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I am amazed at how much it has gone up.... it was $15.50 for the pair of speakers YIKES!
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Shipping costs, like many things are skyrocketing. I ship small packages around the world, mostly to the UK and the price is up 50 percent from a few years ago. And the service here in the US is absolutely horrible. It used to take about 8 working days to get something to the UK, the last one I sent took over a month using USPS. The other shipping companies want double or triple the amount. For some reason packages are being diverted all over the country before they go overseas. They used to go to Chicago and then leave for their overseas destination. The last two went from Chicago, then Miami, then left the country.

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Don't get me started on what people are charging for shipping on fleabay.
I've been buying unobtanium parts for my fj from a business in Calif. He has had to resort to shipping first class because so many packages have gone missing on him.
One of my orders arrived in BC and a couple of days later when I checked on it, the Canada Post site said they attempted to deliver it :shock: and couldn't so they sent it back...
I live on the other side of Canada..not sure how they attempted to deliver it..
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its sooo expensive i shipped a bicycle frame it was over $200 crying1 my error i had sold it already. next time "buyer pays shipping!"
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For me, If it doesn't fit it a large flat rate usps box, it's probably not getting sent.

That said, I recently sent some parts to a ngw'r in Oz. At first we were shocked....then we kinda got used to it. Good parts are hard to find over there apparently.
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as it turned out, this was in a flat rate box.... my wife states shipping has doubled since COVID!
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The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you have Gandalf
"One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers
"it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
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76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
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I started to say something political here, but decided not to. I think most people with there eyes open saw the increased prices on everything coming. COVID was just a convenient scapegoat.
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