Postage Rates Going Up

[Kaneen]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

Has anyone done a comparison of cost between USPS and UPS? Wondering if there's a size/weight at witch UPS becomes the better option.

Also, anyone using Pirateship? Would like to hear how that's going.

I have used Pirateship for the past couple years...absolutely love this service! It's basically just a postage wholesaler site that passes along bulk commercial pricing to all users with no extra fees or surcharges for the service. Their customer service for questions or issues is probably the best I've ever encountered. They wholesale both USPS and UPS rates...when you put in the details of your package (size, weight, zip code) they calculate and show you your best rate options from all available options.

I don't send too many large packages, but as an example, I send and receive a lot of 6x9 bubble mailers that weigh around 3 ounces. USPS retail is $4.60 at the counter for that package. Pirateship label cost $3.39 for the same package. (This is as of July 9th...not sure how the July 10th postage rate increase will affect that rate)

Highly recommend Pirateship.com