How much do you normally charge to ship a saw?

[tlandrum]

i shipped a stihl ms660 and a 32" bar and chain from TN to MO and charged 60 bucks for the shiping. i had to use 2 boxes  and the ups drop is 30 min one way from my house i put 1200 dollars of ins on the power head and left the 100 on the bar and chain. the powerhead cost me 39 to ship and the bar and chain was 18. so at 12 miles to the gallon  do you think 3 dollars coverd my fuel and time to ship the saw. not including box ,tape,packing,material. so  i dont think 40 is out of line. ill be charging more next time now that i find im losing  a few bucks to ship.  i think packaging and fuel should be part of the cost of shipping. some one has to pay for it and why should it be the seller?

[Cut4fun]

I just shipped a 3120 PHO to WV, state right next door.  USPS priority with tracking and insurance was $57. Shipped OEM  plastic 372 tank very light USPS priority, insurance and tracking to Oregon was $16. Rates have went up and are going up again I hear. They have ask for another rate increase.

[Al_Smith]

One option might be the flat rate boxes from the post office .I've made and shipped custom make tools all over the USA for just 5-7 bucks .Some went to Canada but that's a different rate ,still cheap though .

With the large box you might be able to stuff a small saw in it .

[SawTroll]

I would expect the charge to be the actual shipping cost - no more, no less!

"Handling and packing" I would expect to be built into the price of the object itself, unless I was told otherwise.

[Jeff]

As far as I would be concerned shipping costs include the cost of packing materials, the cost of getting the package to the shipper, and the value of the time taken to accomplish those things.  You can't build that into the price of the saw until you know where the saw is going. And if the saw is in an auction, you'd have to set a high reserve in order to build it in toi the price of the saw. It has to be included in the shipping costs.  So what if the guy across town buys your saw ona buy it now price and then picks it up?  If you built it into the saw, you charged him to much. Its gotta be in the shipping.