iggyshotthebear
Registered Member
Today I learned an extremely valuable lesson. Unfortunately at the cost of one of my customers...
I was shipping a 1lb package to Canada for the first time. I do not know what the going rates are for shipping (or I should say I didn't know what they were). I printed out my shipping label from USPS.gov for Global somethingorothermail ... the cheapest that was listed on the site for printing a label through them. I quoted my customer 12.00USD per eBay's shipping calculator. There were five pages all together that printed all for customs n such through Canada (no big deal) but i still had to take it down to teh post office... and when they weighed the package it turned out to be 17.00USD...
Ok, my fault so I eat the difference. The head post lady was there and she was in shock and asked me if it was time sensitive material ... like food.. I said no... So after she's already pushed my little packaged down the chute thingie, she shows me a booklet on shipping rates.... I could have shipped any small packaged under 4lbs through LETTER POST for 4.40USD.
DOH! So, not only did I have to take it to the post office anyhow, I could have gotten it cheaper had I done it in the first place...
I was shipping a 1lb package to Canada for the first time. I do not know what the going rates are for shipping (or I should say I didn't know what they were). I printed out my shipping label from USPS.gov for Global somethingorothermail ... the cheapest that was listed on the site for printing a label through them. I quoted my customer 12.00USD per eBay's shipping calculator. There were five pages all together that printed all for customs n such through Canada (no big deal) but i still had to take it down to teh post office... and when they weighed the package it turned out to be 17.00USD...
Ok, my fault so I eat the difference. The head post lady was there and she was in shock and asked me if it was time sensitive material ... like food.. I said no... So after she's already pushed my little packaged down the chute thingie, she shows me a booklet on shipping rates.... I could have shipped any small packaged under 4lbs through LETTER POST for 4.40USD.
DOH! So, not only did I have to take it to the post office anyhow, I could have gotten it cheaper had I done it in the first place...