[ic] USPS Priority Mail

Dan Browning interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Tue Aug 20 12:47:01 2002


At 09:25 AM 8/20/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>Jon wrote:
>
>>    I've read the documents and searched the archives.
>>Found a number of postings with varying differences
>>between each.  So far this seems to be one of the more
>>daunting parts of IC.
>>
>>    Could some one kindly provide modified shipping.asc,
>>zone.csv, Priority.asc, etc. files ?   Thank you !!
>>
>It has gotten worse since the USPS's recent rate increase as they not only 
>raised their rates, but they changed from a fixed weight price to a 
>weight/zoned price and I have asked them a couple times for a schedule 
>which they will not make available.
>
>On just a couple preliminary samples, the price difference between USPS 
>and volume UPS rates we get, UPS is pretty much cheaper across the board, 
>so we're loosing USPS the end of the month...
>
>Barry

This has frustrated me a lot as well.  USPS provides CSV tables for their 
domestic rates ( http://www.usps.com/consumer/csv.htm ), but not for their 
International:

http://new.usps.com/cgi-bin/uspsbv/scripts/category.jsp?B=Mail_or_Ship&C=-8288

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