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Iceman · 03-07-2012, 04:28 PM

I just shipped out several figure in the past week (I live in Canada these days). Generally it's $5.97 to ship a boxed figure if you pick the right box. I shipped a package out the other day that cost me $8 something for two figures. Plus there is tax on the shipping and a fuel surcharge, plus $2 if you need to buy a box. Basically anything under $10 is what I would say is reasonable, over that and the person it just trying to make money on the shipping.

$5.97+tax(13%)=$6.75 plus fuel surcharge (depends on where package is going)= at least $7.50 I have to pay for shipping. Better then shipping IN Canada though. That costs over $10 even if it's only a couple hours away :/

A reasonable price is really subjective. As someone who ran a business that did a lot of shipping and as someone that's sold a lot on ebay I do hate then people just look at the price on the box they get in the mail. Like if the label says $3 but they were charged $4-$5 they are outraged by the "rip off". They don't take into account the cost of a box ($1+ for most people), the packing, or the person's time to go to the post office. A fair shipping price isn't just what the postage is cause it actually costs more than that to ship something.

03-07-2012, 04:28 PM	#6
Iceman MUtant Overlord Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tennessee Posts: 2,754	I just shipped out several figure in the past week (I live in Canada these days). Generally it's $5.97 to ship a boxed figure if you pick the right box. I shipped a package out the other day that cost me $8 something for two figures. Plus there is tax on the shipping and a fuel surcharge, plus $2 if you need to buy a box. Basically anything under $10 is what I would say is reasonable, over that and the person it just trying to make money on the shipping. $5.97+tax(13%)=$6.75 plus fuel surcharge (depends on where package is going)= at least $7.50 I have to pay for shipping. Better then shipping IN Canada though. That costs over $10 even if it's only a couple hours away :/ A reasonable price is really subjective. As someone who ran a business that did a lot of shipping and as someone that's sold a lot on ebay I do hate then people just look at the price on the box they get in the mail. Like if the label says $3 but they were charged $4-$5 they are outraged by the "rip off". They don't take into account the cost of a box ($1+ for most people), the packing, or the person's time to go to the post office. A fair shipping price isn't just what the postage is cause it actually costs more than that to ship something. __________________ BST Last edited by Iceman; 03-07-2012 at 04:35 PM..