U S Post office by far......priority mail 3 day delivery for a frame in a box Runs from $7 upto $12.
If you accept payment via Payal you also have to consider their requirements. You must have insurance, tracking and signature confirmation. This significantly increases the cost of Priority Mail. Without that a buyer can simply say that they didn't receive the item and Paypal will refund their money. Whether you do this comes down to how much risk you are willing to accept.
[d]ragon;6331395 said:And USPS flat rate boxes (the ones the posters above have mentioned) are free. Just order on the USPS website
U S Post office by far......priority mail 3 day delivery for a frame in a box Runs from $7 upto $12.
I just spent $17.45 for priority with USPS...it was two racquets, but should only be a pound more, right? Does distance have anything to do with their rates? It was Tennessee to California.
Parcel post was $12 or so, but 7-10 day delivery.
The distance absolutely makes a difference for USPS priority.
How did you get ripped?I just got ripped by shipping USPS Ground when I shipped a racquet today. What is the best way now? It has been a few years since I shipped a racquet. Thanks.
Sorry I should have clarified. I shipped it using a Tennis Warehouse box using USPS Ground, hoping for the cheapest option. It turned out to be $40 to ship from San Diego to GA. I shipped a racquet couple years ago and it was half that price.How did you get ripped?
USPS...just know it might take a little longer.I have to ship out a tennis racket to a neighbor state.
Which shipping method is the cheapest?
UPS, USPS, or FedEx?
Thanks.
Something doesn’t make sense with that price. USPS is still cheapest.Sorry I should have clarified. I shipped it using a Tennis Warehouse box using USPS Ground, hoping for the cheapest option. It turned out to be $40 to ship from San Diego to GA. I shipped a racquet couple years ago and it was half that price.
How big was the box because size matters.Sorry I should have clarified. I shipped it using a Tennis Warehouse box using USPS Ground, hoping for the cheapest option. It turned out to be $40 to ship from San Diego to GA. I shipped a racquet couple years ago and it was half that price.
Something doesn’t make sense with that price. USPS is still cheapest.
Although, buying labels and printing at home for UPS - especially with a discount code or through the Bay - is very close in cost. So it depends on what is closer to you. I have a UPS store a few blacks away, I can ride my HiBoy scooter up and just drop it off and be back home in 5 min. Worth a buck or two for me.
Standard for how many racquets? TW has many “standard” sized boxes. When the overall measurements (length + width + height) exceed a certain number, the USPS rates jump up. The TW box that holds up to 2-3 racquets has always been under that threshold for me and I don’t believe USPS has changed the rates recently.It is the standard Tennis Warehouse racquet box. The post office guy kept saying it is the length of the box that is costly. I cut it down as much as I could but it was still $40. Without modifying the box, the cost was $50.
I typically tape 2 priority mail boxes (O-1095 or O-1092) together which will fit up to 3 racquets depending on beam width. Shipping 1 racquet from coast to coast costs up to a max of ~$20.I thought USPS would be the cheapest also. I was really surprised at the cost. It is just a standard Tennis Warehouse box and I cut it down a bit to try to reduce the cost. They have the $21 flat rate box but I could not fit the racquet in it.
You can’t use the flat rates anyway. You can use the priority box (whatever that number is), but not the flat rate. It’s risky business to try and use it as it could get stopped anywhere along the way. I would think the cost would be about 20 bucks from SD to Atlanta.I thought USPS would be the cheapest also. I was really surprised at the cost. It is just a standard Tennis Warehouse box and I cut it down a bit to try to reduce the cost. They have the $21 flat rate box but I could not fit the racquet in it.
Of course, MD has you covered on the box numberI typically tape 2 priority mail boxes (O-1095 or O-1092) together which will fit up to 3 racquets depending on beam width. Shipping 1 racquet from coast to coast costs up a max of ~$20.
I do the same as Mad Dog 1. Two priority medium flat boxes, open end to open end, slide one into the other and make it as short as possible. Angle the racquets diagonally in the box, then tape it all up. Use Paypal shipping to save a couple bucks over USPS. Just shipped three racquets in one box pair to Florida for $15 from Colorado. Typically costs between $9 and $15, depending on number of racquets and distance.I typically tape 2 priority mail boxes (O-1095 or O-1092) together which will fit up to 3 racquets depending on beam width. Shipping 1 racquet from coast to coast costs up a max of ~$20.