12-23-2009, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Sacramento,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 707, 446ci FE
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Originally Posted by *13*
Shipping rates spiked at some point during this year. I sent a set of lightweight bicycle wheels domestically a couple months back. I shopped the rates & it came up to a min of $65 no matter who I went with. The box weighed no more than 8lbs. It had never been nearly this high in the past.
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I would guess that, besides weight, you were running into "minimum weight by size" charges - if you ship a 3-foot cube that weighs five pounds, you will be charged for a higher equivalent weight to compensate for the physical size of the package.
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