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Shipping rate examples on specific products
- with regional examples too (all estimates current as of May 2008)
We will update them annually as rate increases with freight carriers occur. |
We do receive requests for shipping rates and we encourage you to call or e-mail so we can quote you a shipping amount in advance if you would like. Below are examples of amounts we apply for shipping.
We're using some of the more popular products for the examples, and we will also show a few weight examples and ranges.
We are also fully aware of companies that sell you a $10 item and charge you $25 freight. We
do not
charge by value or "try to profit" off freight amounts. We will add insurance to more valuable packages, and that will show up as a separate line item on our invoices. UPS charges 60 cents per $100 insurance after the first $300. Packages insured from $100.01 to $300 have a minimum insurance fee of $1.80. So if a package is worth near $200 up to $300, we will add $200 or $300 worth of insurance at a cost of $1.80. (Current as of January 2008). If a package is worth $500, insurance costs $3.00. Be aware of companies that tack on exorbitant amounts for insurance. US Postal insurance is priced differently. For $100 of insurance, that does cost $2.15. Most items 3 pounds or heavier are shipped via UPS Ground within the continental US. We can ship via UPS air services upon request. Most packages one or two pounds in weight ship via Priority Mail. The US Postal Service now has THREE sizes of domestic flat rate Priority Mail boxes. We can ship a small package weighing up to 70 pounds in one of their boxes for $9.80 plus insurance and delivery confirmation. This includes Hawaii, PR, Alaska, APO's, FPO's, Guam and the USVI. Any destination with a US zip code. This service is extremely friendly for freight costs. The US Post Office just came out with a larger flat rate box. Domestically, it costs $12.95 to ship this box. If sent to APO's or FPO's then only $10.95.
EXAMPLES: A one pound package shipping via Priority Mail anywhere in the US
to include Alaska, Hawaii, APO's, FPO's, Puerto Rico, USVI, and Guam costs $4.80 to ship (current as of May 2008). If tracking and insurance are needed, we apply 65 cents for the delivery confo, and the amount the USPS charges for insurance. Packages 2 pounds or greater start to follow zone charts. So a 2 pound Priority Mail package shipping to NY, MI, OH, IN, KY, VA, MD, DE for example is $6.80 to $7.20. 2 pounds shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Nevada, etc is $8.25. We use Priority Mail for lightweight inexpensive items. Or when it has to travel over water. The rates are great!
And the USPS has done an exceptional job in handling our packages carefully and efficiently!
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One pound part examples:
1 Lenape 24" Re-Place-A-Bar; 1 Lenape Carrousel towel ring; 2 or 3 of most any cabinet handle with the exception of longer, heavier handles; a half dozen ceramic knobs or tropical fish knobs; Hera decor rings and lenses; Hera transformers or dimmers - qty 1; a single wide porcelain switchplate. Products like this are lightweight and generally ship at a cost of $4.80 (within US zip codes). Shipping to Canada and other countries is based on international postal rates to those countries.
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Two pound part examples:
Lenape 36" Re-Place-A-Bars; 2 or 3 of the 24" Re-Place-A-Bars; several cabinet handles; a Carrousel toilet paper holder; a porcelain robe hook; a dozen Kid'z or tropical fish knobs. Basically anything under 2 pounds. Items like this can ship from $4.60 to $8.25 via Priority Mail depending upon your distance from Florida. Distance increases the freight amount (zone charts).
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Three pound parts:
a Lenape Carrousel towel bar; Rev-A-Shelf door mount kit; larger toilet paper holders; a bunch of metal cabinet knobs, etc. We can send packages like this to NY, OH, MD, that general region for approx. $10.40. The same package to MA, ME, NH, RI would be approx. $10.80. Going to California and other western states, $11.50. Going to a very remote area in Montana, Wyoming, California, etc. about $14.00. UPS adds a $2.30 charge to the package for distant remote areas. Big cities
do not have the "DAS" charge. Sending to a commercial address costs $1.95 to $2.30 LESS than residential. So money can be saved by having items shipped to commercial addresses via UPS Ground.
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Accuride TV Swivel ACC-TV3620 (CB3620-258TV):
shipping to most Midwest states, $15.21 or $17.71 (DAS). New England area, $17.77 or $20.27. (The higher of the two amounts is adding in $2.50 if it turns out the zip code is a DAS zip code. This is $2.30 + the fuel surcharge.) US west coast, $22.89 or $25.39. Georgia, Alabama, and the Carolinas $13.78. Again, commercial addresses are less, DAS residential are $2.30 more (+fuel surcharge makes it around $2.50 more).
