Shipping a box question

[Cumberland]

I bought my sister a car seat (17 lbs) and need to ship it to her. I took it to fed ex tonight and they said it would be 40 dollars. I tried to calculate postage on ups.com-60 dollars, and usps.com- 127 dollars. Am I doing something wrong or do I really have to pay that?

[DCJenn]

Sounds about right- I paid ten bucks to ship 3 pounds to Iraq.

Jenn

[SuzySunshine]

For a package that big USPS is usually the most expensive. UPS ground shouldn't be that expensive I wouldn't think, but maybe it is.

Your sister - is this the one that has had all the issues? I hope she finally has good news.

[Cumberland]

This is going GA to CA. Jenn, I thought you could special military rates?

[DCJenn]

Nope- we can get free boxes and stuff but that's it!

Jenn

Are you doing 2 day shipping or adding insurance? That does seem expensive. I'd take it to the UPS store and ask for the ground rate.

[Cumberland]

Different sister......

[Vanquisher]

Try the post office. They are cheaper. Seriously. You can go to ups.com and usps.com and do shipping calculators. That should save you some time. There are other companies too. I don't know how their rates are. DHL, Airborne Express, etc., but I usually stick with the post office.

[GrayMatterWife]

You could try returning the carseat and buying a comparably price one on Amazom.com or Overstock.com or somewhere like that. Shipping should be a heck of a lot cheap. Amazon often runs specials if you spend more than $50 or so.