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  8. Posted · Edited by Christophero Sly

    I just encountered the most irritating example of dimensional weight pricing. The maximum volume that a parcel can be before it is subject to dimensional weight pricing is 1728 cubic inches (12"x12"x12"). I was trying to send something in a box measuring 19"x13"x7". Its volume in cubic inches is 1729. One single cubic inch over the limit.

     

    Well I need to change my story. It appears it is $2.54 until 4oz which is $2.60 up to 8 oz and then 9 oz it goes up to $3.30, and keeps going up $.05 after that up to 15oz so the % is different now and can't be calculated that way.

     

    A 6oz was like $2.37 then 7oz was $2.53 and 8oz was $2.71 Seems like the only ones that didn't change much was 7oz and 8 oz. You actually save $$ now on 8oz packages from before but everything else went up I think.

    Here is a graph showing the rate changes for First Class Commercial Parcels. The new rates are $2.60 from 1 to 8 oz., then it jumps to $3.30 at 9 oz., and then it's an additional 5¢ for every ounce up to $3.65 at 15.999 oz.

     

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    I don't have an old price file for First Class Retail Parcels, so I can't make a comparison graph, but here is the new price list for that service.

     

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    Are increases coming to Priority Mail Int'l as well as 1st Class??

    Yup. Priority International rates have gone up ~10% on average.

  9. Posted · Edited by Christophero Sly

    That explains the heart-attack inducing $45 price quoted online when I was packing one item sold on eBay. I used correct size and weight and eBay charged the buyer only $15 so they may not have updated the pricing yet.

    eBay's shipping price calculator is not correctly accounting for the dimensional weights of certain package sizes to certain destinations. I called tech support and reported the problem, but who knows if it will ever get fixed.

     

    After some checking, I shaved an inch off one end and the price dropped to 17 dollars. One fucking inch between 17 and 45 dollars!

    Yup. One inch can make all the difference. A feather in a 12"x12"x13" box will cost more to ship than 10 lbs. of potatoes in a 12"x12"x12" box.

     

    As another example of dimensional weight craziness, I just shipped a 4 lb. item in a 22"x15"x6" box to California. But because California is a zone 4 destination relative to me, the package was not subject to dimensional weight pricing, so it only cost me $8.75 to ship it using Commercial Rate Priority. If that package had been going to the east coast (zone 8 relative to me), dimensional weight would have been applied to the package and it would have cost $37.49 to ship.

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    For those of you who didn't know, major rate hikes went into effect on Jan. 17th.

     

    Here's a rundown of the changes.

     

    Priority Mail

    Sees about a 9% increase across the board for both retail and commercial rates.

     

    Also, for some time now, Priority mail shipments to zone 5-8 destinations that are greater than 1 cubic foot in volume (12"x12"x12") have been subject to dimensional weight pricing. I know this is confusing to a lot of people, myself included, so let me try to explain.

     

    For any parcel with a volume greater than a cubic foot (1728 cubic inches), the dimensional weight rate may apply instead of the parcel's actual weight. Dimensional weight is calculated as follows.

     

    (Length x Width x Height) ÷ 194 = Dimensional weight (round up). Parcels over 1 cubic foot in volume will be charged either this dimensional weight or their actual weight, whichever is greater.

     

    As an example, a 12"x12"x14" parcel has a dimensional weight of 11 lbs. (12x12x14 = 2016 ÷ 194 = 10.39 = 11 lbs.) This means that even if the parcel's actual weight is less than 11 lbs., the parcel will still be charged the 11 lb. rate because of its volume. At 12 lbs. of actual weight or greater, the parcel would be priced according to its actual weight.

     

    Dimensional weight pricing can significantly increase your shipping costs. A 3 lb. item in a 12"x12"x12" box would cost $14.47 to ship to a zone 8 destination. That same 3 lb. item shipped in the 12"x12"x14" box used in the example would cost $37.49 to ship to that same destination.

