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Posted November 13, 2018
Shipping cost bafflement.

Ordered some stuff from Netherlands a while back. They received the items, shipped it to me on the 8th, and I received it yesterday, the 12th. Weighed maybe 4 kilos / 9 pounds, and not a particularly large box. Cost around $34 for 4,000 miles give or take, in 4 days including a weekend.

I shipped out a package yesterday, to go about 260 miles from my place to Chicago. It used to be one day for Ground service but UPS changed it to two days for Ground from here to there. Customer needed it today so I shipped it Next Day Air (which is still shipped by truck). $127.

When I go to the UPS site to calculate shipping of the overseas package, I come up with $320. I really need to figure out how these places are getting such great pricing on their shipments. Or why my pricing sucks so bad. Dropping off directly at UPS saves only a buck or two, so there's something else going on. The shop that shipped the parts isn't some huge place like Amazon, that can essentially force special pricing...
Posted November 13, 2018
Complaints for today: I incorrectly assembled one of the drawers for my IKEA TV stand, the skin on my middle finger is peeling off from all the screwing, the pizza I got was a mess, Halloween 5 is shit, and someone who had the wrong number was calling and texting me.
Also had trouble getting sleep last night and kept thinking of depressing shit. Yay.

This just in: I botched my Cookie Clicker savescumming tactic. Not a big deal, but dammit. I better not get a Frenzy + Elder Frenzy before I've sorted things out again...
Post edited November 13, 2018 by plagren
Posted November 13, 2018
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HereForTheBeer: Shipping cost bafflement.

Ordered some stuff from Netherlands a while back. They received the items, shipped it to me on the 8th, and I received it yesterday, the 12th. Weighed maybe 4 kilos / 9 pounds, and not a particularly large box. Cost around $34 for 4,000 miles give or take, in 4 days including a weekend.

I shipped out a package yesterday, to go about 260 miles from my place to Chicago. It used to be one day for Ground service but UPS changed it to two days for Ground from here to there. Customer needed it today so I shipped it Next Day Air (which is still shipped by truck). $127.

When I go to the UPS site to calculate shipping of the overseas package, I come up with $320. I really need to figure out how these places are getting such great pricing on their shipments. Or why my pricing sucks so bad. Dropping off directly at UPS saves only a buck or two, so there's something else going on. The shop that shipped the parts isn't some huge place like Amazon, that can essentially force special pricing...
I routinely have to pay 25+ pounds shipping for small things from the States, like a collectors doll that would have cost like 5 shipping if I had been in my home state. I tried ordering something from Hot Topic once and that would have cost me $48 shipping for a ten dollar necklace. I'm starting to think shipping prices are scams half the time.
Posted November 13, 2018
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HereForTheBeer: Shipping cost bafflement.
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daedaliavallis: I routinely have to pay 25+ pounds shipping for small things from the States, like a collectors doll that would have cost like 5 shipping if I had been in my home state. I tried ordering something from Hot Topic once and that would have cost me $48 shipping for a ten dollar necklace. I'm starting to think shipping prices are scams half the time.
Yeah, I'm trying to figure it out. Had one customer give me their account number for a shipment down to Florida from up here in the Midwest. Overnight shipping is normally around $80+ depending on the size. Their account made it less than 10 bucks. My local shipper was speechless.

Might have to lurk in the eBay forums to glean whatever tips I can from those folks. If they can manage to make money on a $1.59 item with free shipping, then clearly there are things for me to learn.
Posted November 14, 2018
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daedaliavallis: I routinely have to pay 25+ pounds shipping for small things from the States, like a collectors doll that would have cost like 5 shipping if I had been in my home state. I tried ordering something from Hot Topic once and that would have cost me $48 shipping for a ten dollar necklace. I'm starting to think shipping prices are scams half the time.
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HereForTheBeer: Yeah, I'm trying to figure it out. Had one customer give me their account number for a shipment down to Florida from up here in the Midwest. Overnight shipping is normally around $80+ depending on the size. Their account made it less than 10 bucks. My local shipper was speechless.

