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Stoner/Doom Bassists thread 31: We never sleep

Just the flat rate kind the USPS uses? Or buy the envelopes from a store, and take it to UPS/FedEx?

Pretty sure I heard a theramin in one of these DDJ songs. This album is blowing me away.

Flat rate is usually more expensive but convenient when you need to estimate costs. So I guess you shuld play it by ear.

See what other sites/bands charge and try to at leats match it.
 
I would buy the envelopes bulk from office depot or whatever, then if you happen to know some one with a digital postage scale you can use this website:
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to get exact shipping prices. I'd use priority mail, or first class is even cheaper. Of course if you're going to use UPS or something look for their websites, which should also have postage calculators.

Edit: Those poly bags look like the way to go.
 
I would buy the envelopes bulk from office depot or whatever, then if you happen to know some one with a digital postage scale you can use this website:
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to get exact shipping prices. I'd use priority mail, or first class is even cheaper. Of course if you're going to use UPS or something look for their websites, which should also have postage calculators.

Edit: Those poly bags look like the way to go.

I'm not seeing a way to check USPS cost with my own packaging. Why do they make things like this so difficult? Only see options for THEIR flat rate envelopes.
 
USPS Padded Flat Rate Envelope is $5.30 for domestic, $12.95 for Canada and Mexico, $16.95 for all other countries. They're free to pick up and you pay when you put them in the post, usually. I don't know if it's the cheapest way, but it's definitely convenient and reliable.
 
I'm not seeing a way to check USPS cost with my own packaging. Why do they make things like this so difficult? Only see options for THEIR flat rate envelopes.

Underneath the flat rate selections there's a section where you "select the shape" of the package that you're using. Then they'll ask you for weight, etc...

Also, when you get to the section where they ask what shipping service you'd like, it defaults to the most expensive options. There's drop-down options below. Check priority or first-class, which are the cheapest options.