USPS International Rates are wrong
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Twice now, when PP calculates the USPS Small Flat Rate International shipping costs from Minnesota, USA to Canada, it is wrong.
PP calculates the rate at over $41.00.
When I go to USPS.com and use Click-N-Ship, the actual rate for this package is $26.85.
I wish PP would see what they can do to get the USPS Api fixed.
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I did a sample PayPal Shipping label for a 2 lb pkg from another major midwest hub city to a Canadian address and got the $25.50 Priority Mail International commercial base rate for the "small flat rate priced box" packaging. When I selected the packaging as "Package", I got the $35.20 rate therefore the rates PayPal is giving seems to be correct.
$26.85 is the retail rate for priority mail intl for the small flat rate priced box since you calculated at USPS.com.
Priority Mail International Canada - Commercial Base | Final | 4/9/2019 | ||||||
Flat Rate Envelopes | $24.55 | |||||||
Small Flat Rate Priced Boxes | $25.50 | |||||||
Medium Flat Rate Boxes | $47.10 | |||||||
Large Flat Rate Boxes | $61.30 | |||||||
Weight Not Over (Lbs) | Price Groups | |||||||
1.1 & 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
1 | $32.59 | $33.54 | $35.96 | $37.10 | $38.43 | $39.00 | $39.47 | |
2 | $35.20 | $36.34 | $38.76 | $40.09 | $41.52 | $41.99 | $42.56 | |
3 | $37.81 | $39.14 | $41.56 | $43.08 | $44.60 | $44.98 | $45.65 | |
4 | $40.42 | $41.94 | $44.37 | $46.08 | $47.74 | $47.98 | $48.74 | |
5 | $43.04 | $44.79 | $47.17 | $49.12 | $50.83 | $50.97 | $51.82 | |
6 | $45.65 | $47.50 | $50.07 | $52.11 | $53.72 | $54.10 | $55.15 | |
7 | $48.26 | $50.21 | $53.01 | $55.10 | $56.62 | $57.19 | $58.43 | |
8 | $50.92 | $52.92 | $55.91 | $58.09 | $59.52 | $60.28 | $61.70 | |
9 | $53.53 | $55.62 | $58.81 | $61.09 | $62.42 | $63.37 | $64.98 | |
10 | $56.15 | $58.33 | $61.70 | $64.08 | $65.31 | $66.45 | $68.31 |
I suggest backing out of the shipping page and try it again. Select Priority Mail International as the service level and "Small Flat Rate Box" as packaging. If you were quoted $41 something then the packaging type may not have been correctly selected.
Kudos & Solved are greatly appreciated. 🙂
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