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<p>[QUOTE="FunkeysFinds, post: 1220, member: 83"]Mill Cove Treasures -</p><p><br /></p><p>I appreciate the info regarding obtaining a FedEx quote. I tried my example last night again that I used to ship my item to Washington recently and it still came up at $47.25 at the cheapest rate, but I was not logged in with an account, so I will set-up an account and try it the same info. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did do more research last evening and have a little better understanding on Regional and Flate Rate boxes - I can def see where at times I could ship using them and save a little - lot, if I can fit the items in. I'm ordering some boxes both in Regional and Flat Rate so that I can play around with packing items in them before they sell so I know what works and doesn't. I do have a great number of vintage board games and I see that there is a specific box for those that could be helpful - packing those on my own are an adventure. I may have missed some opportunities to use Flat Rate normally in the past.</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed that Replacements is shipping single dinner plates in a pattern I researched recently to my location at $8.99 with Free Shipping (my jaw hit the floor) - how can a seller compete with that? I'm sure they negotiate special pricing, but still. I'm thinking now that perhaps they use the Regional Boxes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FunkeysFinds, post: 1220, member: 83"]Mill Cove Treasures - I appreciate the info regarding obtaining a FedEx quote. I tried my example last night again that I used to ship my item to Washington recently and it still came up at $47.25 at the cheapest rate, but I was not logged in with an account, so I will set-up an account and try it the same info. I did do more research last evening and have a little better understanding on Regional and Flate Rate boxes - I can def see where at times I could ship using them and save a little - lot, if I can fit the items in. I'm ordering some boxes both in Regional and Flat Rate so that I can play around with packing items in them before they sell so I know what works and doesn't. I do have a great number of vintage board games and I see that there is a specific box for those that could be helpful - packing those on my own are an adventure. I may have missed some opportunities to use Flat Rate normally in the past. I noticed that Replacements is shipping single dinner plates in a pattern I researched recently to my location at $8.99 with Free Shipping (my jaw hit the floor) - how can a seller compete with that? I'm sure they negotiate special pricing, but still. I'm thinking now that perhaps they use the Regional Boxes.[/QUOTE]
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