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10-09-2006, 08:14 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: On the G-Train!!!!!
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Why do people always say "shipping to lower 48 only"? Don't they know that Hawaii & Alaska are a part of the USA? USPS is the same no matter where you live in AMERICA. First class, priority, express, it's all the same. They charge by weight not distance. So why do you say it? |
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10-09-2006, 08:17 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement
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Maybe they dont know that. I always assumed it was way more expensive.
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10-09-2006, 08:19 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ   Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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It's a penalty for living in Hawaii. You get the great weather, all the hot wimmin, and all the good waves. We get deals on items that nobody wants to ship to you. Doesn't seem fair to me either.  |
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10-09-2006, 08:21 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
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10-09-2006, 08:26 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: On the G-Train!!!!!
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Aw, man. It just seems funny. I was looking in the FS forum & it seems everyone says that now. It costs me the same to ship to LA as it does to NYC. Big difference in milage. I think they just don't know. That's why I posted this. |
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10-09-2006, 08:28 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement
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My other thought, where are the upper states?
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10-09-2006, 08:29 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
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10-09-2006, 08:30 PM
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| Powered by Awesome  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado
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here is your answer... usps sucks.... (personal preferance) I ship everything through the UPS store (get a discount) the 48 states is cheaper.. and anything larger than a shoe box is cheaper to ship UPS. The USPS is open 8-5... UPS 9-6:30...i work 8-5... it is easier for me to ship UPS.. to ship to HA and AK is ridiculiously more expensive through UPS... ups's tracking is more up to date...usps only updates at the end of the day... (useless)... Thats why.... ups is more convieniant (for me anyway) Last edited by TwistedXT; 10-09-2006 at 08:33 PM. |
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10-09-2006, 08:38 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Juneau Alaska
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Shipping to Alaska has always been on the steep side. the reason for this is UPS and other shippers use trucks to haul alot of the stuff around and here they can not do that they have to fly everything in or out of here. It is not unsual to pay $100 for an item and pay close to $60 in shipping to get it here in 2 days that take better part of a week. Steve |
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10-09-2006, 09:00 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2005 Location: omaha
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Because us lower 48'ers hate you  |
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10-09-2006, 09:02 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2006 Location: Georgetown, Texas
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If i ship, i ship wherever, just, not to Africa.
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10-09-2006, 09:02 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement
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I'll ship anywhere. If you pay its getting to you hell or high water.
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10-09-2006, 09:05 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Home of the ORIGINAL Terminator chassis
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If you use USPS, and it's a semi-heavy package (something more than 24 oz I think) it costs more to ship to the West Coast than the East Coast. I can't speak for UPS, but anyone who tells you it's the same price shipping USPS on someting heavier than the $4.05 Proirity Mail rate is incorrect. As long as someone pays, I don't care where we ship something to... |
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10-09-2006, 09:10 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: One Legend.
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I know my reasons... If one of you candy *** 48 staters riped me off... I'd take a coupls of personal days and track your *** down. It gets more expensive if I have to "drive" to hawaii or Alaska.  I uisually say it specifically because I don't want to ship out of the US. If someone knows I ship to Alaska, then why won't i ship to Canada... And if you sent that to Hawaii, why wont you send this to Guam?? Mexico? You get it. |
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10-09-2006, 10:23 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: On the G-Train!!!!!
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 That's probably it too.As far as things being too large or too heavy, most of the FS items & vender products are small & light packages. So that can't be an excuse. I can understand sending a complete rig or whatever. UPS &/or Fed-Ex have ground shipping to all 50 states. I forget if it was one or both. Don't ask me how they have it, they just do. | |
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10-09-2006, 10:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF
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2 bodies shipped to chigago IL from AZ are 5.15 2 shipped to honolulu HI is 6.05 no matter how you do it the same weight is always mroe to Hawaii and Alaska, even with priority | |
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10-09-2006, 10:39 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: 808
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DTP, I know exactly what you are talking about. I always gotta bug people to ship here. I offer to cover any extra shipping cost, then after they ship they are "OH, it didnt cost any thing more that what I posted for the 48"... | |
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10-09-2006, 10:40 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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DTP,shuda up and color.J/K How much would it cost to send two of these?---> |
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10-09-2006, 10:46 PM
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| R.I.P. Chip  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Crawler State
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I shipped a 1/6th nylint to a guy in Sweden, and he wanted it in 3-5 days as well. I think his shipping bill alone was $160!!! DTP if you need something some SW2's shipped to you I'll go get them from Brad and you can pay me $1600 shipping and I'll hand deliver them. I may stick around for a week or so too |
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10-09-2006, 11:00 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF
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nope 4.80 to LA from me in AZ........but it is the same for Maine for me.....its a distance thing | |
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