EBay shipping

[bob turner]

I might have mentioned that my penultimate project will be a die cast Milwaukee Bi-polar. Perry's Hobbies has one, and so far it is perfect for what I want to do, but it is $52 shipping - about what it took to ship an aircraft engine case from Seattle to San Diego last month.

They say that shipping has become expensive, and won't comment further - so do I assume the $52 is a flat rate, no matter what it actually costs, or does anyone here know that they have a better policy than that?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

So where is Perry's?

Shipping is complicated now depending on size and shape, weight, and distance, and whether you want stuff to arrive intact or not.

Also highly variable on carrier....

[big bad jim]

Any idea what it will weigh?

If this Perry's Hobbies is in Minnesota, then via USPS priority mail, 10 pound package, 20x8x8, I get a quote of $36.35. About $3 less via USPS Retail Ground, whatever that is. You could do the same calculation on the Fedex or UPS websites, I'm sure. The 10 pound figure was just a very uneducated guess. Same with the package size guess, except slightly less uneducated.

It's up to you whether the markup is acceptable, or the fight for a better rate is worth the effort.

Jim

[2railjon]

Also don’t forget that the term shipping & handling can mean the seller is not only asking for the shipping cost but to recoup for packaging materials and labor to package item.

[cole7015]

Let me chime in here. I had a customer purchase from my wed site item for 12.00 then there was shipping of 8 dollars it was going to Canada, He gave we a USA address
were he could drive across the border to pick up to save on shipping. I tried 12 times to get the clip and ship function to work
from the USPS we site. I finally had to ship directly to Ontario cost was 38.00 .

So I went into my we site and up date my shipping charges for overseas. I am telling my customers to order a larger amount and not just one Item. I can ship a 4 lbs box to most places for 38- 45 up to a 400 dollar value.

So if you order more the cost's the same vers 1 or 2.

My 2 cents.

Bill Basden Delta Models www.deltamodelsusa.com

[cole7015]

Perry's is in Morgan Minnesota.

So where is Perry's?

Shipping is complicated now depending on size and shape, weight, and distance, and whether you want stuff to arrive intact or not.

Also highly variable on carrier....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

So crossing from Minnesota to CA is probably different zones by USPS and that hikes rates right there; trucks vs. planes.

Use the USPS calculator like Jim did and you get a base price; fold in full insurance on top of that (for how much? ) and up some more. Figure cost of a box (real), shipping materials (real), paying an employee (if you've done any shipping then you know that to do it right that takes some time), and the price just goes up & up.

[bob turner]

Reason I asked - some time ago I posted about some ridiculously high shipping and got answers here that indicated the amount on the front page of the offer may not be the amount charged.

My inquiry must have triggered something - it is now local pickup only. I would have gone for $30 or so shipping.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MTH-O-SCALE-20 ... 2987437841

[cole7015]

Well Bob

do not go to Australia and order 1 item it will cost you 45.00 USD.

Bill Basden

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Reason I asked - some time ago I posted about some ridiculously high shipping and got answers here that indicated the amount on the front page of the offer may not be the amount charged.

My inquiry must have triggered something - it is now local pickup only. I would have gone for $30 or so shipping.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MTH-O-SCALE-20 ... 2987437841

Odd......... When I go there I get:

Shipping:
$17.20 Expedited Shipping | See details

Item location:
Mount Airy, Maryland, United States

Ships to:
United States See exclusions

Hmmm..........not Morgan Minnesota

And, this is just for a MILWAUKEE-ROAD-E-2-BI-POLAR-ELECTRIC-DIE-CAST-SHELL

[up148]

They're showing $37.90 expedited shipping now....closer to your goal, but not quite. Bob, knowing you I doubt you'll take me up on this, but I'm happy to give you my UPS or Fed-X shippers account number to use and you just pay actual discounted shipping cost. Not sure Perry's will do this (some won't), as it cut outs their "handling and supply fee. Been running into this on car parts as well. We will always ship on a customer account, but car parts guys don't want the hassle.

20-30 years ago Perry's handled a lot of brass and had some of the best prices in the country. But, I'm sure just like many other older brass dealers (Sumpter Valley, Balls of Brass, BLCO, Caboose, etc), the reins were either handed over to the younger set or the dealer went out of business all together.

BH

[teddybear]

Gents,
It looks as though it is not Perry's in Minnesota, but Perrys toy trains in Mt. Airy, Maryland - thus the higher shipping cost ??

Ted Michaels

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Gents,
It looks as though it is not Perry's in Minnesota, but Perrys toy trains in Mt. Airy, Maryland - thus the higher shipping cost ??

Ted Michaels

Exactly as I noted above - not Minnesota so cross country ='s even higher shipping for a shell........

[E7]

Shipping: $17.20 Expedited Shipping | See details

Item location:
Mount Airy, Maryland, United States

Ships to:
United States See exclusions



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Round 1 goes to Rufus

Some of you will be sent to either the optometrist or remedial reading classes depending on need.

[J. S. Bach]

I get the following:

Shipping and handling
Item location: Mount Airy, Maryland, United States
Shipping to: United States

Delivery*
US $24.60

United States

Expedited Shipping (USPS Priority Mail®)

On or before Sat. Mar. 23 to 29706
Free Local Pickup