THis is NOT new- many postal employees are very slack-
I usually just go back to a different clerk and they
"forget" to add the oversize charge.
paul genaro
sidney ny
> In a message dated 3/1/2004 6:53:35 PM Eastern
> Standard Time, ABikie@aol.com
> writes:
> > In a message dated 3/1/04 6:48:57 PM Eastern
> Standard Time, GPVB1@cs.com
> > writes:
> >
> > >> Well, this is a new one (at least to me):
> >>
> >> I shipped some NOS rims domestically via Priority
> Mail today. They usually
> >> cost about $12 to send. Today, I was charged an
> additional $8.75 "your box
> >> is
> >> bigger than 84 inches in girth plus length, but
> it's under 14 pounds, so
> >> we're
> >> gonna ding you" surcharge. This is the first time
> I've encountered this
> >> one!
> >> They're getting creative....
> >>
> >> Should I switch to another carrier for rims,
> wheels and framesets that can
> >> be
> >> packed to under 112" but are 84" or greater?
> >>
> >> Greg Parker
> >> Ann Arbor, Michigan
> >
> > Why not get the package down to 80" or under?
> > UPS charges you for 30# even for an empty box
> over 80"
> > they charge for 70# if it's over 108"
> >
> > and if it's over 130, actual weight (min 70#)
> plus a $50 mandatory tip
> >
> > Larry Black
> > Mt airy, Md
> >
>
> Well, it needs to be about 26" x 26" to fit 700C
> rims, so even if it's only
> 2" thick, that'd be 82 inches, which should squeak
> by at the Post Office, but
> not with Brown. In this case, it couldn't be that
> slim, as there were three
> pair of tubular rims. I did learn something, though,
> so forearmed is forewarned I
> guess...
>
> Greg Parker
> Anne Arboire, Michigan
>
>
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