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In case you are interested, the ingredients that go into our cost calculation are: * Box size, as any item that is more than 17 inches on one side incurs a significant postal surcharge. Also, a large lamp box can cost as much as $14. * Box weight, which is impacted by both the item purchased AND the quality of cardboard needed to protect the item. Postage for heavy items is significantly more than for lighter ones. * The amount of time it takes to package the item. For instance, it takes nearly an hour to properly package a large, multi-part, lamp, while it only takes a few minutes to package a hockey puck. My packer gets $8/hour. To help keep packaging costs down, we reuse every box we receive and try to avoid purchasing a special box for a particular item. Consequently, many of our packages are made of multiple smaller boxes. To keep overall costs down, we also make bulk purchases of supplies, such as bubble wrap and popcorn. (please look at our rules and privacy policy) |
B-Spencer@machine--tools.com (Beatriz Spencer) for additional information. This email is used for forwarding to newsgroup user.
