I can see UPS charging around $8.50 - mine were sent to a house, not an apartment or PO box. And they were sent Media Mail. I now have proof as the mailman seemed to have forgotten to deliver my parcel earlier, he just brought it now. I am holding the box in my hand.
$8.50 to ship a 1-pound package from IN to NC.
Nope. Not right at all. Even with the mailer he had to buy, $5 max is what I would have charged.
I just looked it up - from his ZIP to mine, a 1-lb parcel costs $2.69 to ship Media. Let's say the mailer cost him $1.50 (which seems high, knowing he bought them in bulk) we are looking at $4.19 total cost.
I paid $8.50.
If this were eBay, he'd be getting 1 star for his shipping DSR. At least the copies look nice, easy 9.6s.
-slym
You know that he bought the mailers in bulk? How do you know that?
How much is his time worth? What if he doesn't want to absorb that?
What about the cost that he had to pay the 2-14 people that he had at his house every day, helping with the packing and shipping? What if he doesn't want to absorb this either?
If you're listing 3,000 copies of something I would think you are buying packing material in bulk.
Where are you getting the 2-14 people. I am seeing this on his website: "This entire operation is truly Mom and Pop with every order being processed and shipped by the two of us on top of our regular jobs."
How much is his time worth? I think his time is worth the $20 price he was charging. You need to ship if you sell something. I can't sell something for $20 and then be like you know what I need an extra $4 because it took me 10 minutes to pack instead of 3 minutes.