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> Has anyone noticed strange pricing on shipping, Varies time of day
TravisNeff
post Aug 21 2018, 02:18 PM
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I was shipping a few parts today at the UPS store and had online quotes that I figured out yesterday and this morning.

I was shipping a muffler to San Jose, quoted yesterday:

UPS Ground $121.06
Fedex Ground $138.55

Then This morning I re-quoted and it came out as half price:

UPS Ground $63.xx
Fedex Ground $60.xx

I went into the UPS store today and then they said it was $88.xx I asked why it would be different with an online quote vs. coming into the store and they said there should be no difference in price. Then they went on to say that the later in the day you ship something the price goes up.

A 2nd package I was shipping to southern AZ doubled in price than the quote from yesterday. It went from $18 to $38

A 3rd package I was shipping to Seattle, price was the same as the quote done this morning



Have any of you seen this surge pricing type of thing? I guess I learned something new.
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Travis Neff   Has anyone noticed strange pricing on shipping   Aug 21 2018, 02:18 PM
Travis Neff   Hmm I just checked again online, the quote is ...   Aug 21 2018, 02:34 PM
Optimusglen   This is why I've stopped shipping with UPS or ...   Aug 21 2018, 02:39 PM
rhodyguy   USPS is pretty consistent online to actual costs. ...   Aug 21 2018, 03:46 PM
mb911   I have not noticed to much fluctuation.. I use ups...   Aug 21 2018, 03:57 PM
Travis Neff   I had a UPS or Fedex overnight quote at $1,01...   Aug 21 2018, 04:46 PM
euro911   I had a UPS or Fedex overnight quote at $1,01...   Aug 23 2018, 12:43 AM
mepstein   I had a UPS or Fedex overnight quote at $1,0...   Aug 23 2018, 06:31 AM
jcd914   An account can save a bunch of money. I shipped so...   Aug 21 2018, 06:07 PM
mepstein   We order well over $100k a year from SSF and ...   Aug 21 2018, 06:58 PM
Dave_Darling   I have found that going direct through the shippin...   Aug 21 2018, 08:23 PM
Garold Shaffer   For USPS, any package over 2lbs it is best to use ...   Aug 21 2018, 09:01 PM
Mikey914   Now you can understand why we have an "overch...   Aug 21 2018, 11:30 PM
defianty   I've used companies like Parcel2go on several ...   Aug 22 2018, 04:40 AM
Perry Kiehl   This is also why I quit quoting shipping. You wan...   Aug 22 2018, 11:07 AM
mepstein   This is also why I quit quoting shipping. You wa...   Aug 22 2018, 12:45 PM
rhodyguy   I think getting the tires kicked is part of the ex...   Aug 22 2018, 12:07 PM
rhodyguy   Another option is you providing the box dementions...   Aug 22 2018, 01:31 PM
Perry Kiehl   Another option is you providing the box demention...   Aug 23 2018, 06:34 AM
Unobtanium-inc   The big problem with shipping is unless you ship a...   Aug 22 2018, 08:13 PM
Shadowfax   On larger items especially, my experience with UPS...   Aug 23 2018, 07:01 AM


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