Shipping costs- WTF


I just need to vent. A couple days ago I tried to ship some Target speaker stands from Oregon to Ohio. I bought them from a guy in NJ and he paid $60 to ship them FedEx ground. Using the exact same box and packing materials I went to FedEx and they said to ship them to OH would be $170. So I went to UPS: $169. I went to the USPS: $180. Granted it's a large box (30" x 17" x 17") but weight was about 15 pounds and it's easy to handle. So yesterday I took the stands to the UPS store to get an estimate on them boxing them separately. $33 x 2 for the boxes and $104 x 2 for shipping. So $274. For $200 speaker stands. Obviously I'll only be able to sell them locally....

maprik

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I sold 2 sets of Tara labs rca cables. Total weight of under 5lbs. They went from Chicago to Seattle. It cost me 94$. I almost lost it since I told the guy I’d include the shipping for his offer. He got the deal of a lifetime. I’ll never include shipping again. 
This gouging has to stop.