quilter Wrote:
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> IMTrashman Wrote:
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> > I suggest weighing the package and checking the
> > postal fees BEFORE committing. If it is too
> heavy
> > and sent too far, you can end up being upside
> down
> > on the reimbursement, with little (if any) shop
> > fee to cover the shortage!
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> Maybe I look at it differently, but if I have to
> send a package anyway I don't see how I could come
> out upside down on reimbursement. The alternative
> is to pay the whole thing with no reimbursement or
> fee 'sans' shop. Maybe I'm missing something??
In many cases, yes, you are correct. In some though, it is so much cheaper to send a package flat rate or by another service that the reimbursement and shop fee for some required shipping methods do not make it worthwhile. That is why I suggested to weigh your package first, check prices to ship it in several ways (including the one required in the shop), and then determine if the shop makes economic sense. There are several different scenarios that are required with these shops, and some are more costly than others. Be especially carefully about oversized boxes. That can cost you big time, even if the weight and number of zones otherwise would have resulted in a low shipping rate.