With Summer around the corner, its time to revisit the shipping rates charged for Online Purchases

MINNEAPOLIS - June 26, 2013 - PRLog -- Shipping Rates. No one likes them and no one likes to pay them, ---but you can’t live without them either. Consumer Products, such as bomber jackets, are shipped everywhere and someone has to pay that particular shipping bill. Customers and Businesses like http://www.americanmistique.com/, can complain about rising shipping costs, but let’s face it, we are not driving or flying that package around the country, someone else is and they fittingly charge for that convenience.

All manner of Products, like leather bomber jackets, golf shirts, and motorcycle vests are all purchased online and shipped to the consumer. National Carriers, like UPS, FedEx, DHL, and the United States Postal Service all serve the public in shipping and delivering purchases. Paying the ‘shipping cost’ for that online purchase of a flight jacket or a B3 Shearing is now a normal experience for Consumers. Yet, as customers, we need to better understand what the shipping rates are and how they actually work. Many customers still need to learn how to make those rising shipping rates work for them, and how they can save money in the long term.

How can a Consumer protect his purchase and pay a decent and fair shipping rate? Actually, it is not all that complicated. Weight x box dimensions x Distance x Time all figure in. A lighter product is helpful, but shipping distance play a huge roll in base Rates. Box Dimension can play a roll if the box is huge, but the Distance x Weight is always the main keys in shipping cost. Ground Rate is always the best and less expensive way to ship a bomber jacket and it can certainly save you money if you plan ahead for holidays.

Unfortunately, waiting to the last minute for a time sensitive Christmas Purchase will insure the need for a 2^nd Day or Next Day Delivery, which will hang a skyrocketed shipping cost onto you. Sometimes that Next Day delivery of a leather bomber jacket can bring a $70 price tag when a simple Ground Rate would have only been $15. So it pays to plan ahead to beat shipping costs, especially with time sensitive the delivery such as birthday or any personal holiday. Remember, December 12^th is usually the cutoff Date for Ground Delivery in the U.S. for timely and confident Christmas Delivery.

Carrier difference is important too. As it stands, UPS and FedEx post good delivery times and often far easier computer documentation. U.S.P.S. can too if you are willing to pay a tad more for any tracking number. The one huge issue for the U.S. Postal Service is their time consuming ‘Missing Package’ declaration and insurance settlement time. What if you bought a B3 Shearling Bomber Jacket, and you needed a size change? You must now send it back and choose a carrier for the shipping. What happens if your package ends up ‘missing’? UPS and FedEx usually come through for businesses and consumers at the 30 day period and declare the missing item ‘lost’, and the process of settlement is not long at all. On the other hand, the U.S.P.S. will often take six months for any declaration of such a ‘lost package’ and settlement can take even longer. That is why many online businesses will opt for UPS or FedEx for their apparel shipping. When a $400 Leather Bomber Jacket is not delivered and seems missing, ---customers and businesses like Americanmistique.com want and demand some form of efficient delivery and lost package settlement time frame. It’s not personal, just good business. So be smart about what you are shipping and what carrier you are asking to deliver your purchase. A lesser rate insures nothing. The correct rate and Carrier mean everything from insurance, reliability, lost settlement time, and efficient delivery of the new flight jacket you purchased online as a birthday gift for your husband or son.

How you ship a Motorcycle vest or golf shirt it is so important and you do need to understand the governing rules and rates. Postal code to postal code decides the distance. However, if you ship through an independent shipping store (like Handsome Joe’s Convenient High Rate Shipping Pergola), that might cost you extra money. They will charge you extra for filling out any paperwork, or charge you more even if you are required to fill out that paperwork yourself. You see, they pay the same rate as you do, only now they have to get their cut of the pie from you. Your are paying extra for the people behind the counter, not the shipping. Such a business may offer you options for different Carriers, but you will pay for this option. Most businesses already have the item purchased fully Insurance and should not be requiring you to pay extra, even if ground shipping is free. If they are, you might consider shopping somewhere else.

Tracking is also a key element in shipping online purchases. An expensive purchase should never be sent using the U.S.P.S. one size fits all, ‘if it fits, it ships’ at this low rate. You will not get a tracking number, and the business that sold it to you is unable to track it either. Lets just hope that Bomber Jacket shows up. In this scenario, the business needs to have its head examined and more responsible, and you need to be a better shopper.

Tracking numbers are so crucial to online businesses, and for expensive items,
Signature at time of Delivery is vital. It proves delivery took place.

Look at it this way. If you spend $50 or more for an Online Product, have it shipped by a reliable Carrier, with Signature Required, and a Tracking Number. That will save you a lot of headaches down the road. Always look to protect your purchase and protect the delivery. Always shop at responsible businesses, like American Mistique, who protect the customer, the purchase, and the product delivery. It just makes sense. more at http://www.americanmistique.com/

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Mr. Adams is Owner and Founder of American Mystique and lives in Minnesota with his family.