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I recently found pirateship and it is indeed significantly cheaper than retail shipping prices. I told my mom about it and she refused to believe it isn't a sca
by sgtnoodle 5y ago
I recently found pirateship and it is indeed significantly cheaper than retail shipping prices. I told my mom about it and she refused to believe it isn't a scam!
- xmprt 5y agoHow does pirateship work? Where do the savings come from if they're still using USPS under the hood?
- plasticbugs 5y agoI believe they just get a commercial rate from the USPS and they add a small percentage onto each transaction for themselves to make their money.
- naturalauction 5y agoThey use Cubic pricing which Usps offers to high volume customers.
- sgtnoodle 5y agoUSPS, UPS, FedEx, etc. all charge consumers "retail" prices that have very high profit margin for them. Businesses negotiate significantly lower rates that are closer to the real shipping cost. Pirateship acts as a broker, allowing people to access those lower negotiated rates.