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Topic: Shipping charges increase 5%!!! |
Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 6:43 pm |
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| Shipping charges for the major carriers have increased an average of 5%!!! This a tremendous increase. Especially since we are being told that inflation is only 2%. Yeah,right. That's on top of a similar increase last year. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 6:48 pm
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And with $2.30 fuel?
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 16 Feb 2017 7:26 pm
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| Yes Roger. They are adding on fuel surcharges also. Remote area delivery also. |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 8:02 am
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| Time to revisit the Greyhound option some members have used in the past. Stevet |
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Dale McPherson
From:
Morristown, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 9:47 am
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| I just priced shipping on a large item via UPS $157 Greyhound $97. |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 2:00 pm
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Both UPS and USPS hit me (on the west coast) with over 10% increases in January. Shipping the average 6-string guitar just to the midwest now costs $98! Shipping large amps is now almost prohibitive unless they are vintage/collector's items.
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1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Lyle Clary
From:
Decatur, Illinois, KC9VCB
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 2:48 pm
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Just payed my Direct TV bill. It went up almost 7%.
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Storm Rosson
From:
Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 6:34 pm
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I remember some time mid last year hearing a short "filler" piece that really seemed like a venue to announce that the freight and package handlers would be raising their fees sometime next year, which apparently is now  and today I got a notice in the snail box that in April my internet service, which is all I use from Comcast/Xfinity,increase. I sure didn't expect an increase of 40% or so. Now I pay approximately 55$ and change, in April it goes to 89$ and that doesn't include the taxes and various surcharges that come with it 
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Ross Fellrath
From:
Minnesota, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 6:37 pm
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| fed ex ground is usually cheaper and better |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 10:10 pm
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on average it costs around $150 to ship the D10 steel, depending on insured value, and destination can be up to $200
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 4:27 am
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shipping charges are NOT just for the cost of a package, from point A to point B, it's calculated over the expenses of an entire company , cost of vehicles, cost of employees, benefits , operating costs, everything...
"FIXED my math"
We pay over a $1 for bottled water@ 8 0z , thats $16 / gallon. I overlooked there are 4 qts pr gallon..not ONE !
Big picture...
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jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2017 12:17 pm
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| Tony Prior wrote: |
shipping charges are NOT just for the cost of a package, from point A to point B, it's calculated over the expenses of an entire company , cost of vehicles, cost of employees, benefits , operating costs, everything...
We pay over a $1 for bottled water@ 8 0z, thats $4 a gallon.
Big picture... |
Umm, there are 128 ounces in a gallon, which is 16 8 ounce bottles.  That equates to $16 a gallon!  |
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Philip Mitrakos
From:
The Beach South East Florida
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Posted 19 Feb 2017 12:42 pm
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| HEY ! , You Can't Put A Price On A Good Time . |
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 20 Feb 2017 5:17 am
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| I think shipping has took a lot of the fun out of internet shopping. I used to buy records a lot and now its just not even within their price range due to shipping. The last time I shipped a steel I used FedEx and found it to be reasonable compared to my local UPS drop off which always quotes a price at least 50 dollars higher. |
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2017 7:09 am
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Last steel I shipped was to Nashville and it was a D-10 and I shipped FedEx. It was $57 for shipping. I asked agent at FedEx what if I were dropped and damaged, she said the declared value is what that's for. Don't quite understand these $150 shipping cost and about this insurance.
I also have a FedEx account which makes a little cheaper.
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 21 Feb 2017 8:22 am
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| Jim Smith wrote: |
shipping charges are
Umm, there are 128 ounces in a gallon, which is 16/ 8 ounce bottles. That equates to $16 a gallon! |
I knew that, I was thinking Quarts ! I'm only good at counting money, everything else is secondary. 
I evidently overlooked there are 4 qts pr gallon, not ONE ! It must be the NEW Math !
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders , Eastman Mandolin ,
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years
CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website |
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