Builders:
Here is a short story to explain an quirk of shipping motor mounts by UPS.
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The only way I have to ship motor mounts is UPS. When you go to order one from my website, The UPS automatic shipping calculator radically over quotes the shipping cost. This is because the box is essentially a cubic yard, but it weighs less than 30 pounds. This is outside the automatic systems ability to cope with.
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I have tried every possible route to having UPS solve this, and had no luck. Fortunately we have a relatively simple fix. When you order the mount, You pay the elevated quote, but when I package it and print the shipping label, I refund the difference in shipping. This sounds like a PITA, but we just have to deal with it. UPS isn’t exactly the world most customer responsive organization.
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The pictures contain an example: The quote from the system was $599 dollars. The builder paid this when placing the order, but after I packaged it, I directly refunded $368 to his credit card, so the final shipping was a much more reasonable $231.
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If you have questions about this system, feel free to call me.
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Above, two Zenith 650 mounts being packaged. The box is 40′ x 30″ x 30″
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Internal reinforcement. The mount is just 6 pounds of the gross weight of the box, 29 pounds.
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The electronic scales I use for weight and balance get pressed into service for shipping.
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The scale reading 28 pounds for a fully packaged mount.
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Here is an actual screen shot of the refund I issued one of these two mount buyers. The refund is in red.
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William~ Have you looked into Shippo? A ‘middleman’ who has contracted with UPS and other delivery systems, even USPS. Fast, efficient on the computer, everything shows up through your existing UPS account, amazing savings…might be helpful. Cheers.