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$69.28

January 10th, 2009 at 10:57 pm

In the past five days, I have sold 2 textbooks and one DVD.

The items total $69.28. After shipping, I have made $52.97. The reason shipping cost almost $17 is that I always include insurance on items costing more than $20. Just in case.

It has been a good five days. Smile

ETA: I wanted to include a breakdown of how much each package cost to ship.

Textbook #1:
-$2.93 for postage
-$1.70 for insurance
-$.99 for the envelope
Subtotal: $5.62

Textbook #2:
-$2.58 for postage
-$1.70 for insurance
-$.99 for envelope
Subtotal: $5.27

DVD:
-$2.23 for postage
-$1.70 for insurance
-$1.49 for envelope
Subtotal: $5.42

Total shipping: $16.31

9 Responses to “$69.28”

  1. gamecock43 Says:
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    you might want to check with the insurance thing. I am pretty sure that the post office has a random set amount they automatically insure the package (for free) if the item is lost (based on weight and size). And since books are (generally) indestructible- no worries of damage during shipping.

  2. cassandra Says:
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    I don't think packages are automatically insured. I have lost a package before and since I had no insurance or tracking I was told I was SOL.

    I will double check the on the insurance the next time I go to the post office though. Thanks!

  3. gamecock43 Says:
    1231631561

    maybe its international then. I have randomly been told "your package is insured for $xx.xx amount, do you want to add more insurance?" sometimes when I ship things out.

  4. cassandra Says:
    1231631678

    That must be it. I have only shipped items domestically, never internationally.

  5. Amber Says:
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    I think if the item is less than $200 (but you have to place the blue and white label on the package)there is no extra cost for insurance with the post office plus media mail is really cheap

  6. cassandra Says:
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    Hmm. I will definitely double check all of this. I probably misunderstood (it isn't that hard to confuse me! Big Grin ) the whole insurance thing. I have been using media mail to send everything off.

    Amber, what is the blue and white label? Does the label say the price of the package?

  7. Amber Says:
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    it's an insurance label for packages under $200, there no additional fee

  8. Amber Says:
    1231684017

    Actually I was wrong here is the price list for insurance, what you paid was the correct amount sorry:

    Domestic Insurance PricesSkip Domestic Insurance Prices Table
    Amount for Merchandise
    Insurance Coverage Desired Price1
    $0.01 to $50 $1.70
    $50.01 to $100 $2.15
    $100.01 to $200 $2.60
    $200.01 to $300 $4.60
    $300.01 to $400 $5.55
    $400.01 to $500 $6.50
    $500.01 to $600 $7.45
    $600.01 to $5000
    (maximum liability is $5,000) $7.45 plus $0.95 per $100 or fraction thereof
    over $600 in declared value

  9. cassandra Says:
    1231699547

    Thanks Amber for clearing that up!

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