Susan Fox Hirschmann on thu 5 apr 01
I charge 4% for packaging and then the exact UPS costs to my wholesale
customers. For Retail customers, I charge a straight UPS cost and that is it.
Good luck
Susan
Llewellyn Kouba on thu 5 apr 01
I am packing and mailing some things out again. Does anyone work with a
standard flat out shipping rate? In the past I have always packaged
things, got them weighed, and an estimate from the post office and added
this to the billing. Nothing for packing materials or my time. I wonder if
there is a better way? Friends of mine suggest that I need to charge more
and of course that can put the shipping as high as the item. But that might
be the way life is. Could there be a system for the potter that might ask
a flat rate for the amount of dollar/weight purchase made by the
purchaser? AND especially if I am the (Studio) Potter, packerer , Peaon,
and putterer departments :) all rolled into one. What do you do? I would
like to appreciate a better system than the one I currently employ.
Llewellyn Kouba
Abbey Pottery
http://www.assumptionabbey.com/Pottery
mudlark on thu 5 apr 01
I want to hear more on this. I think that it depends on the market you sell to. In
mine, the packing mat., labor is included in the price of the product and the
shipping is added on top. I have also seen with thing work sold to a gallery that
a handling charge is added. I worked in a shop that covered their cost by
charging, I think $5 plus twice the UPS charges. The UPS was based on the wieght
of the piecs being shipped without adding the wieght of the packing material. They
did it different if they needed to send an oversized lightweight piece.
Llewellyn Kouba wrote:
> I am packing and mailing some things out again. Does anyone work with a
> standard flat out shipping rate? In the past I have always packaged
> things, got them weighed, and an estimate from the post office and added
> this to the billing. Nothing for packing materials or my time. I wonder if
> there is a better way? Friends of mine suggest that I need to charge more
> and of course that can put the shipping as high as the item. But that might
> be the way life is. Could there be a system for the potter that might ask
> a flat rate for the amount of dollar/weight purchase made by the
> purchaser? AND especially if I am the (Studio) Potter, packerer , Peaon,
> and putterer departments :) all rolled into one. What do you do? I would
> like to appreciate a better system than the one I currently employ.
>
> Llewellyn Kouba
> Abbey Pottery
>
> http://www.assumptionabbey.com/Pottery
>
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CINDI ANDERSON on sat 7 apr 01
This doesn't completely answer your question, but I thought would be good
information for people. You can now go to UPS.com and set up an account with your
credit card number. They send you free shipping labels that go through a laser
printer. Then when you want to ship something, you go to the website, enter the
address and weight, insurance, etc. and the shipping label prints out on your laser
printer. This is all paid, has a tracking number etc. At this point you can just
drop it off at any place that is a UPS partner. We sometimes get pushback from the
Mailbox Etc nearby, but UPS requires them to take it. It's a lot better than
standing in line and they give you a discount too!
Cindi
Fremont, CA
Llewellyn Kouba wrote:
> I am packing and mailing some things out again. Does anyone work with a
> standard flat out shipping rate? In the past I have always packaged
> things, got them weighed, and an estimate from the post office and added
> this to the billing. Nothing for packing materials or my time. I wonder if
> there is a better way? Friends of mine suggest that I need to charge more
> and of course that can put the shipping as high as the item. But that might
> be the way life is. Could there be a system for the potter that might ask
> a flat rate for the amount of dollar/weight purchase made by the
> purchaser? AND especially if I am the (Studio) Potter, packerer , Peaon,
> and putterer departments :) all rolled into one. What do you do? I would
> like to appreciate a better system than the one I currently employ.
>
> Llewellyn Kouba
> Abbey Pottery
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