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Location: Minnesota | Those people that use the buy sell and trade forum what are your usual rates for shipping lures and what company do you usually use. |
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Location: Minnesota | so do you just send it in one of their envelopes or do you have to bring a box or something?
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| I will say the USPS will only ship priority with packages over 1lb, so it can get expensive. Never used to be that way. BR |
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Location: Sussex, NJ | cave run legend - 1/30/2013 8:41 PM
First class (2/3 day) shipping is usally the same price as parcel post(5/7 days).
True but priority is more expensive in like the $5+ range depending on how heavy the package is. Anything under 1lb can go first class, but anything over 1lb will go priority. |
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Location: oswego, il | I have recieved lures in the usps envelopes. I use parts boxes from work since they are free. Use use screen from menards for hook protection. |
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Location: Detroit River | I have received lures in padded envelopes & in Girl Scout Cookie boxes wrapped in a brown paper bag. |
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Location: SE, WI. | Actually the cut off is 13 ounces. Any package over 13 ounces is to be shipped priority. Less than 13oz. can be shipped 1st class. Alot of baits I ship are in packages like the 10" jake plastic bubbles. For some baits, Especially cranks, I ship without hooks, or ask shipper to send without hooks, to keep shipping cost down, and safety for the carriers. I have seen many hooks sticking out of padded envelopes...:-( . Try to use small cardboard boxes. Shipping costs are up, but for small packages under 2lbs, your best way to ship is the USPS. People are online shopping more and more, due to gas prices,convenience, and overall safety. If you need to get rates, just go to usps.com A scale in your home is helpful. JD |
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| Zib - 1/30/2013 9:27 PM
I have received lures in padded envelopes & in Girl Scout Cookie boxes wrapped in a brown paper bag.
Were Thin Mints included in it? |
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Location: Detroit River | ARmuskyaddict - 1/30/2013 11:54 PM Zib - 1/30/2013 9:27 PM I have received lures in padded envelopes & in Girl Scout Cookie boxes wrapped in a brown paper bag. Were Thin Mints included in it? Nope, Tagalongs I think.  |
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Location: Richland Center, WI. | I just sent out a box with three lures in it. The lures had rubber tubing on all hook points and bubble wrap around the lures themselves. Cost a little over $5.00 to ship. This was with the US Post Office. I try to ship lures out the way I would like to receive them, no hooks sticking out and no broken lures. Sometimes cost more but everyone is happy so far.
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Location: Pigeon Forge TN. | I always ship USPS Priority mail unless unless requested to do so otherwise.Usualy there in a couple to three days and in years of shipping have only had one box come up missing that I had to replace. I can ship one to two 9 inch Suicks with unattached hooks in small flat rate box at $5.35. The medium flat rate ( holds a lot more) for around $8.00 and you can ship up to 70 LBs in it. I use UPS for really large boxes with hundreds of lures in them for commercial painting. |
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| If you are in Minn, Wisc, Iowa: parts of Dakota & Ill.
Spee Dee is hard to beat and is typically next day delivery! |
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| PRICE INCREASE ON USPS---small flat rate box is now $5.80---you can get 4-5 lures in there so its a great deal----Usually 1 lure in its own box or small padded envelope can go first class for around 2.75. |
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Location: Pigeon Forge TN. | Good for the update for shipping prices. I just found that out today when I shipped.
It depends on the size of the lures you are shipping on how many you can get in the small flat rate. I can get two 9 inch Suicks with unattached hooks in the small one.
I don't know about the larger boxes but the small flat rate went up 45 cents but also include a tracking number now which used to cost 75 cents to apply. |
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| Stan Durst 1 - 1/31/2013 7:25 PM
Good for the update for shipping prices. I just found that out today when I shipped.
It depends on the size of the lures you are shipping on how many you can get in the small flat rate. I can get two 9 inch Suicks with unattached hooks in the small one.
I don't know about the larger boxes but the small flat rate went up 45 cents but also include a tracking number now which used to cost 75 cents to apply.
International shipping almost doubled.. Canada went up $3 or $4 dollors and over seas went up $4,$5 maybe more.. For a 6.7oz package to Canada just cost me $8.55 went last year it would of been right around $5
I just shipped a 2.3oz package to France and it cost $9.45.. Last year that same package was just over $4..
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| You guys need to use the click & shipp offered by the USPS and ship priority mail instead of the flat rate boxs. You always get a tracking # and its cheaper and the boxs are free. Check it out, hope this helps. |
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