Whats going on with shipping costs ?
- Thread starter Footloose
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In my experience, Pirateship is great for the sender.. not so much for the receiver. USPS, for example, seems to kick Pirateship parcels to the back of the sorting room or loads them in the very front of the truck and piles everything else on top of them. Just seems like it takes a couple extra days to receive stuff sent through them. I even got packages on 2 occasions with postage due because the sender didn't weigh or measure them properly.
YMMV
YMMV
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USPS might be cheaper but in my experience far less reliable and not as good customer service as other shipping methods.
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people want more money so wages and benefits go up. Then people have to pay more because the other guys pay increased IT is a viscous circle .
because now his pay goes up . and round and round .
because now his pay goes up . and round and round .
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Its all about business. Everything goes up as far as material, shipping on what they sell. They raise their prices to keep the amount of profit wanted or needed, but employees rates are set and agreed upon when you were hired, so you kinda locked in until whenever it is you get a raise. Generally not dependent on inflation, or we all would be making more money the last 4 years.
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I recall when I was a kid back in the 70's to present, same question seems timeless on about everything. I'm boggled by Krale still. How in the world can they double box, include several copies of rifle type legal paperwork for customs, go through customs at both ends, and ... absolutely get the rifle to my door cheaper and faster than any dealer within the United States. Not only that, the products were a better price too (*YMMV*). Its been awhile, but that blew me away when I bought a couple of springers from them. I never had an order received with a problem either (knock on wood). Costs seem to keep going up and the value of earned $ is less and less.
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I've been using UPS anymore since they seem to have better rates and they actually ship and deliver on time.
I have multiple items coming from sellers thru usps and they're taking forever and traveling all over the country due to them sending on the wrong line hauls.
I have multiple items coming from sellers thru usps and they're taking forever and traveling all over the country due to them sending on the wrong line hauls.
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I just shipped a gun to a fellow member. It was 179.00 to ship through FedEx. I started laughing and asked her why so much. She said size and mainly what I insured it for. I said with insurance rates like that I guess you’re not very confident it will make it there or in one piece. She got mad.
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I only use Pirate ship anymore the last few years. Huge savings. 99% go with UPS. Last gun I shipped was $42 with $2k insurance.
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