What am I missing?
 

I order a part off eBay. The sale was $6.82 with free shipping. I see it is coming to me via UPS Ground. I am guessing the UPS charges are more than the part.

How can the seller afford to do this..??


:bigthink:

Is the part coming from off shore?

Ups will hand it off to USPS likely.
They are working together to make a good system better.
lets face it,
the post PERSON stops at most all places 6 days a week.

To send a UPS truck to BFE with a small widget costs money, so all routes are co mingled with ups handing off packages to post offices for final deliveries.

I see it all the time here, and Amazon is utilizing usps 7 days a week in my area.
My carrier delivers their usual route then sometimes comes around again with Amazon packages.

UPS delivered the part this afternoon. No split shipping, straight UPS.

Go figure.

interesting!
Prolly ebay gets a preferred rate, who knows, but usually free ship is postal.

I'm coming up on 600 ebay purchases,over the years.
I think the "black hole" in Allen park/Deeetroit had gotten a lot better, at least for me it has.
Glad all went well for you. :beerchug:

George:

I don't think the Black Hole will ever get better. They just keep tossing the packages back & forth now days.

Hell I don't doubt that one bit.
But they seem (for me at least) to be going in and coming out, in a day or less, -----and headed in the right direction.
That is a big improvement!!
Aw well,
The mail, weather, and politics ya can't change, just complain about. :biggrin2: