Why does it cost more to ship a Fedex package to my city than 400 miles away?
So I listed a lamp and ebay shows the shipping charge to my zip 21629 as $22.62, I thought that sounded high to just ship a package to a neighbor so I put in a zip that is 400 miles away 27407 and the ebay shipping estimate was $16.86. The Fedex main shipping hub for our area is just 20 mins from my house in case you were wondering, so if I mailed it to my city it would go to the hub then come right back, almost $6.00 less to go 400 miles away, 9 lbs. 24x12x12 box
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wastingtime101
·1 year agoI know it looks odd, but I think this is a situation where the destination zip is more impactful than the distance the package is traveling.
In your example, the further zip (Greensboro, NC) is a city with 300k population and an airport, while your zip is a small town with 5k population, subject to rural delivery area surcharges.