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Online Merchants Face Annual Increase in Shipping Costs
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
December 06, 2010
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Whichever carrier you use to ship your orders, you'll be paying more beginning in January. FedEx announced on Friday it would increase shipping rates for FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery by a net average of 4.9% effective January 3, 2011. Like UPS, the 2011 rates are actually rising by 5.9% but will be offset by a 1% reduction in the fuel surcharge. FedEx had previously announced it would increase shipping rates for FedEx Express, also effective January 3, 2011, and said it would implement a change to the dimensional weight volumetric divisor from 194 to 166 for U.S. domestic services. The USPS had announced that its prices for Priority Mail and other Shipping Services would increase overall by 3.6% effective January 2, 2011, pending Postal Regulatory Commission review. In related news, UPS said that it expected to deliver an estimated 430 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I am one of those who gets newletters from auctionbytes, and enjoy reading them. They do well keep you updated with things that will effect sellers, and buyers. So, copied above this you will see that I copied a change that will be effecting us soon. Yes, increases with shipping costs again, and with some of the methods used. Sorry to be the one showing the bad news, but something that we all need to be aware of.
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Well, gotta run again. Outside to take care of some things, and trying to figure out some transportation for tomorrow....:( Take care everyone, and thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you again:)
Kim
