Priority Mail Large boxes SHRUNK!!

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Oklacarcollecto

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I picked up some new Priority Mail Large boxes and they are now 2½ inches shorter than the previous boxes.

New ID is 12" x 12" x 5½" and my old boxes are 12" x 12" x 8" ID.

That is one way to increase the price.

Has anyone else noticed this?
 
Yep, all of them are smaller. I guess to many people were loading them up.
 
The Post Office is kinda broke........Big surprise with them downsizing the boxes LOL
 
The USPS could make money if they would put CNG Stations in for their fleet and to sell which is a lot cheaper than gas and diesel. Here CNG sells of a $1.00 a gallon.
 
I think i put a 8 inch converter in the old large flat size box..the newer ones are smaller
 
They have "Board Game Large Flat Rate Boxes" on their website that you can order for free (long and tall enough for well-wrapped Early A strut rods for example), and the mailman will deliver them to your house in a couple days. But beware -- you get a case of 10 regardless what it says on the website. They lead you to believe that you're ordering one box.

And in case you're in the area, I've got uhhhhhhhh about 4 cases of them here. Ask me how I know they come in a case of ten. :knob:
 
CudaChick1968 said:
They have "Board Game Large Flat Rate Boxes" on their website that you can order for free (long and tall enough for well-wrapped Early A strut rods for example), and the mailman will deliver them to your house in a couple days. But beware -- you get a case of 10 regardless what it says on the website. They lead you to believe that you're ordering one box.

And in case you're in the area, I've got uhhhhhhhh about 4 cases of them here. Ask me how I know they come in a case of ten. :knob:
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Lol, I learned that the hard way when they first came out but they were in cases of 25. I thought I had ordered 20 boxes and got 20 cases... needless to say 500 boxes was way too many. I tried to take them back to the post office and they wouldn't take them back. I put them on Craigslist and got rid of the extras.
 
Glad my mom knows how to pack things.... I always tell her she should play Tetris competitively, but she won't... She's the kind of person who, once it's packed, you DO NOT eff with it, cuz if you do you'll NEVER get everything back in the box! :D


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The large flat rate box has always been 12 x12 x 5.5" high . They still have a bigger box that is 12 x 12 x 8.0" high but it is not (and has never been) flat rate . I have been using there free box service for almost 6 years now .
 
They went up in price quite a bit too. I shipped a carb today using the large flat rate box and was expecting it to be about $16 with $200 insurance. It was $19.90.. In all fairness all the shippers went up. I priced it through UPS and Fedex and they both wanted $21 so the post office was still a little cheaper.

BTW: they still have the larger 12x12x8 priority boxes, just not in the flat rate category anymore.
 
damraider said:
The large flat rate box has always been 12 x12 x 5.5" high . They still have a bigger box that is 12 x 12 x 8.0" high but it is not (and has never been) flat rate . I have been using there free box service for almost 6 years now .
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To be honest I was thinking that but wasn't positive so I didn't say it in my other post.
 
plum crazy dart said:
They have to pay for all the high salarys and retirements somehow.. the consumer
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Thing is the USPS does not pay my retirement, the Office of Personnel Management does.
Does not surprise me of what you say about the boxes shrinking is true. When I was there I was surprised at how heavy some of those flat rate boxes were.
Wonder if the Post Office is ever going to tell the public that there no longer is a difference in the handling of Priority and Standard mail? It all gets ran at the same time thru the APPS machine. And if it is ran separately it all gets loaded on the same FedEx pod, assuming that it is getting transported by air.
 
damraider said:
The large flat rate box has always been 12 x12 x 5.5" high . They still have a bigger box that is 12 x 12 x 8.0" high but it is not (and has never been) flat rate . I have been using there free box service for almost 6 years now .
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Correct.

There is a 12x12x8 shipping box that isn't flat rate. My cool as heck lady postal carrier brought those by mistake one time. I just tossed them out.
 
fishy68 said:
They went up in price quite a bit too. I shipped a carb today using the large flat rate box and was expecting it to be about $16 with $200 insurance. It was $19.90.. In all fairness all the shippers went up. I priced it through UPS and Fedex and they both wanted $21 so the post office was still a little cheaper.

