<VV> Corvair Bumper shipping

[Marc Sheridan]

I can't remember what it cost, but when I sent my cores to Lon, all I did
was wrap duct tape around them. Then I put an address label on them and
handed them over the counter at the post office. From my recolection, it
wasn't anywhere near fifty bucks.

Marc Sheridan

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:04 PM, <rbuckridge at comcast.net> wrote:

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>
> I had a lot of trouble shipping the third bumper I sold on eBay.
>
> After having shipped two bumpers before this one, now the same Post Office
> decides it falls into the next area of shipping and wants a $50.00
> additional charge, pushing the cost to $65.00 to ship this one. Using my
> best people skills, I couldn't convince them that they were measuring it
> wrong. The long and short of it is, I went to another Post Office and they
> again measured it wrong but due to the way they measured it, the cost was
> cheaper than expected.
>
> Of the 3 bumpers I shipped:
> One to zone 5 for $28.00
> One to zone 4 for $23.00
> And this one to zone 4 for $16.00
>
> The eBay calculator wasn't even close on any of them and I had already
> bumped the weight from the actual 15 pounds shipping weight, up to 20 pounds
> plus added a few dollars for the confirmation delivery.
>
> I learned a long time ago that your can lose your shirt shipping eBay items
> and this is why I make certain "adjustments" to my shipping costs.
>
> One bumper to go, LOL.
>
> Roy
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