Just saw this on another forum. USPS is moving to higher zone pricing on first class mail but simplified it to only 4 shipping prices, and raising pretty much everything else.
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gravityvideo Reputation: 88 See gravityvideo's booth |
These are pretty big increases. Glad to see that some priority did not increase.
Now I feel like when USPS started allowing us to ship over 13 ounces and 1 pound and under at first class a few years back that it was a tease/baiting us and that they were leading us up to pay what a priority package used to cost years ago. I’m not literally thinking this, just ticked off I guess.
First class mail increases are my biggest disappointment.
Sad, sad, sad. 2019 takes the cake IMO.
On the positive side, parcel select prices did impress me. When I used to purchase heavier listings, I never had a problem using parcel select. My shipment to the customer arrived fine. When I do have something heavier in my booth now, I always say I ship parcel select nearly 100% of the time (only I call it standard post) and then if I can ship it via priority after the fact, I’m going above what I told the customer I would do.
I do let the customer know in my listings that if they need a faster shipping method they can email me and I’ll adjust the cost depending on the service they want.
Question, do “PROPOSED SHIPPING RATE CHANGES” pretty much happen when they are proposed? If so, let’s pray for a miracle :)
I would definitely have to raise my shipping price on first class mail OR in the cost of the item OR split it between both.
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EmpressDepot Reputation: 6829 See EmpressDepot's booth |
UGH.. please stop. we constantly have to keep changing our prices along with them.
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normasbathandbody Reputation: 114 See normasbathandbody's booth |
I just hope that Bonanza is already WORKING ON Calculated Zoned First Class postage AND…. CALCULATED PARCEL SELECT POSTAGE (not just Priority Calculated). I have been ASKING for Calc Parcel Select for years now and they used to do it but not anymore. Priority will change LOTS once the PO starts with their new divisor in their calc for larger boxes and Parcel Calculated rates will help us as ship costs matter to making a sale or not.
People are so accustomed to FREE SHIPPING but dont realize that SOMEWHERE it is in the price of the item. We are not big corporations here that can absorb shipping increases like this that are compounded with every years postage increase.
Personally, I am starting to stockpile Forever first class stamps (going from .50 to .55 cents). That is a 10 pct increase for next Jan and you cant make that on any bank account interest.
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