BTW: they still have the larger 12x12x8 priority boxes, just not in the flat rate category anymore.
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My post office told me they didn't have the 12 x 12 x 8 boxes anymore. I just found them on line so I guess it is just our post office that doesn't have them.
 
damraider said:
The large flat rate box has always been 12 x12 x 5.5" high . They still have a bigger box that is 12 x 12 x 8.0" high but it is not (and has never been) flat rate . I have been using there free box service for almost 6 years now .
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I would swear back when the Priority Mail first came out that they were flat rate and that is how they got people to use them but I quit selling on eBay in 2002 so I could be wrong.
 
There are Priority boxes and Flat Rate Priority boxes. The sizes are slightly different between the two. The post offices around here only have the Flat Rate boxes but you can order the regular Priority boxes. And Ive had regular Priority boxes & they try to charge me the Flat Rate fees because I'm probably the only one they see with the regular Priority boxes.
 
SSVDP said:
There are Priority boxes and Flat Rate Priority boxes. The sizes are slightly different between the two. The post offices around here only have the Flat Rate boxes but you can order the regular Priority boxes. And Ive had regular Priority boxes & they try to charge me the Flat Rate fees because I'm probably the only one they see with the regular Priority boxes.
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That is what happened when I shipped my last item to Colorado. I thought that was correct but I guess they did it wrong. I don't ship much anymore so I am behind the times.
 
Oklacarcollecto said:
Priority Mail Large boxes SHRUNK!!

I picked up some new Priority Mail Large boxes and they are now 2½ inches shorter than the previous boxes.

New ID is 12" x 12" x 5½" and my old boxes are 12" x 12" x 8" ID.

That is one way to increase the price.

Has anyone else noticed this?
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The USPS is bleeding money at a rate of $25 million dollars a day.
The more weight AND the more cubic volume of a shipping package cost more to transport. The have two options here. The can raise prices drastically, or then can reduce the volume a container can hold, and increase prices slightly.

It isn't going to get any better, either. Suffice to say that right now the cost of shipping is as low as it's every going to be, and the "Priority Mail Large boxes' are as big as they will ever be.

Losing $25 million a day is pretty serious business. That's nearly $10 Billion a year in losses. You have to expect things to change for the USPS worker, retirees, and for their customers. Smaller boxes and higher shipping rates ARE in our future. So is longer transit times, fewer services (ie: Saturday Delivery), and closure of Post Offices.
Without pointing fingers, we will all have to get used to it, it's the new reality.
 
Frankie said:
The USPS is bleeding money at a rate of $25 million dollars a day.
The more weight AND the more cubic volume of a shipping package cost more to transport. The have two options here. The can raise prices drastically, or then can reduce the volume a container can hold, and increase prices slightly.

It isn't going to get any better, either. Suffice to say that right now the cost of shipping is as low as it's every going to be, and the "Priority Mail Large boxes' are as big as they will ever be.

Losing $25 million a day is pretty serious business. That's nearly $10 Billion a year in losses. You have to expect things to change for the USPS worker, retirees, and for their customers. Smaller boxes and higher shipping rates ARE in our future. So is longer transit times, fewer services (ie: Saturday Delivery), and closure of Post Offices.
Without pointing fingers, we will all have to get used to it, it's the new reality.
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Oklacarcollecto said:
My post office told me they didn't have the 12 x 12 x 8 boxes anymore. I just found them on line so I guess it is just our post office that doesn't have them.
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The short boxes is the big problem but now I have found the deep boxes now. I was mistaking about them being flat rate. I fully expect costs to go up and services to decrease. Hardley anyone uses snail mail for letters anymore.
 
Oklacarcollecto said:
My post office told me they didn't have the 12 x 12 x 8 boxes anymore. I just found them on line so I guess it is just our post office that doesn't have them.
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I've noticed differences in post offices. Even though mine is real small they have just about every size box shown on their website. Go figure!
 
904 torque converters do not fit in large flat rate boxes... I have no idea what any of you guys are talking about and you can't make me remember! :)

Those boxes are the shiz if shipping real heavy, small items. When you can put the spindles out from a disc brake car in two of them, ship close to 100# for right at $30, not bad.
 
crackedback said:
904 torque converters do not fit in large flat rate boxes... I have no idea what any of you guys are talking about and you can't make me remember! :)

Those boxes are the shiz if shipping real heavy, small items. When you can put the spindles out from a disc brake car in two of them, ship close to 100# for right at $30, not bad.
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I load my own ammo. I was getting bullets form a guy that shipped them in flat rate boxes. The carrier we had at the time used to ***** every time I got a package....
 
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