Daniel
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I am hoping the mass minds will help find a best route through this problem.
The problem I am hoping to find a better answer to is the cost of mailing the 24-pen cases from my most recent group buy.
dimensions and weight are
1 lb not including box 18X8X1 inches.
this means they will not fit in any type of flat rate box at all.
At this time I simply went with priority postage rates. I have mailed a lot of packages and have my instinct of what postages should be. but charges are coming back to the tune of $20.00 per order at a pretty frequent rate. Now I think $5.00 for flat rate is expensive. the $11.00 plus for the next size up in boxes is starting to make me sweat. but $20 cause the item is an odd size is getting out of line.
here are some other details.
I need a box that will hold a wide variety of orders. from just one of these cases to several of them and some singles doubles etc. I have found a box that will do this but it adds $2.00 to the cost of any order that needs one regardless of how small or large the order is.
flat rate priority is out of the question. the largest box is not long enough.
basically I am asking if anyone knows of a path through the tangled web of poastage rates that will end up at a better deal for packages like these. they range in weight so far from 1 lb to nearly 8 lbs in weight. an 8 lb box for 20 dollars is not nearly as much of an issue as a 1 lb box getting hit for 9 dollars in postage.
well that is pretty juch the issue. I hope you all have some way around the priority mail costs.
The problem I am hoping to find a better answer to is the cost of mailing the 24-pen cases from my most recent group buy.
dimensions and weight are
1 lb not including box 18X8X1 inches.
this means they will not fit in any type of flat rate box at all.
At this time I simply went with priority postage rates. I have mailed a lot of packages and have my instinct of what postages should be. but charges are coming back to the tune of $20.00 per order at a pretty frequent rate. Now I think $5.00 for flat rate is expensive. the $11.00 plus for the next size up in boxes is starting to make me sweat. but $20 cause the item is an odd size is getting out of line.
here are some other details.
I need a box that will hold a wide variety of orders. from just one of these cases to several of them and some singles doubles etc. I have found a box that will do this but it adds $2.00 to the cost of any order that needs one regardless of how small or large the order is.
flat rate priority is out of the question. the largest box is not long enough.
basically I am asking if anyone knows of a path through the tangled web of poastage rates that will end up at a better deal for packages like these. they range in weight so far from 1 lb to nearly 8 lbs in weight. an 8 lb box for 20 dollars is not nearly as much of an issue as a 1 lb box getting hit for 9 dollars in postage.
well that is pretty juch the issue. I hope you all have some way around the priority mail costs.
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