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| I shipped a saddle last winter and STUPIDLY used the UPS Store - $120ish bucks. Was pretty floored but it was incredibly convenient and I was on the way to the airport so no real time to change my plans. Wont use them again though. Maybe that's where she shipped it from. Good luck! |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | hoofs_in_motion - 2016-10-20 9:03 AM WiscoRacer - 2016-10-19 6:13 PM I got a pic of the receipt with tracking and shipping was $115. She's young, 18 maybe 19. She looks legit. I friended her on facebook. Rodeos a lot. how the F was shipping $115? the most I've paid to ship a saddle was $62
The last saddle I shipped from So Ga to ND was $89. No insurance. And, basically, i don't see how a saddle can fit in a 24x24x24 box.
I am shipping one today in a tote to LA from SO GA with insurance I will let you know how much it is.
But the prices I have seen on here are reasonable. It is the box size that gets you. Plus, who the local postal worker is and if they are doing their job.
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| 3canstorun - 2016-10-20 10:05 AM
hoofs_in_motion - 2016-10-20 9:03 AM WiscoRacer - 2016-10-19 6:13 PM I got a pic of the receipt with tracking and shipping was $115. She's young, 18 maybe 19. She looks legit. I friended her on facebook. Rodeos a lot. how the F was shipping $115? the most I've paid to ship a saddle was $62
I am shipping one today in a tote to LA from SO GA with insurance I will let you know how much it is.
But the prices I have seen on here are reasonable. It is the box size that gets you. Plus, who the local postal worker is and if they are doing their job.
Depends on the kind of saddle you're shipping. I've shipped 4+ barrel saddles (13"-14") and they have all fit in an 18x18x24 no problem. This one is a round skirted 13.5" so should definitely not be a problem to fit in a smaller box than a 24x24x24. Should be more than enough.
And yes, she switched from using USPS (which would have been way cheaper) to UPS because of some mistake. I don't see how I should have to pay for that mistake.. Checked the tracking this a.m. and still has yet to move but it is only 10 a.m... |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | If I screw up figuring the cost of something I sold, whether paypal fees, shipping, whatever, I eat it. That's part of being an adult--when you make a mistake, you woman up and deal with it. I wouldn't send her any more money, and I bet she gets her crap together better next time.
As for shipping, the most one ever cost me was $80 with insurance and that was because I shipped through a UPS store location in Staples. I had figured $50 for shipping, so I ate the other $30 as my mistake. I now have an account set up with UPS where I do it online and get a discount. It automatically emails the tracking info to the buyer for me. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | The saddle I shipped today cost me $58.35, which included $650 in insurance. It was sent to Louisiana (from Georgia) in a tote and weighed 40 lbs 10 oz.
Since I didn't specify shipping costs, I paid for it, not the buyer.
However, in your case, I would not pay her anything more.
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| Thanks all.. Just hoping I get the saddle at this point. If she really did ship it Tuesday there definitely should have been something for tracking by now. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | WiscoRacer - 2016-10-20 1:37 PM Thanks all.. Just hoping I get the saddle at this point. If she really did ship it Tuesday there definitely should have been something for tracking by now.
You would think right?!!! |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | WiscoRacer - 2016-10-20 1:37 PM Thanks all.. Just hoping I get the saddle at this point. If she really did ship it Tuesday there definitely should have been something for tracking by now.
It should have showed it was at the first facility almost immediately. |
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| i just shpped a saddle from Virginia to Washington state went to ups stor told me like 135.00 for 28lb said sorry call the usps they said like 195.00 and set up usp account cost 65.00. dropped it off at the ups store and tool 10days to get across country,
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Nevertooold - 2016-10-20 2:13 PM WiscoRacer - 2016-10-20 1:37 PM Thanks all.. Just hoping I get the saddle at this point. If she really did ship it Tuesday there definitely should have been something for tracking by now. It should have showed it was at the first facility almost immediately.
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| I'm also worried because I had to do the hold for pickup option because my address isn't recognized here.. So I'm wondering if they'll know to call me when it's in. She at least gave me the address for the ups store it would go to so I'll check in Monday.
