Shipping 1 arrow.

[bottomlessattic]

Does it really cost over 20 dollars to ship one single 1 pound 32” x 2” x 2” packaged hunting arrow Parcel Select USPS ? That’s what it keeps coming up as when I try to list it. That’s crazy if true.

[buyselljack2016]

@bottomlessattic 

$15 surcharge for anything over 30 inches started back in April.

You can build a 30" custom box to pack the arrow at an angle to eliminate that$15 surcharge, but there will still be a $4 surcharge for an item over 22 inches.

[mybigsale]

@bottomlessattic 

Find a wider package with a length of 30" or less that fits your arrow on the angle to lower shipping cost.

Over 22" to 30" has $4 USPS surcharge
Over 30" has $15 USPS surcharge

[richard1rst]

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@bottomlessattic wrote:

Does it really cost over 20 dollars to ship one single 1 pound 32” x 2” x 2” packaged hunting arrow Parcel Select USPS ? That’s what it keeps coming up as when I try to list it. That’s crazy if true.

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You need to do some research.

Pirateship, from Nevada to New England, quotes 32x3x2 at $13.43 parcel select. $9.17 UPS ground and $14,48 by Priority Mail. The 3" is because 2"x2" is too small for the USPS which may also be part of your problem..

[deserdog]

Using your same numbers, I came up with $24.43 parcel select, $25.48 priority, and $11.67 UPS ground.

[lakefor94]

That was going to be my suggestion as well. Use UPS Ground if that is in your wheelhouse.

[gkn29]

Use geometry to be creative.

[redmodelt]

Some things are just not worth selling on the internet unless the value warrants the high shipping cost, a single arrow might fall into that category. 

[monster-deals]

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@bottomlessattic wrote:

 Parcel Select USPS ?

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Why do you have to ship it that way?

[richard1rst · Accepted solution]

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@buyselljack2016 wrote:

@bottomlessattic 

$15 surcharge for anything over 30 inches started back in April.

You can build a 30" custom box to pack the arrow at an angle to eliminate that$15 surcharge, but there will still be a $4 surcharge for an item over 22 inches.

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Your answer is accurate. It will take a box 30x12x2 to accommodate the 32" arrow.

HOWEVER the post office is being really stupid. The alleged reason for the overcharges is to pay for the extra space that bigger boxes take.

BUT a 30x12x2 box is, in terms of cubic feet, twice as big as a 32x2x2. So the post office, in this case, is losing the surcharge AND losing twice as much space.

Even worse, a 22x22x3 box will also accept the arrow . BUT it is TEN times the cubic foot of a 32x2x2 and they lose BOTH surcharges..

But then we are dealing with a bureaucracy. Goals not Achievements.

[bottomlessattic]

Exactly. Would be too easy just putting them in a 2" sturdy plastic tube for safe economical shipping. 

[bottomlessattic]

Never home for UPS pickup and the last time I used UPS drop at the local store pickup place. It sat there on a shelf for a week unshipped. I had to go there and remind them to ship it out. 

[monster-deals]

Use FedEx then

[wastingtime101]

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@bottomlessattic wrote:

Never home for UPS pickup and the last time I used UPS drop at the local store pickup place. It sat there on a shelf for a week unshipped. I had to go there and remind them to ship it out. 

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Those pharmacies, dollar stores, etc that take packages are notoriously unreliable. A place dedicated to shipping or Staples (which has its own dept dedicated to UPS shipping) ... those are the good spots for dropping off UPS.