@beverly1525 wrote:
I listed a jacket, with weight of 2lb - shipping UPS Ground Advantage
Buyer purchased the jacket and was charged $15.70 postage
Time to print the label, postage to ship 2lbs UPS Ground Advantage was $6.33
Buyer postage overcharge was $9.37
What is going on with shipping charges????
With examples like this (high postage overcharge) it is no wonder buyers are not engaging and sales are not happening.
Has anyone used the new postage option, appreciate your feedback and comments.
As mentioned above Ground Advantage is USPS. UPS is called Ground Saver. Helps avoid confusion to get the nomenclature right.
If you had walked into the post office or a UPS store and bought the label over the counter you would have paid $15.70. All shipping companies give a discount if you buy the labels on line, package and label the shipment yourself. That saves them the time and effort to do it and makes the lines move quicker. This is especially important during heavy shipping times. Imagine how much longer the Christmas line, which already stretches out the door, would be if I and others like me showed up with multiple packages that the clerk had to weigh and label individually.
The discount that you get by buying the labels on line is, in essence, the shipping companies "hiring" you to do their job for them.
Using the size and weight of your package, figuring Nevada to California, USPS GA (net $6.14) gives me a 39% discount off the retail of $10.10, while UPS GS (net $6.72) gives me a 62% discount off the retail of $17.73. My time and effort has a value. I take the discount with no shame.
"Laissez-faire capitalism (AKA The Great Material Continuum) is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force from social relationships." ~ Ayn Rand