I know tracking can take awhile to show up but she said she shipped out Tuesday. And even if she didn't ship out until yesterday, tracking should have showed something by now... |
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Location: MS | Shipping has gone up ridiculously. I live in MS and sold a saddle pad to someone in Washington state. The shipping was going to cost me $70. I spent an hour in the post office trying to stick it in boxes and such. The postmaster told me prices have gone up dramatically and it really determines what region you live in and the region you are shipping to. Needless to say I refunded the lady bc I only sold the pad for $50. I had shipped a pad the week before to LA and it was a smaller but it didn't cost me but $20. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | We ship anything over 8 pounds and over $400 value through UPS. Yes it can be more because they don't have a flat shipping rate, but the detailed tracking is vital to us and the customer. Saddles through USPS can sometimes be a bit cheaper but you do not get a detailed tracking - just what facilities it is currently located in. Like NTO said, sometimes you don't receive anything but the customer does receive it on time. We don't take chances, especially on saddles. UPS is equipment with handling the heavy high valued load and its easier to file a claim if there is a problem. Any oversized packages for example saddles, saddle pad boxes, are listed as "oversized" and you get charged a high fee no matter the weight. Prices have gone through the roof which is frustrating as gas prices have gone down over the past 3 years. It also depends if she shipped it by USPS regular ground which is the last loads to be picked up and delivered or Priority mail. 3-4 days. Good luck, I hope you get it soon! |
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Location: North Dakota | Mainer-racer - 2016-10-21 8:27 AM We ship anything over 8 pounds and over $400 value through UPS. Yes it can be more because they don't have a flat shipping rate, but the detailed tracking is vital to us and the customer. Saddles through USPS can sometimes be a bit cheaper but you do not get a detailed tracking - just what facilities it is currently located in. Like NTO said, sometimes you don't receive anything but the customer does receive it on time. We don't take chances, especially on saddles. UPS is equipment with handling the heavy high valued load and its easier to file a claim if there is a problem. Any oversized packages for example saddles, saddle pad boxes, are listed as "oversized" and you get charged a high fee no matter the weight. Prices have gone through the roof which is frustrating as gas prices have gone down over the past 3 years. It also depends if she shipped it by USPS regular ground which is the last loads to be picked up and delivered or Priority mail. 3-4 days. Good luck, I hope you get it soon!
This is exactly why I use UPS! As a shipper and a receiver I love to watch where the saddle is at all times. I've never had an issue with UPS to date, but I have had issues with USPS in the past, so I won't use them. Sometimes peace of mind to me is worth the extra cash spent. |
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Location: Silver Lake, MN | I hope you get an update soon. I know I shipped a pair of boots from MN to ND, about 4 hour drive and it took 4 days to get there through the post office and every time I tried to track it the package still showed in MN. After that whole ordeal I won't use the post office anymore. I haven't shipped a saddle in a long time but always had good luck with UPS so hopefully you will too! |
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Location: Way up North | CarrieH77 - 2016-10-21 2:02 PM I hope you get an update soon. I know I shipped a pair of boots from MN to ND, about 4 hour drive and it took 4 days to get there through the post office and every time I tried to track it the package still showed in MN. After that whole ordeal I won't use the post office anymore. I haven't shipped a saddle in a long time but always had good luck with UPS so hopefully you will too!
Just a heads up for future use, if you are shipping from and to MN, ND, SD, IA, WI, Il, and parts of MO and Nebraska you can use SpeeDee Delivery and it is WAY cheaper and faster. Most is next day and they charge based on actual weight instead of dimensional weight like UPS does. That is why UPS has gone way up, they changed over to dimensional weight which really hurts on shipments like saddles.
Those shipping saddles and wondering the price difference when the weight is close, I would guess the box is bigger. UPS has also started tacking on an additonal fee from $10.50 to over $50 for large package handling surcharges. Use the very smallest box you can get the saddle in when possible. |
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| Good news!! She gave me the info for which UPS store she used in MT and I called today. Somehow the tracking number got edited so the UPS store gave me the new one. It is in fact in transit and will be here Monday and she did insure it for the full amount.
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Location: Phoenix | Wooo hoooo!!! |
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| Got my saddle and love it!
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