Re: Exhibition shipping rates

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I didn't know this until a few weeks ago.  USPS has "route" boxes that are
lower in price than "flat rate".  You have to order them from USPS online
but supposedly these Route A, B or C boxes can save money.  

A thought to ponder,
Janet Smith

On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 23:57:35 -0500, 31cfa9c51@rewrite.aisboard.org wrote:
> I'll second Susan's motion.
> Lois Rose
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> On Jan 2, 2016, at 7:24 PM, Susan Boyce  wrote:
> 
>  Hi all,
>  At the fall board meeting I mentioned that I would get back to the
board
> if the shipping rates go up. Unfortunately, the last week of November my
> husband was injured in an accident and had complications and I lost 3
> weeks of time and I did not follow up on checking possible USPS rate
> increases. 
>  I did find out earlier this week that the postage rates for stamps and
> postcards are staying the same price, but for packages, the shipping
> rates will indeed go up. (The shipping prices did not increase in 2015).
> About 60 percent of the orders are sent out via priority mail medium
flat
> rate boxes. They are going up 80 cents which is an increase of 7
percent.
> Another 35 percent of the orders are sent out via priority mail in
medium
> boxes. These are the orders that are lighter in weight and cost less
than
> the price of the priority mail flat rate boxes, and are shipped to areas
> of the United States that are closer to me. (California to Texas). These
> rates are going up 12 percent. With these price increases we will need
to
> raise the Exhibition shipping rate to $14.00. 
>  So, I move: "That we raise the Shipping and Handling fee for the
> Exhibition supplies from $13.00 to $14.00 effective Jan 15, 2016."
> Susan Boyce
>   
> 
> Links:
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