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| | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 466 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 466 | Your local post office now has Flat Rate Priorty Mail boxes (2 sizes). Free box and $7.70 to mail it Priorty Mail (max weight 70 lbs). This is great for those smaller metal parts. So I get my father-in-law to send me some of his tools that he is no longer using. The box is 8.5 x 11 x 5.5 and he puts 21 lbs worth of vise grips and welding magnets in it and mails it to me in AK (from CA) on Monday, I got it on Thursday  I took the box to work and had it weighed to see what regular Priorty Mail would cost......$38.10  How can you beat that? Now we just need to figure out how to get the parts houses to use them when possible. Buddy | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | Parts houses generally pay less for shipping than they charge you. They add a fee for "handling" it. My opinion is they should have known they were going to have to handle it if they sell it and it ought to be included in their price. "I'll let you have this for $29.99 but I'm going to charge you $4.99 to handle it." Why don't you just sell it to me for $35.00 and cut the crap. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 175 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 175 | It's true. The low advertised price hooks you but the S&H screws you.
Gravity - It's not just a good idea, it's the law.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 734 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 734 | Good to know, Buddy. Thanks. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,554 | Summit speed shop does the same thing,they have free shipping,then add on a healthy handling charge. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 328 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 328 | Hey Buddy, thanks for the info!
Not to sound like a cheesy commercial, but- - -
You're information has saved me money on my shipping for my business! Thanks!
Haha, now that's that's over...do you happen to know the size of the other box? I can't find it, but would like to know. I want to see if I could send a tilt column I'll be selling.
Thanks again,
-stephen | | | | | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 | I hate to disagree and mention a shop that is a non-sponsor. But over the last month I've bought over $970.00 in parts from the Truck and Car shop in Orange CA. and because the orders were over $250 each I paid no handling or shipping charge and in comparsion to both LMC and ACT part for parts I saved $472.00 Thats a LOT of MOOLA no matter which way you slice it!
The quality, design and manfufacturer of the parts are exaclty the same as the companies mentioned. I like ACT, LMC and Brothers, but money is money.
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