No sales tax applied outside of Florida. Shipping the TV swivel to the UK costs $91.50 via International Priority Mail. Shipping to Canada is $51.70 via International Priority Mail or $29.40 via UPS Standard
Ground to Canada. We use International Priority Mail to ship it out of the country (UPS Ground to Canada for heavier items is a preferred service for Canada, but not your sole option). International Priority Mail rates
are better than other services. (Our estimates are taking UPS Ground's 10.5% current fuel surcharge on ground rates into consideration. The fuel surcharge will fluctuate throughout the year. As it does fluctuate, it
equates to just pennies on light to medium weight boxes.) UPS fuel surcharge on air shipments is currently 34.5%. That generally equates to several dollars extra to ship an air package. (Information taken from www.ups.com)
What can we do to bring fuel surcharges down? Gas prices too!
Put pressure on Washington to do something about the oil companies profiteering.
Try to conserve fuel, combine errands, don't take a trip to the store unless necessary, shop on-line.
Convince employers to convert
to 4 10-hour day workweeks. Employees will be happier with 3 days off instead of 2. Your fuel cost back and forth to work could be immediately cut by 20%.
Push to have the post office cancel Saturday delivery of
mail. Post offices can still be open on Saturday, but why expend the fuel to deliver on Saturday? They could cut their fuel consumption by almost 16% by eliminating Saturday delivery.
If Washington and the oil
companies keep saying price is driven by demand, let's reduce our demand. There are several easy ways to do so. Re-read the above. I'm John Wagonis and I approve this message....
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Rev-A-Shelf slide out trash containers:
The RV8PB, RV9PB, and RV12PB average in freight from $10.25 to $16.80 depending upon the distance from Florida. The RV15PB2-S, RV18PB2-S, RV12PB50-S are dimensional sized boxes and thus ship at the dimensional size rate. There is no avoiding this, they are bigger boxes. Dimensional size shipping within Florida is $13 or more (depends upon how big the box is). Most Midwest states are $19 to $21. The west coast is about $33. We charge what we are being charged to ship it. Anything over 3 cubic feet in volume is what UPS determines ships at a dimensional weight for UPS Ground packages. All air packages ship at actual or dimensional weight, whichever is greater. This is UPS's and Fed Ex's rule, not ours.
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Lenape bath hardware: an eight pound box can range from $10 to $14 to ship across the nation. A larger order around 18 to 25 pounds can cost $13 to $27 to ship across the nation.
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Decorative hardware:
the heavier the box, the more it costs. A 5 pound box can cost $9.60 to $12.30 to ship in the continental US. A 60 pound box containing a lot of European Railing would cost $18 to ship to most Florida addresses, $28 to $34 to ship to Michigan, $39 to $41 to ship to New Mexico, and about $46 to $49 to send to Oregon. (Special note: In September of 2006, we shipped a 41# box of short European Railing to Alaska for $8.10 + insurance in a flat rate Priority Mail box. The postal service does a great job with their two sizes of flat rate boxes. As of May 2008, that postage would now be $9.80.)
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Basically, we would like our customers to know that it is not our intent to profit on freight. If we ship a 10 pound box and it is worth $15 or $1300.00, the shipping rate
will be the same. The added insurance will add $7.80 coverage amount to the larger of those two examples, but the base freight is the same.
Again, we can estimate most products very well. Shipping estimates are easy to determine.
Your zip code is important for calculating freight. (or country for International) |
There are many manufacturers that we set up custom made products as direct ships. All these companies will ship throughout the United States. Most International orders will ship to us first, then we
will ship out of the country. Many of our vendors have flat rate shipping rates that we abide by. One is $10.50, another company charges $16 flat rate anywhere in the continental US. Some charge $9.50, $10.50, $11.50,
etc. Some will charge $13.47 because that's what it was. On your order for direct ships, we will apply their
standard or applied freight charge. For door orders, Quality Doors has incredibly low shipping rates. We set up ALL Continental US door orders as direct ships. This saves you considerably on the freight charges for those larger boxes. Door orders to Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada will have freight quoted first from Quality Doors before any order is processed.
Contact us by phone, fax or e-mail any time you have questions. We are here to help. Our orders are professionally packed. Our packing supervisor shown below is demonstrating how we cushion the insides of our
boxes. ;-) 
Kanji Wu Wagonis (at about 3 months old - July 2006)
May, 2008: He's fully grown, all muscle, and up to 26 pounds ... and still full of energy.
Thank you for reading this,
John W. Wagonis |
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