     

    Standard Post (Previously retail-rate Parcel Post)

     

    Standard Post has been renamed yet again. Now called Retail Ground, with rates jumping 10%.

     

    Parcel Select Nonpresort (Previously commercial-rate Parcel Post)

     

    Renamed yet again to Parcel Select Ground, but only sees about a 2% rate increase.

     

    Available through Paypal shipping.

     

    First Class

    Commercial First Class Parcel rates increase ~13%. However, First Class Commercial Parcels can now weigh up to 16 oz. (15.999).

     

    Retail First Class is still limited to 13 oz. and I don't know what kind of rate hikes it has seen. I haven't paid retail prices in a long time.

     

    First Class Package International Service

    Sees a whopping 21% increase on average, though there are some discounts in the 1.5 to 2 lb. weight range. I figured it would be harder for those outside the US to learn of these changes, so I made some graphs comparing the old and new prices for both Western Europe and Canada.

     

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    --Note the sweet-spots in the 24 to 32 oz. range--

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    Also, it appears as if USPS is no longer giving a discount when purchasing postage through their Click-N-Ship service. USPS's retail and online rates appear to be identical. Postage printed through Paypal still appears to be priced at commercial rates, thankfully.

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  18. Posted · Edited by Christophero Sly

    Copy of Julius Erving and Larry Bird go One-On-One for the C64. 5.25" Disk. Untested; I have no idea whether this works or not. No guarantees.

     

    Has a thrift sticker on front cover.

     

    Pay $3.07 for shipping and it's yours.

     

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    Checking to see if anyone wants these before they hit the recycling bin. There are 8 magazines, 3 HoCo's and 5 FamCo's, dating from '83-'85.

     

    Pay for shipping and they're yours.

     

    They weigh almost 6 lbs.

     

    Magazines can't be shipped Media Mail, unfortunately, so the cheapest way to ship these is in a Medium Flat Rate Box for $11.30.

     

    PM, if interested.

     

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    Basic Programming Books. Just pay shipping, for one or both.

     

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  19. Posted · Edited by Christophero Sly

    5200 4-Port. Console Only. Tested.

     

    Asking $15, plus shipping. Weighs 9 lbs. so ~$8 to $32, depending on destination, for Parcel Select.

     

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    SOLD Lot of 28 Atari 2600 Boxes. Condition ranges from fair to very good, one is even sealed.

     

    Consider these just box-only, though some are complete, some include just the cart, and some include just the manual.

     

    Asking $1.75 a box, which comes to $49 total, plus shipping.

     

    PM, if interested.

     

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    SOLD Japanese Game Gear in original box. Does not work. Using AC power supply, the power flickers only briefly when switched on. Couldn't get the unit to do anything with batteries. Probably needs a recap, a common issue with old Game Gears.

     

    In good shape otherwise. Some debris has gotten in behind the transparent section of the casing and the LCD screen itself (top left corner of photo).

     

    Asking $15, plus shipping--$5 to $10, depending on your whereabouts.

     

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    Is there a way to simply remove my current status update, so that the status update area shown on my profile page is just blank? I don't post status updates. The one and only time I did was back in October. That comment has no context now, and I don't want it to remain on my profile page.

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    I'd say so indeed. I think it's even better than the first Revelations title and certainly miles above RE6. I especially liked the missions with Barry - there's some fun parts in it where instead of just going guns blazing you can also try to play clever. Going back and forth over that island in parts also reminded me of the amazing last Tomb Raider game which can't be that bad a thing :)

     

    Thanks for the info. I'm going to go ahead and pick this one up then.

  25. Posted · Edited by Christophero Sly

    Probably the last one for 2015, this evening I finished "Resident Evil Revelations 2" on the PS3 :)

    Is it worth picking this one up? My RE fatigue is extreme, but I've heard this one is decent.

     

    So I used my own countermeasures to defeat it, including tracking compression artifacts for "tells" to identify which enemy was coming next.

    Ha!
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