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12-26-2020, 08:28 AM | #1 |
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Length Limit for Priority Mail Shipping
Is there a length limit for shipping items by priority mail. There is no limit stated on their site just a maximum total limit of 108 inches.
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12-26-2020, 08:52 AM | #2 |
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Re: Length Limit for Priority Mail Shipping
Take the package to the post office and let them decide.
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12-26-2020, 09:12 AM | #3 |
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Re: Length Limit for Priority Mail Shipping
108" maximum total. Length + twice the width + twice the height.
Maximum length is 70". So L + 2w + 2h must be less than or equal to 108"
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12-26-2020, 09:54 AM | #4 |
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All I know is that there is NO delivery time limit - everything we shipped “priority” pre-Christmas remains undelivered. Caveat Emptor.
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12-26-2020, 09:56 AM | #5 |
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My son and his wife still waiting for Christmas package mailed DEC 8TH ! ! And my card to them mailed about the 15th.
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12-26-2020, 10:04 AM | #6 |
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12-26-2020, 10:17 AM | #7 |
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Re: Length Limit for Priority Mail Shipping
Gosh, five responding posts thus far and only one that actually addressed the question. Typical I suppose...
Kind of odd in that I also am a member of two other forums. One, an Aston-Martin site, the other a Porsche site. I can't recall a single post by a fellow member that was off topic on either of them. Makes me wonder why that is.... It is my belief that all forums are there to help each other. Methinks that help is denigrated when these threads get off topic so often.
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12-26-2020, 11:45 AM | #9 | |
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I just wonder why that is.
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12-26-2020, 12:42 PM | #10 |
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You belong to a higher IQ group.
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12-26-2020, 12:56 PM | #11 | |
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12-27-2020, 12:30 PM | #12 |
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Re: Length Limit for Priority Mail Shipping
Good info regarding USPS measurements. All the carriers seem to use a similar way. The "dimensional weight" idea really sucks. When I complained about being charged for a box that a new seat spring came in, for 58 lbs, and I weighed it and it weighed 12, they (UPS) said that size box can hold up to 58 lbs.
OT I used to belong to the PCA back in the 1980s, (I drove a new turbo literally off the showroom floor) At that time most of the questions were about what kind of wax was best, so 1 year of that was enough for me. My "sports car phase" didn't last much over 6 years. I am more of a "hands on wrenches" type. One nice perc though was "track day" when we could run the cars on the local road race course outside of Seattle. |
12-27-2020, 01:22 PM | #13 |
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Re: Length Limit for Priority Mail Shipping
Super slow now
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12-27-2020, 01:47 PM | #14 |
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Re: Length Limit for Priority Mail Shipping
in general, after 17" prices start to climb rapidly. sorry, not much help
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12-29-2020, 06:25 AM | #15 |
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Re: Length Limit for Priority Mail Shipping
Part of the delay comes from less passenger flights. Less flights to uplift parcels, more via other means (surface).
UPS and Fedex aren't so affected as they run their own airfreight. |
12-29-2020, 06:37 AM | #16 | |
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In Australia, bulky items are assessed to have a notional density of 250kg/cubic metre. Similar processes in the US. If you are not happy with the assessment, try lodging at another post office. Practices do vary. Always assume your parcel will be thrown a few yards, so pack well. This goes even more for large items as they protrude from the load and attract damage. Even if staff at the lodgement point accept the article, understand they have virtually no idea what will happen to it on the processing floor. |
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12-29-2020, 07:19 AM | #17 |
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Re: Length Limit for Priority Mail Shipping
I thought the size of the content was determined by the box/package furnished by the USPS. As for delivery time they always tell me three days. That could be because i have only shipped small packages via priority.
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12-29-2020, 07:19 AM | #18 |
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I would suggest checking their site. They have a lot of products that you need to ask for, but may not see at the walk up counter.
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12-29-2020, 10:45 AM | #19 |
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Kube, I think we tend to drift off subject here because most of us are old.
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