dblfugger9
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posted on May 9, 2005 01:10:44 PM new
OMG! Has the first class rate hike gone into effect and I am unaware of it??? Paypal just charged me .49 cents for a one ounce shipping package. (over and above .29 + .13)
Or is fenix correct - my news channel is failing me and I am totally out of touch???
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CBlev65252
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posted on May 9, 2005 01:20:12 PM new
It should be .37 + PayPal charges a surcharge if it's not Priority Mail. You're better off printing postage directly from the USPS site if it's not Priority. Postage rates haven't changed. Thankfully!
Cheryl
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dblfugger9
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posted on May 9, 2005 01:22:07 PM new
Cheryl, thanks. I didnt think I could miss *that* kind of news!
They either have a glitch or something spooky just happened. Yall better watch out if paying/shipping out of paypal!
USPS doesnt do 1st class. I cant get shipper assistant to work for me.
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fenix03
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posted on May 9, 2005 03:16:01 PM new
Dbl - if your package was anything other than a business sized envelope, 49 cents is the correct charge. the extra 12 cents over standard is a "non machinable" surcharge that applies basically to anything above a business sized envelope and under 1oz. Once you get exceed the 37 cent weight, the surcharges no longer apply.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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ebayvet
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posted on May 9, 2005 03:34:25 PM new
We won't see an increase til 2006, and they are asking for a 2¢ increase to 39¢
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dblfugger9
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posted on May 9, 2005 04:31:06 PM new
oh okay...thanks fenix. I dont usually ship in the 'ounces' but I was pretty sure a stamp was still .37 cents until that came up! It actually was a standard #10 size envelope to send to somebody. I didnt have a stamp and figured I could do it this way by while I was at it so I would not have to stop to buy a stamp.
I still think they are nervy to assume it wasnt a standard #10 envelope? But maybe that is some common practice or policy and the lowest demomination they will allow somebody to print?
I dont know. Dont care. All the stuff I needed to get out got out. I may as well blew a dollar on a lottery ticket, but it saved me time 
I will say however what I have noticed. When you use paypal aka pitney bowes to ship, if the package is 2.4 pounds they automatically up you to the 3 pounds. Whereas the USPS.com web doesnt do that depending on distance and the margin of ounces involved of course. That I have noticed once or twice with them when something was like 2.3 or 2.2 its not always the next pound rate but sometimes somewhere inbetween the two.
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[ edited by dblfugger9 on May 9, 2005 04:39 PM ]
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TheFamilyBiz
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posted on May 9, 2005 04:59:44 PM new
dblfugger9,
Sorry, but the info you have on "rounding up" isn't quite right. When you ship "Priority Mail" anything over each pound increment raises it to the next pound.
For example, if you have something that weighs 2 pounds 2 ounces, you pay for up to 3 pounds and there's no break for something that weighs 2 pounds 2 ounces vs. 2 pounds 15.5 ounces.
Wayne
Never explain -- Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
~ Elbert Hubbard
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glassgrl
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posted on May 9, 2005 05:37:08 PM new
If it was first class with DC (delivery confirmation) there is always an extra "charge" for what Endicia calls oversize or for the extra thickness required for the DC to be able to be used.
I don't know what the PO calls it - I use Endicia.
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dblfugger9
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posted on May 10, 2005 12:29:37 AM new
Actually Wayne, I had a package that was 2.2 and it was going to the next state over from me. The priority rate was the same as 2 lbs#. But it seemed when I went to ship/pay thru pitney bowes/pp they wanted to round it up to the 3 lb rate. Out of curosity, I had the po check it when I got there (because I wound up using usps.com i/o paypal.) And she weighed it and said, no its right at the 2 lbs rate. I know it varies, "UP TO" but I will swear I have seen pp/pitney bowes round it right "to" the next pound rate. - But maybe I dreamt it? I should have figured out it was the non-machinable surcharge added. But I've had some other issues with pp/pb where things have not gone off too right with postage and did not notice until later. So I do watch at what I'm doing there, thats why I saw it was .49 cents instead of .37, today.
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[ edited by dblfugger9 on May 10, 2005 02:27 AM ]
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dblfugger9
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posted on May 10, 2005 02:26:46 AM new
Glassgirl, I wish I could use endica but I dont sell enough to justify the expense.
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shawnb1
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posted on May 10, 2005 10:38:19 AM new
dblfugger9
I've never had a problem with PayPal and the shipping rate. It's always been the exact rate that is quoted on the USPS site.
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dblfugger9
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posted on May 10, 2005 02:18:48 PM new
shawn; thats cause you're luckier than me!
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Libra63
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posted on May 10, 2005 03:56:00 PM new
Does anyone know why PayPal charges an extra 20 cents for 1st class eDC when we can't charge extra for our buyers using PayPal. The US postal service doesn't charge extra.
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TheFamilyBiz
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posted on May 10, 2005 05:04:51 PM new
Because they are all powerful, all knowing and ... did you hear me when I said they are all powerful?
Wayne
Never explain -- Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
~ Elbert Hubbard
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dblfugger9
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posted on May 11, 2005 04:49:20 AM new
lol wayne! That they are, arent they? At least in the online fundstransfer business.
I hope you and everyone employing them at least got your measley 50.00 worth of power back with a piece of that class action lawsuit! You know like if they dont make any mistakes or have any problems, why were we all so happy to take some money from them?
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[ edited by dblfugger9 on May 11, 2005 06:26 AM ]
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shawnb1
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posted on May 11, 2005 05:40:32 AM new
Libra--the 20 cents is PayPal's fee for using them to pay for the postage, not for eDC. They charge it for all except priority.
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