A lot of balls lately that I have seen on ebay would be nice to bid on, but when the shipping is so high, it locks out bowlers near the opposite coast.  Those closer have a lower shipping cost so are more likely to win the bid if the bowlers are including the shipping cost in their decision.

I don't remember seeing such high costs until recently.  Some are charging $60 with many in the $50-55 range.

UPS and FedEx raised their rates when oil went up but I don't remember seeing them drop it when oil went back down.

A single ball shipped from central California to west Palm Beach Florida this week cost me $24. Sounds like those sellers are trying to make more money by jacking up the shipping

we need to talk. I spent 41 to ship from east coast to west coast last week

My experience is same as milo. I also have an account with fedex and I’ve never shipped anything to the west coast that even cost me 30.  I’m in PA.

I think these eBay folks are using usps.  Costs much more sending in the mail. When I see those, I just move along.

Quote from: tkkshop on January 20, 2018, 06:08:22 PM

Quote from: milorafferty on January 20, 2018, 05:56:54 PM

A single ball shipped from central California to west Palm Beach Florida this week cost me $24. Sounds like those sellers are trying to make more money by jacking up the shipping

we need to talk. I spent 41 to ship from east coast to west coast last week

I use FedEx and set up an account with them. Some east coast locations costs me $30, but most are under that.

And the other thing I like about FedEx is if it's a residential address, they will deliver on Saturdays at no extra charge

But they only deliver to businesses on Mondays. So, from a practical point of view, they deliver to homes 5 days a week.
UPS delivers to everyone Monday  Friday.

Side note: Interestingly, Amazon Prime makes the USPS deliver their packages on Sundays now.

I echo on creating an account. By having an account it shaved about $5 for me shipping from Utah to East coast