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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: DQ on July 28, 2014, 09:58:53 pm

Title: Shipping cost. Wow.
Post by: DQ on July 28, 2014, 09:58:53 pm
I ordered a quart of Unibond 800 glue from Nelson Paint.  Price was $15.00.  Came by Fed Ex.  Shipping was $13.00  $1.00 fuel surcharge.   >:(  It wasn't local, but it didn't even cross a state line.  Is shipping cost high or what?
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Post by: JW_Halverson on July 28, 2014, 10:01:15 pm
And handling, don't forget handling!
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Post by: bubby on July 28, 2014, 10:11:03 pm
I ship all I can usps, it's always cheaper
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Post by: Fred Arnold on July 28, 2014, 11:23:35 pm
Probably considered hazardous goods. Post office wouldn't likely even accept it for shipping. The old urac 185 was dealt with in the same manner. Shipping is HIGH~~~
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Post by: Crogacht on July 29, 2014, 12:12:24 am
That is pretty high. I just got a box of clamps from the other end of New Zealand for USD 10 shipping. And it was pretty heavy.
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Post by: Zuma on July 29, 2014, 12:34:25 am
Did you know before you made the purchase?
Every thing I order has something to read about shipping costs.
Hope you weren't blind sided.
Zuma
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on July 29, 2014, 07:23:51 am
Better be one special bow Darrell! Might of been cheaper to drive up there and grab it..:)
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Post by: rossfactor on July 29, 2014, 12:38:03 pm
Shipping costs are pretty high. I shipped a recurve up to Oregon, had to put it in a wood box (too bendy for a 4" pvc with padding).  It cost me $50.

Gabe
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Post by: osage outlaw on July 29, 2014, 12:54:18 pm
I shipped a set of heavy osage billets to Oregon and it cost a lot more than I thought it would.   I regret making that trade.
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Post by: Fred Arnold on July 29, 2014, 01:10:21 pm
I'm with you on that one. Thinking no more osage trades, that stuff is heavy>
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Post by: bubby on July 29, 2014, 01:40:54 pm
Are you guys shopping staves priority?
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Post by: Fred Arnold on July 29, 2014, 02:04:38 pm
Well the ones I recently sent out were fairly fresh so part of the problem is the high cost of shipping water :laugh: Staves aren't generally that bad. Chemicals are the culprit. USPS won't ship them.
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Post by: osage outlaw on July 29, 2014, 02:21:57 pm
I ship staves usps priority or whatever is cheapest.  Staves usually aren't to expensive as long as they are not to big.  I don't mind trading staves as long as the other person owns up to what they said they would
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on July 29, 2014, 02:34:16 pm
That's where incurred cost catches up Clint. The shipping isn't bad if it goes both ways.
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Post by: Trapper Rob on July 29, 2014, 10:34:54 pm
Don't feel bad Clint I've been burnt on here a few times.
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Post by: toomanyknots on July 29, 2014, 11:55:35 pm
I shipped a set of heavy osage billets to Oregon and it cost a lot more than I thought it would.   I regret making that trade.

Surprisingly the cheapest way I have shipped bows to oregon is priority mail express, actually has been cheaper than regular priority mail for some reason. My bows are long as heck though. Always around 40 - 50 dollars to oregon.
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Post by: Eric Krewson on July 30, 2014, 09:46:20 am
I donated a bunch of stuff to the TG St Jude auction last year, forgot to specify shipping to the CONUS only. For the two items I had to ship to Canada, the shipping cost as much or more than the item auctioned for, one book, $35 shipping.

I donated my late wife's Barbie doll collection this year and remembered to specify CONUS only.

I give away a lot of tillering gizmos, not just to anyone but carefully selected folk who I know will use them. For years it cost me $1.85 to ship one anywhere in the US First Class, yesterday it was $2.35, shipping costs have gone way up.
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Post by: soy on July 31, 2014, 09:15:07 pm
Yep sky high....just shipped a bow today far far away cost me $210.00
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Post by: YosemiteBen on August 01, 2014, 12:08:29 pm
Hmm - I shipped some atlatls and darts to nevada only cost me a bit more then $20.....
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Post by: mullet on August 06, 2014, 03:24:17 pm
Hey Clint, you'd think after you spent that kind of money to someone with a business they would at least go through with their part of the deal so word wouldn't get out about them being a dead beat.
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Post by: bubby on August 06, 2014, 03:30:00 pm
Hey Clint, you'd think after you spent that kind of money to someone with a business they would at least go through with their part of the deal so word wouldn't get out about them being a dead beat.


You'd think so wouldn't you Eddie, it's amazing.g how fast that kind of rep can get out