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shifty · 04-09-2008, 07:04 AM

One four-letter acronym for all of you: USPS.

The US Postal service offers ~ $4 flat-rate shipping for small packages, and will include delivery tracking (and/or notification) for an additional dollar.

Bottom line: If you are a vendor, if you want to keep the customers, you need to keep your shipping reasonable. You should have a list of small parts, when ordered alone or in multiples with no other large parts, will be shipped USPS.

Hell, there has to be at least one or more pre-packaged shopping cart systems out there that support "smart" shipping choices where you enter the dimensions and weight of the product and calculate shipping estimates based on the cumulative size of the required package for the item. We were developing stuff like this back in the late 90's.

04-09-2008, 07:04 AM	#21
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,376	Re: Brothers Trucks shipping costs more than the part!! One four-letter acronym for all of you: USPS. The US Postal service offers ~ $4 flat-rate shipping for small packages, and will include delivery tracking (and/or notification) for an additional dollar. Bottom line: If you are a vendor, if you want to keep the customers, you need to keep your shipping reasonable. You should have a list of small parts, when ordered alone or in multiples with no other large parts, will be shipped USPS. Hell, there has to be at least one or more pre-packaged shopping cart systems out there that support "smart" shipping choices where you enter the dimensions and weight of the product and calculate shipping estimates based on the cumulative size of the required package for the item. We were developing stuff like this back in the late 90's. __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM.