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Re:Apple Mac Pro Wheels Kit by chipperyman573 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:34PM (#23086332)
The craziest thing is they even charge $8 for non-ground shipping. I just bought from a website that did free 2 day shipping on all items over $50!
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Re:Apple Mac Pro Wheels Kit by mbreese on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:43PM (#23086398)
And even with that — your package could sit at Fedex for five extra days because it wasn’t “scheduled” to be delivered until Wednesday! $8 well spent.
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Re:Apple Mac Pro Wheels Kit by TAForObvReasons on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:38PM (#23086360)
Even crazier, Nintendo charges $5 for "UPS Mail Innovations" ground shipping (which basically uses the post office)
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Re:Apple Mac Pro Wheels Kit by Gaelan on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:43PM (#23086399)
> which basically uses the post office

Pretty sure this isn't quite true—UPS ships it all the way to your local post office, and the post office does the last mile.

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Re:Apple Mac Pro Wheels Kit by fmajid on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @08:21PM (#23086650)
In other words, the USPS does the part that is actually difficult and expensive.
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