Good--but badly cataracted 21FJP22 on Ebay

[tvcollector]

Price isn't bad, but $162.49 Standard Shipping

[kvflyer]

Shipping to Florida is quoted at: $162.49. So, good price for the tube but totally out of line for the shipping. Too Bad...

[sweitzel]

The calculator quoted me $131 to ship a mere 80 miles from the sellers location to me. I suspect the seller put in an astronomical weight and box dimensions or possibly very high insurance or both to get ebay to quote it that high.

edit: The seller wrote this in the description:
"Shipping: UPS Ground. Shipping calculator is an estimate, only and is not an accurate reflection of the shipping cost. Please wait for an invoice before payment.

Requires an oversize (27X27X34) box for safe shipping. Will be double boxed. Has a shipping weight of approximately. 60# "

So he isn't even going to go with the ebay/UPS estimate. Sounds like shipping might be negotiable.

[Phil Nelson]

Some shippers really ding you for an oversize box. Last year I shipped a big empty box to NY to have a CRT shipped back in it. (Well, nearly empty; it contained the padding to safely ship a CRT.) I choked a little when I saw the cost to ship the empty box. The counter guy told me, "It's all in the size -- you could put another 75 pounds of stuff in this box and ship it for the same price."

Phil Nelson

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

Some shippers really ding you for an oversize box. Last year I shipped a big empty box to NY to have a CRT shipped back in it. (Well, nearly empty; it contained the padding to safely ship a CRT.) I choked a little when I saw the cost to ship the empty box. The counter guy told me, "It's all in the size -- you could put another 75 pounds of stuff in this box and ship it for the same price."

Phil Nelson

Ah, the catchphrase in the shipping business "dimensional weight" - the shipper determines what weight they could possibly ship in a certain dimension. When your large, lightweight box fills up that dimension, you get "dinged" for lost revenue they could have earned with 2 -5 smaller, but heavier parcels. UPS had a nice slideshow explaining that - heck it may even be a YouTube video now, but they explain quite well how they ding you. I used to receive laptop carrying cases via UPS, three or four to a 24x24x24" package, and with very little fill, they still shipped UPS oversize. The company was paying 34 dollars to ship less than 4 pounds from Raleigh, NC to our place in Virginia - and this was in 2002/2003!

[kvflyer]

I guess the shippers want their "Fair Share" for the volume you are taking up in their trucks and aircraft. Oh well ...