Pirate ship !!!!!!
Most shipping costs are by the pound. BUT now it is also cubic inches. For example if you ship an item in an 8x8x8 box for $10 if it would have fit in a 8x8x2 box it would probably be $7.50. Smallest possible pack it tight.

I still get them, but I'll refund 1/2 your shipping if they are good enough.

That isn’t good enough. You better up your game!

That's the best I can do.

Thanks everybody for the information. I'll check out both ways.

not to hijack,but i wanna send some traps to a member on here,never sent anything like that before.would a flat rate box be the way to go?

That’s what I’ve always done when selling traps.

Back when I sold traps, I always used FR boxes. Get creative with "nesting" them together too. You will be surprised at how many you can get in a box. Once you have them in the box, really shake the box and often the traps will "settle" in the box and you can fit a couple more. Also, tape is your friend, lots and lots of GOOD packing tape.

What sucks is you just don't know. If whoever you are selling to is in the speedee delivery area like you, it'l be cheapest through them, but they do charge pick up fees, still often cheaper, but its up to you to decide if its worth it to save a couple or 5 bucks. What I do is figure shipping in the smallest flat rate box that they will fit in and charge the buyer that amount plus the cost of the traps, because then I know what it'll cost. If you were shipping several boxes/week then finding a different outfit to ship could certainly be worth it. I used SpeeDee a lot when I shipped skinning machines.

Lots of tape! I put enough that they could be kicked down 3 flights of stairs, then just a few more wraps.

Measuring and weighing the box and printing your own label from Pirate Ship will beat Flat Rate cost every time, and you will be shipping with UPS instead of dealing with the post office woes

Pirate ship will allow you to compare your options - post office v UPS. You will need to know the size of the box and the weight and the buyers zip code.

Their site is real easy to use and there are NO fees involved.

FR boxes used to be the answer - not always any more.

That's what I meant.

I need to look into Pirate Ship more. It sounds like a good idea if you ship stuff.

If you ship any amount of packages - even just one - you are missing the boat by not using Pirate Ship.

ADC - I thought you would be more on top of this!!! LOL

I just don't ship much anymore.

Yea, if it fits without the box being distorted. Their rules, not mine. Those Flat Rate boxes never helped me one bit, they are engineered to not fit much LOL. and a bit expensive to boot. I will bet however he ships will be cheaper than Flat rate.

lumberjack31 I think they have gotten a tad smaller too.