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Anyone have any alternative shipping solutions to offset recent USPS $15 fee for package over 30"

Anyone have any alternative shipping solutions to offset recent USPS $15 fee for package over 30".   I have shipped a lot of golf clubs and USPS postal tubes were a cheap alt at approximately $12 cost for priority shipping.  With this rate hike, obviously over $25 now.  Anyone have suggestions for alternatives to save money, or is it just the end of an era.

 

thanks.

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Anyone have any alternative shipping solutions to offset recent USPS $15 fee for package over 30"

Hi Samstripes - 
We feel your pain, same predicament for our store (over 90% of our items shipped trigger the new fee structure).  Our immediate response is to send as many of our orders as possible via UPS since they have actually kept their rates reasonable despite the changes implemented by the post office (doubt it will still be that way in another year, but for now they're going to get ALL of our volume besides packages that have to go to P.O. Boxes, US Territories, and APO addresses).  So, the USPS is going to lose six figures in shipping revenue from our store alone this year as a direct consequence of their poorly devised "solutions" (slowing down the mail while charging double for it - REALLY?)....tough to see how a pricing strategy like this is going to do anything to make the postal service "profitable" in any capacity.   They've officially lost as much of our business as we can afford to take away - eBay should be paying rapt attention because customers aren't going to want to eat the expense either.   Hopefully they can negotiate something a little less drastic ASAP if they have long-term seller sustainability anywhere on the roadmap.   

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Anyone have any alternative shipping solutions to offset recent USPS $15 fee for package over 30"

I'm finding UPS Ground to be a bit more affordable.

 

You could also consider selling in lots. With the surcharge applying to, say, 4 clubs at once instead of singles it will distribute the surcharge from $15 per club to $3.50 per club.

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Anyone have any alternative shipping solutions to offset recent USPS $15 fee for package over 30"

UPS. Don't use Fedex though as there are too many hidden fees by the time it gets delivered.

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