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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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mitch2
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@jeffbij

Every shipment they took in was marked up 2.5 times over the price you would pay if you went to straight to the customer counter at the UPS facility.  

The large UPS facility located about 1/4 mile from my house that I have successfully used for years just closed its customer counter, along with several other UPS facilities in the region.  I just paid $200 at a UPS Store to ship a DAC to CA, largely due to the claimed value/insurance.  I will for sure try something different next time.

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