USPS First Class Package Service: What is the Amount Charged to Buyer for 14, 15 and 15.999 ounces?

[mangorunner]

For USPS First Class Package service, what is the amount charged to the buyer for 14, 15 and 15.999 ounce packages?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[comics-scifi-collectibles]

@mangorunner  http://www.ebay.com/shp/Calculator  Change to package rate.  That will give you the answer.  Postage is based on package size, not just weight so that's why I can't give an answer.

 See the price that is not crossed out on the calculator.  

[johnrj1226]

If you buy  your First Class Package thru eBay, you will be charged the amounts in the right  hand columns titled Rate I Pay.  What you charge the buyer is up to you.  Personally I add an extra amount to my postge cost as a handling charge to cover packaging/packing materials, any insurance cost I  may buy for higher dollar itemsm ( say above $25.00).

The prices in the left  column  are the prices you  would pay a the counter of your local USPS office.

[buyselljack2016]

open your listing.

change the zip code for destination to see what it says for shipping cost.  Will be same for all up to 15.99

Exception may be when using "media mail" for something such as a calendar, someone may get charged a bit more.

[mangorunner]

Let me try again with the caveats.   I understand the retail counter rate.  I want to know what is charged to the BUYER for these weights and this service (USPS First Class Package Service) using calculated shipping.

My understanding is that distance, zones and zip code do not effect USPS First Class Package Service.  The price is the SAME, regardless of distance.  Only weight and dimensions effect the price.

So say it is NOT a large package, no wacky dimensions. 

Say I do NOT want to pad the price with any extras. 

I want to send it USPS First Class Package Service and not Media Mail or any other service. 

What is the calculated shipping amount charged to the buyer if I enter 14 oz?  15 oz?  (I've learned that 15.999 oz is not a valid entry into the Custom Weight field.)

Thanks for trying!  I do appreciate it!

[missjen831]

OP, why don’t you open listing and use the calculator & see what the price is? Or calculate the retail rate?

[partial*eclipse · Accepted solution]

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.  .  I want to know what is charged to the BUYER for these weights and this service (USPS First Class Package Service) using calculated shipping....

As shown in the eBay shipping calculator, if you leave the shipping calculator set to the default, which is retail pricing, they buyer will be charged $6.70.

http://www.ebay.com/shp/Calculator

[partial*eclipse]

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wrote: ... Exception may be when using "media mail" for something such as a calendar, someone may get charged a bit more.

Calendars are not eligible for Media Mail.

Media Mail postage, like First Class, is not zoned.  Furthermore, Media Mail prices are per full pound so any weight up to 16 ounces, to any ZIP Code, would cost $2.66 (which also coincidentally happens to be the postage cost for a First Class package up to 4 ounces).

[noodlevette]

The "rate I Pay" table is what you pay USPS if you purchase your postage online- Remember to factor in 13% additional.  Seller fees are charged on the shipping cost by both paypal and ebay.    So if you charge your customer 2.66 in the listing, your really going to pay 3.01 for that postage after fees are factored in.  

You can still charge your customer 2.66, just remember the  13% when pricing your item.   

Then there is your mailer, bubble wrap, printer ink, tape...  

First class is the same rate in the US, so just weigh very carefully and they can be listed at flat rate shipping rather than using the shipping calculator.   If you ship internationally, that is different.  

Weigh very carefully so you don't end up over 15.99 oz when you add the lable or tape, or you move to priority mail, which does vary by zone.  16.1 oz could be anywhere from 6ish to tenish, or worse depending on package dimensions.

[muttlymob]

Do you want the buyer to be charged for First Class Package rates between 13 and 15.999 ounces?  If so you need to reset your preferences to show online rates in the listing calculator instead of the retail rates you show in that first chart.

If you want to keep the retail rates showing in the calculator then the buyer won't be charged First Class for anything over 13 ounces.  They will be charged the Priority rate.

[sam9876]

I just ship everything for free.

[duchess-at-speakeasy]

No need to use calculator.  Just select "flat cost" and type in amount.

https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#_c104

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[mangorunner]

Yikes, what a mess this thread has become (and full of quite a bit of misinformation).  We're all over the place and there sure were a lot of people not understanding what I was asking.  Thanks to @partial*eclipse for ultimately answering the question:  $6.70 for each of those weights which I was able to prove out using the calculator linked by @partial*eclipse.  (Thanks, again!)

I should have explained more about the spreadsheet in my original post:  I created that table, so yes, I understand how my own table works.   All I wanted to do was fill in the missing amounts on the left side. 

I was not asking what I should charge - and I am aware that I could charge a flat rate, or any rate I want.  Thanks for the USPS tables but I already know what the post office charges for both retail and commercial rates.   And I understand all about markup to cover Ebay and Paypal fees if you're setting your own rates.  And yeah, another big, long hairy conversation for another day, but I'm definitely not shipping for free and perpetuating that farce.

All I wanted to do was complete my table above for the missing rates on the left side (14, 15 and 15.999 oz.)  So it was supposed to be a simple question:  what is eBay's default rate charged to the buyer if the seller simply enters 1) calculated shipping, 2) USPS First Class Package and a weight of 14, 15 and 15.999 oz?  In other words, if the seller selects these settings...

...and enters this weight...

... or enters this weight...

.... what amount will be charged by eBay to the buyer?

Sorry to make this so hard.   I thought it would be a lot easier than this.  But I got my answers, my table is complete, and thanks everyone for your replies!

[mangorunner]

It's not "a listing". It's the table above that I would like to complete.

[mangorunner]

Destination zip code does not have any effect on USPS First Class Package rates. The USPS First Class Package rates are the same regardless if it is going from Orlando to Miami, or Orlando to Seattle.

My question does not pertain to Media Mail.