according to pirate ship, this week I have saved 89.92 vs retail sticker price on USPS and 45.23 on UPS

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17 days later

I got an email from PirateShip last week telling me that I overpaid for a shipment and got a credit to my account. I love these guys.

I shipped a package Wisco to Cali, did what I normally do to get an idea....went to Pirateship to get the quote $13.xx, 2# 46x4x4. Went to PP/ship station and it was $11.xx! 🤔😉😎

    ode Taking 5 boxes to UPS in a few minutes. Shipped through ShipStation because they were all cheaper than PS quotes last night!! 1st time that has happened.

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        Par4QC hopefully it's not a case of ship station being slow to update their rates!

            ode Possibly. I wasn't all that concerned as most were going close by and the rates are sometimes very similar. All were just 2#. The 10# boxes do have a big diff to everywhere.

            I'll check again tomorrow when I do 5 more.

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              9 months later

              Anybody having issues with this site. It's been sketchy as hell for me the past few days. Sold a driver, 3lb @ 48x7x7. No option to add extra insurance, that I can see and I've got 3 different prices in 3 different tries, within minutes of each other and if I go through PayPal, it's even more.

              WTF IS GOING ON???

                I used them last week with no issues.......weird.

                LBlack14 Anybody having issues with this site. It's been sketchy as hell for me the past few days. Sold a driver, 3lb @ 48x7x7. No option to add extra insurance, that I can see and I've got 3 different prices in 3 different tries, within minutes of each other and if I go through PayPal, it's even more.

                WTF IS GOING ON???

                Maybe the guy that owns the site wears Crocs…

                  LBlack14 no idea......? Is it a driver with adapter where you could remove shaft for shipping and reduce the length of box? That's my only input on this. I only use pirate ship to get an idea of a rate quote, that's it, otherwise I use PP ship station for everything

                      ode already done, it's 44". Only box I have to fit shaft and head is 48". My thing is the site's jumping around, info I typed in disappears and even getting some error message. Also, I've typed the information in three times and got three different prices. Like I said all within a few minutes of each other. Ship stations the highest priced with all services.

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                          Got 'er done, UPS. Original price + $200 insurance from Me to Burgess Va. was $19.84. I reckon it could be worse.

                          LBlack14 for me SS and PS are always the same price for the same service, but SS does not offer everything PS does......there is some UPS service , forget what it's called but the equivalent of USPS ground (NOT surepost or smart post) that is only on PS....I think it's called ground saver🤔....small boxes cheaper, long boxes not.

                            Explain this....this was less than a 3lb package and I entered it as a 3lb package. Charged me for a 3lb package, $9.57. Dropped it off at the UPS store, they scan the label and hand me the receipt. I get home and notice the weight is fudged. They didn't put it on a scale before scanned either. This is the sketchy shit that's been going on with Pirateship for me, the past week. Better pay more attention, don't wanna get bent over.

                              LBlack14 The scan reflects the weight during the moment of the scan. Most of mine are less than I submit but have seen a couple of higher ones because more than my item was on the scale. They only charge more if during the shipping process the scanners why something different. Once I didn't square the end of the package well and it was caught. BTW, PTW refunded back the additional fee they were charged by UPS.

                                  Bravopilot they never put it on a scale. Scanned it as I laid/held it on the counter then back to the pile.🤨🤔