lmo1131
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An old parlor joke; Which weighs more, a pound of nails, or a pound of feathers? So, which costs more to ship, a cubic foot of feathers, or a cubic foot of nails?
UPS uses a system where by ALL packages help offset the cost of shipping; it's called Dimensional Weight. "Actual Weight" is compared to "Dimensional Weight" to determine "Billable Weight". The greater of the two determines the shipping rate.
Your box of feathers obviously weighs far less than my box of nails, but they both take up the same one cubic-foot of volume; hence they both take up the same space on an aircraft/truck. UPS can't charge the same for a light item vs. a heavy one so they have devised this handy method to compensate for some of their losses.
UPS uses a system where by ALL packages help offset the cost of shipping; it's called Dimensional Weight. "Actual Weight" is compared to "Dimensional Weight" to determine "Billable Weight". The greater of the two determines the shipping rate.
Your box of feathers obviously weighs far less than my box of nails, but they both take up the same one cubic-foot of volume; hence they both take up the same space on an aircraft/truck. UPS can't charge the same for a light item vs. a heavy one so they have devised this handy method to compensate for some of their losses.
