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Don’t forget First Class if the items weighs less than a pound.. By far the cheapest.
12/30/2017 at 5:25 pm in reply to: New loophole for buyers to get free items – using multiple guest ids #29554Are you saying the name and address were the same for both purchases? Are you sure it wasn’t some type of forwarding company, possibly dealing with overseas buyers?
The free boxes from the Post Office tend to be for Priority Mail and higher.
You can order a variety of boxes for free (Flat Rate and Calculated) at USPS.com.
If you want to ship cheaper (First Class, Media Mail or Smart Post), you’ll have to come up with your own boxes or envelopes.
12/29/2017 at 2:12 pm in reply to: New Tax law and it's effects on your business (Politics free please!) #29517The long term affect on an increase in home ownership (less tax write offs) is a decrease in prices (home values). It is similar to an interest rate increase.
Hopefully I’m overstating this, but I know a lot of people directly affected by this.
First Class Mail is generally the cheapest option for anything less than a pound and really cheap for anything less than 8 ounces.
Print your own labels through Ebay and you’ll save a whole lot. You will need a scale.
I ship a lot of Flat Rate Padded envelopes for items over a pound that fit, otherwise, I rarely use flat rate.
Good Luck with it…
12/26/2017 at 10:45 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 340: We Reconnect with Cyndi from Amazing Taste #29411I just found out the place in Norwalk, I’ve been to several times has shut down (For now they say). Bummer.. I should have gone there more and bought more stuff. I’m still digging through books I bought there months ago.
In Norwalk, the Auction would start at 10:00 AM and the box lots would be done before 1:00 PM. By then I’d usually check out, because the car would already be full and I wanted to beat the rush.
I’ve been to the place in Santa Ana, once and wasn’t really impressed. There’s a ton of stuff, but it looks like most of it is large.
For the right auction, I’m willing to hook my trailer up to my car and go far if need be.
I’m curious to see what you find out. Just remember, if it’s that good, you can rent a pickup from U-Haul pretty cheap for local stuff…
JOE
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So Cal Joe.
12/25/2017 at 8:18 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 340: We Reconnect with Cyndi from Amazing Taste #29400Hi Paul,
Have you ever gone to that Bi-Monthly auction in Upland? I’m trying to decide if it’s worth the trip.
Thanks
I’ll generally lower the price, even if it’s only a dollar, send an offer and put the ball in their court. Sometimes, they already want it, but just need a push. If not, I’ve made the effort.
I keep the messages short and simple.
The Flat Rate Boxes you are referring to are Priority Mail and generally 3 to 5 days. You can also order a variety of Free Priority Mail Boxes from USPS.com that are not Flat Rate. If you haven’t done this yet, I encourage you to check it out.
I use First Class as my default, that way if I forget to enter the appropriate method when listing, I get an error message and have to correct it before the listing goes live.
I get the error message, because the item is too heavy for first class. It’s like a fail safe.
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So Cal Joe.
You may find that even if you change your store name, the URL will remain from the old store.
I changed mine a while back and it happened to me.
12/10/2017 at 9:04 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 337: If You Build It, You Will Have Storage #28550Government regulations, laws and subsidies have a lot to do with what’s profitable.
It wasn’t very profitable for the car manufacturers to start putting Smog equipment on their cars 50 years ago, but I think we’ve all benefited as a result.
12/10/2017 at 8:27 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 337: If You Build It, You Will Have Storage #28545The recharge issue could be handled if an effort was made. It’s not rocket science. There could be quick charge stations, battery swaps and of course roof integrated solar panels on the body. It wouldn’t have to be a 100% solution in the beginning.
It’s a matter of the right people making the correct decisions. The problem is that progress rarely happens unless it is profitable.
I was a truck driver for years. My truck, like many had a sleeper. In order to keep yourself warm or cool. depending on the weather, you often had to run your truck while parked. An idling truck burns about 1 gallon of fuel and hour. You can imagine the air pollution and noise in the truck stops with all the trucks running. It’s also a quick way to wear out an expensive engine.
There were some feeble attempts made to solve this problem. In fact in many places it it illegal to idle your truck when parked. The reality is, if they wanted to solve it, they would have. The solution is fairly simple. It’s just not a priority and worth the effort to them.
I think the same can be said of the electric car.
12/10/2017 at 7:25 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 337: If You Build It, You Will Have Storage #28543Uber is already using self driving cars as we speak. I really don’t think they’re that faraway. I don’t think where you live is really going to matter, although I have to wonder how well they’ll deal with snow etc.
I also think electric cars could be mainstream today, if there wasn’t so much resistance. Battery technology is getting better every day. All you have to do is remember how well the cell phone batteries were 15 years ago. There would also need to be a way to get them charged away from home. If it were a priority, it would be done.
Think about all the sci-fi movies and predictions you’ve ever seen. They predicted flying cars and instant food (microwave?) and of course the video telephone system. Did any of them predict the smart phone.. or even just the cell phone. I am amazed at how quickly this product was developed and improved. It is a complete game changer in society, probably as big as the original telephone was 100 years ago.
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