priority shipping is based on weight and zone?

Wouldn't flat rate be cheaper than seeing it has a default set shipping price?

Also some boxes say priority and flat rate... any clarifications :S.

I have about -100% clue about shipping.

(Paperdragon- and all your plants are doing great :) from the raok)
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Flat rate uses Priority mail, which is why the boxes say both. Sometimes regular Priority makes more sense because if you have an 8x10" (can't remember the actual size right off) box that weighs less than 1lb you'd pay $9.85 flat rate, but only around $5 regular Priority.

(glad to hear they're doing good :))
 
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