Might have to lurk in the eBay forums to glean whatever tips I can from those folks. If they can manage to make money on a $1.59 item with free shipping, then clearly there are things for me to learn.
Always get free shipping or I don't buy.Ebay is very good for free shipping and the seller can even be persuaded to ship for free,if you have a talent of sweet talking and sometimes a big stick works:)
Posted November 14, 2018
Had a post I made in a topic "low rated" for no good reason that I can see.
Posted November 14, 2018

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Posted November 14, 2018
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HereForTheBeer: Yeah, I'm trying to figure it out. Had one customer give me their account number for a shipment down to Florida from up here in the Midwest. Overnight shipping is normally around $80+ depending on the size. Their account made it less than 10 bucks. My local shipper was speechless.

Might have to lurk in the eBay forums to glean whatever tips I can from those folks. If they can manage to make money on a $1.59 item with free shipping, then clearly there are things for me to learn.
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Tauto: Always get free shipping or I don't buy.Ebay is very good for free shipping and the seller can even be persuaded to ship for free,if you have a talent of sweet talking and sometimes a big stick works:)
The 25+ on shipping is FROM Ebay sellers, actually.
Posted November 15, 2018
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Tauto: Always get free shipping or I don't buy.Ebay is very good for free shipping and the seller can even be persuaded to ship for free,if you have a talent of sweet talking and sometimes a big stick works:)
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daedaliavallis: The 25+ on shipping is FROM Ebay sellers, actually.
Aussie's get a better deal,actually.
Posted November 15, 2018
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HereForTheBeer: Ordered some stuff from Netherlands a while back. They received the items, shipped it to me on the 8th, and I received it yesterday, the 12th. Weighed maybe 4 kilos / 9 pounds, and not a particularly large box. Cost around $34 for 4,000 miles give or take, in 4 days including a weekend.
Wow... that's pretty heavy for a small package. I wish I'd pay the same price when I send packages overseas. Mine are not even close weight wise. This morning $70 for two tiny packages.
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Posted November 15, 2018
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Tauto: Aussie's get a better deal,actually.
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Fairfox: said noone outside of australia
What?
Posted November 15, 2018
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Fairfox: said noone outside of australia
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Tauto: What?
That's what I said when I saw your reply.

Ebay sellers shipping from the States to the UK being ridiculously overpriced has nothing to do with Australia.
Posted November 15, 2018
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Matewis: I finally unplugged, possibly for the last time, my VAIO laptop I purchased in 2010 (snip)
Not sure how things are where you live, but I would look into second-hand business laptops or refurbished hardware if I were you (and indeed I might in the near future). Some manufacturers even sell officially refurbished devices in some countries, so you get the peace of mind that it hasn't just been cobbled together by some aspiring enthusiast. Of course there's a lot of useless scrap around, but dig around and you might start finding two- or three-year-old devices for less than half their RRP when new.

Good job making the old computer last that long, though!
Posted November 15, 2018
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Matewis: I finally unplugged, possibly for the last time, my VAIO laptop I purchased in 2010 (snip)
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AlKim: Not sure how things are where you live, but I would look into second-hand business laptops or refurbished hardware if I were you (and indeed I might in the near future). Some manufacturers even sell officially refurbished devices in some countries, so you get the peace of mind that it hasn't just been cobbled together by some aspiring enthusiast. Of course there's a lot of useless scrap around, but dig around and you might start finding two- or three-year-old devices for less than half their RRP when new.

Good job making the old computer last that long, though!
A friend of mine recently bought a refurbished Lenovo at some store for about two thirds of the price of a new one, so that does seem to be a possibility yes. But for the time being at least I'm good: Gorky17 and Don't Starve runs pretty well on the laptop I borrowed from work. Still, come early next year I'll start digging around a bit as you suggest.

And thanks :) I don't think I'll ever again get that kind of mileage out of a computer
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