12-07-2018 07:16 PM
Will someone who knows how to save money please tell us all about using Regional A and B boxes? I've been simply using normal Priority boxes.. plugging in their weights when buying eBay labels ... and paying that amount. (or flat rate when very heavy)
About a month or so ago, on a thread here .. a couple boardies mentioned they wished they'd have learned earlier about regional boxes.
So..
I live in Illinois.
Today I shipped out a package weighing 2 lbs, 9 oz going to California.
eBay shipping showed me about 13.50 dollars.
Then, curious about my options, I selected Regional A box.
It re-calculated to about 10.00 dollars.
I wanted to learn more.. (because I don't know if I'm IN Region A or B .. or What that means?) so I re-selected Region B.
It showed me around 15.00 I think.
Anyway, my question:
Can anyone on the East Coast or West Coast or Midwest....
select Region A or B ... no matter where they ship to ... and compare that to normal priority price?
And package their shipment with the appropriate box with the choice that is less expensive?
Thanks,
Lynn
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12-08-2018 07:54 AM
@berserkerplanet wrote:Volume of Medium FRB Top Loader: 522 in³
Lead density ≈ 0.409 lb/in³ --> W = 0.409 lb/in³ * 522 in³ = 213.5 lb
Steel density ≈ 0.283 lb/in³ --> W = 0.283 lb/in³ * 522 in³ = 147.7 lb
Aluminum density ≈ 0.0975 lb/in³ --> W = 0.0975 lb/in³ * 522 in³ = 50.9 lb
Volume of Large FRB: 811 in³ - approx 1.5 times the volume of MFRB.
I stand corrected.
Thank you for that.
12-08-2018 11:45 AM
12-08-2018 12:33 PM
Ok, so I won't burn them in my beach bonfire in your honor ... but I selfishly request one the size of #07 for my yellowware and pewter dishes.
I want the love of a shipping option that can end with an exclamation point.
wink
12-08-2018 12:45 PM
@mountainmommie wrote:
... I selfishly request one the size of #07 for my yellowware and pewter dishes. ...
There used to be a "Regional C" box which was nearly double the size of our beloved Box07. It measured 12 by 12 by 15 inches. Unfortunately, it shipped at the 17-pound rate and had a weight limit of 25 pounds, so there was a very narrow range of package weights for which it actually saved money.
One year, the new proposed USPS fees had it at the 11-pound rate, which would have been wonderful, but then when the final approved rates were published it was still at a price that matched the 17 pound rate. Due to lack of popularity the Regional C boxes were discontinued. The leftover boxes can be used for regular-rate Priority Mail shipping, but if being shipped to Zones 5 - 9 they incur a dimensional weight of 12 pounds.
12-08-2018 12:57 PM - edited 12-08-2018 01:00 PM
@berserkerplanet wrote:
>>I stand corrected.
>>Thank you for that.
Now don't go getting any ideas.
Now I'm picturing your mailman trying to list your your USPS legal 69.5 lb MFRB full of steel rod widgets from your porch.
In the vein of the scene in "Avengers Age of Ultron" where some of the Avengers try to pick up Thor's Hammer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3bhQwY0KCY
Hilarity would ensue. Then the lawsuit. "My back!!!!" 🙂
I shipped some older (1940's) MoPar flathead 6 cylinder engine heads in the Priority FR game boxes. Heads were about 23" long. Filled the voids with some solid packing. (not packing peanuts, or air packs) Taped them well. Strapping tape. They weighed in over 35lbs. Not lead, but quite a surprise when it was time for someone to pick them up.
One went coast-to-coast. 2 more, don't remember. Could not have shipped them even local for less than that "game box" price.
EDIT: Buyers were happy to get them with "free shipping".
12-08-2018 04:09 PM
12-08-2018 04:18 PM
...it's a gift.
12-08-2018 04:21 PM
12-08-2018 04:40 PM