Enter the measurements of your package to compare the rates given by the calculator with the USPS Flat Rate Boxes and Envelopes listed in the table below: USPS Flat Rate Pricing Table Quickly determine if shipping by USPS Flat Rate is right for you by heading to the USPS shipping calculator on our home page. This service is helpful in that it simplifies shipping decisions for those who are less familiar with typically complicated shipping charges, but it may not always be the best deal, especially when you can get discounted Commercial Rates by using shipping software like ShippingEasy or
The caveat is that the item or items you are shipping must fit into a pre-defined box provided by the United States Postal Service (USPS).
The Flat Rate shipping that is offered by the United States Postal Service is a service assigns a shipping price based on the box that used no matter what the weight of the item is (if it is under 70 pounds). I order these once a month along with a bunch of other household items, dog food and cat food.Flat rate shipping is convenient, but may not always be the best deal. The two pack (NOT the single) is in stock for $3.92. $15 for a quart of rubbing alcohol, $8 goes to shipping, $2 goes to fees, $3 for the bottle leaves $2 in profit, boy oh boy how smart THAT was! So I have to pay $15 for a $3 bottle because THEY couldn't leave it at the store, perhaps soon we will ALL Pay more for shipping as well to help cover the high cost of "free" shipping supplies. Yeah probably the same people who HOARDED every last bottle of rubbing alcohol from every store for 15 miles around and are now selling them here at a huge markup, padding with "free" usps supplies since they're barely making a dime. No surprise there, how they didn't realize it would be $8 to ship one quart of liquid because of weight, however in terms of ignorance it's also no surprise. Probably been pilfered by all these postage-dodging sellers who seem to think that PFREs are an acceptable way to wrap items for shipping Parcel Post and Media Mail.
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