Who is everyone using for shipping overnight priority?

[Robert Ranciato]

I had to ship 3 bounce mushrooms on Tuesday. I haven't shipped coral in over a year so I went to FedEx to get a price. When the lady told me I almost fell over. $190 to Florida from Connecticut. It was 8x9x9 less then a pound. I thought surely I can get a better price from UPS. Wrong $173 for 9am delivery and $139 by 12pm . I also struck out a USPS, as they no longer do next day priority. If your willing to wait wait for delivery by 6pm then USPS is the way to go it's only 50 bucks. I was screwed I only charged the person $50 and I didn't feel like bothering him for more money. Fortunately someone recommended ShipNerd and ShipyyourAquatics.com. they get better deals buy buying in bulk from FedEx and UPS. I used shipyouraquatics.com who contracts out to FedEx. It was still $90 which I think is really outrageous for a tiny box. I think I will be sticking to my rule only local pickup. I was really happy with everything from shipyouraquatics.com it makes everything easy but the price bothers me. Anyone have another service they use that's significantly cheaper. For a hobbyist who only ships once in a while?

 

[Saltyreef]

I had to ship 3 bounce mushrooms on Tuesday. I haven't shipped coral in over a year so I went to FedEx to get a price. When the lady told me I almost fell over. $190 to Florida from Connecticut. It was 8x9x9 less then a pound. I thought surely I can get a better price from UPS. Wrong $173 for 9am delivery and $139 by 12pm . I also struck out a USPS, as they no longer do next day priority. If your willing to wait wait for delivery by 6pm then USPS is the way to go it's only 50 bucks. I was screwed I only charged the person $50 and I didn't feel like bothering him for more money. Fortunately someone recommended ShipNerd and ShipyyourAquatics.com. they get better deals buy buying in bulk from FedEx and UPS. I used shipyouraquatics.com who contracts out to FedEx. It was still $90 which I think is really outrageous for a tiny box. I think I will be sticking to my rule only local pickup. I was really happy with everything from shipyouraquatics.com it makes everything easy but the price bothers me. Anyone have another service they use that's significantly cheaper. For a hobbyist who only ships once in a while?

If you went into the locations for shipping quotes, thats half your issue.

Online labels are on average 20% cheaper directly through the shipper.

Did you tell them you had live goods?
That might be another issue why the cost was so high if you did.

I dont have any sources for fedex but pirate ship is the most cost effective for UPS. I dont pay more than $60 for a coast to coast 7x7x7 box less than 2lbs.

 

[Robert Ranciato]

I should have realized all this.

 

[jda]

I use finiship. There are others who are similar.

I am about $50-60 for a smallish box overnight. Had better luck lately with UPS than with FedEx.

 

[Jmp998]

I don't have any experience with this directly, but I did talk to the shipyouraquatics.com guys at Aquashella and I was really impressed with how knowledgable and professional they seemed.

 

[Robert Ranciato]

I use finiship. There are others who are similar.

I am about $50-60 for a smallish box overnight. Had better luck lately with UPS than with FedEx.

Thanks good to know

 

[Reefer Matt]

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