02-08-2012, 10:44 PM
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"Trucks with Class"
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: OLYMPIA, WA, USA
Posts: 8,159
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Shipping Costs Just Doubled! They are charging to ship "air/space"
The high cost of shipping our parts just got a lot worse. FedEx is following the UPS practice of charging DIM (dimensional) pricing. Buddy seats: 98lbs (2-seats + center) in one box = $150...OK
Frame: 27lbs in about the same size box = $150!!! They just recompute it as if it weighed 166lbs because of the larger (not oversize) size. One manager said, "It costs us as much to ship a box of bricks as it does to ship a box of feathers". 
Greyhound is going to have to be the preferred method of shipping larger boxes...about half price! It is a hassle to have to go to bus station to pick up, but if cost matters, so be it.
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