MidwayUSA Shipping Cost

[uechikid]

I always use the lowest cost shipping as well and did this time.

[enzo357]

Started using Amazon to get a lot of my stuff.

[skibuff]

I just shipped 200 pieces of brass to a member on this site and the cheapest I cost was $23.15. Gas prices are high and shippers have to recover their costs.

Today I shipped
500 .223 cases
500 .45 cases
500 .40 cases
100 .308 cases

Stuffed it all in there.

All in one $10.85 Medium flat rate box.($11.35 if you go in the post office) The Mailman even picked it up from my house when he drop the mail.

[uechikid]

Amazon is one of the places I look first. A lot of the venders that sell through them have free shipping. I have never had a bad experience buying through them.

[dunnigan]

Im no longer using Midway (if I can find it else where) because of this. Its really a shame. I appreciate how Potterfield supports our industry and I understand making a profit but Im not rich and I need to make the most out of every dollar.

[Brandon04GT]

I find that MidwayUSA's USPS First Class Mail rates to me acceptable...and most of my orders of various small parts seem to fit in that shipping catagory. But I agree that their ground shipping rates are a bit steep.

[JaMail]

plus their special handling fee's. i just bought two lyman lead molds. they had the best prices of anyone, but shipping and handling ended being 13.00 so it wipes out the cost savings. at that point i shrugged it off as being the same as if i had got it on amazon using my free prime shipping.

amazon is my go to for everything first. but didint like any of the shippers that had the molds on amazon so went with midway.

[Skipper]

Midway shipping options:

UPS

UPS Mail Innovations (Economy Ground - Packages up to 15.99 Ounces)

Dependable, economical ground service with final delivery made by USPS. UPS picks up your package at our distribution center and delivers it to your local post office for final delivery to your mailbox or door (to ensure delivery within the expected delivery window, your final carrier may vary)
Delivery is typically 2 - 7 days
Available to all 50 states, Puerto Rico and all US Territories
Tracking information available through UPS.com

UPS SurePost (Economy Ground - 1 Pound or Greater)

Dependable, economical ground service with final delivery made by USPS. UPS picks up your package at our distribution center and delivers it to your local post office for final delivery to your mailbox or door (to ensure delivery within the expected delivery window, your final carrier may vary)
Delivery is typically 2 - 7 days
Available to all 50 states, Puerto Rico and all US Territories
Tracking information available through UPS.com

UPS Ground

Prompt, dependable, cost-effective ground delivery option for all routine shipments.
Delivery is typically 1 - 5 days depending on delivery destination
Available to all 50 states and Puerto Rico
Tracking information available through UPS.com

UPS 2nd Day Air

Guaranteed second-day delivery
Available to all 50 states and Puerto Rico (some locations in Alaska and Hawaii require additional transit time)
Tracking information available through UPS.com

UPS Next Day Air Saver

Guaranteed next business day delivery by end of day
Available to the 48 contiguous states
Tracking information available through UPS.com

UPS Next Day Air

Guaranteed next business day delivery by 10:30 a.m., 12:00 noon, or end of day, based on destination
Available to all 50 States and Puerto Rico (excluding some locations in Alaska and Hawaii)
Tracking information available through UPS.com

UPS Next Day Air- Saturday

Guaranteed delivery by 12:00 noon, 1:30 p.m., or end of day, based on destination
Available to all 50 States and Puerto Rico (excluding some locations in Alaska and Hawaii)
Tracking information available through UPS.com

United States Postal Service Shipment Methods Available

USPS First Class Mail

For packages weighing up to 13 ounces
This option provides quick and dependable service
Delivery is typically 3 - 4 days
Available to all 50 states, Puerto Rico and all US Territories

USPS Parcel Post

An economical ground service for less-than-urgent deliveries and oversized packages up to 70 pounds and 130" (Combined length and girth)
Delivery is typically 3 - 9 days
Available to all 50 states, Puerto Rico and all US Territories

USPS Media Mail

A cost efficient way to mail books, sound recordings, recorded video and recorded computer-readable media (such as CDs, DVDs and diskettes) up to 70 pounds
The package must be educational media. It can't contain advertising, video games, computer drives, or digital drives of any kind
Rates are based upon the weight and size of the package
Delivery is typically 3 - 9 days
Available to all 50 states, Puerto Rico and all US Territories

USPS Bound Printed Matter

A cost efficient way to mail permanently-bound sheets of advertising, promotional, directory or editorial material such as catalogs, up to a maximum weight of 15 pounds
Rates are based upon the weight, size and travel distance of the package
Delivery is typically 3 - 9 days
Available to all 50 states, Puerto Rico and all US Territories

USPS Priority Mail

An express shipping option for ensuring fast and dependable delivery of packages up to 70 pounds and 108" (Combined length and girth)
Rates are based upon the weight and travel distance of the package
Delivery is typically 3 - 4 days
Available to all 50 states, Puerto Rico and all US Territories

USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate

An express shipping option for ensuring fast and dependable delivery of packages up to 70 pounds
Package contents must reasonably fit within the Flat Rate Box
Rates are based upon the weight and travel distance of the package
Delivery is typically 3 - 4 days
Available to all 50 states, Puerto Rico and all US Territories

[RandyD]

Thanks for the recommendations. Next time I will us the USPS flat rate shipping. I rarely sell items and when I spoke to the buyer of my brass, he was of the opinion that UPS would be the cheapest.

[rdawg]

Midway used to get my business all the time. However, a few days after Newtown, before the panic set it, I ordered 700 rounds of 7.62 which was listed as in stock. 5 days later I get an email stating that they oversold me 200 rounds. I'm thinking that's fine, I'll still have 500 to plink with. Another few days later, they tell me that they oversold 500 and now they have no ammo to give me.

Fast forward 2 weeks past the order date and the rest of my order still hasn't shipped. It has since been over a month now and I have sent numerous emails and actually attempted to wait on the phone for 20 minutes with their customer service and I still haven't received my $200 refund.

I think I'll be ordering elsewhere from now on.

Call up your bank/credit card company and file a chargeback on that transaction since you received no merchandise.

[drkphibr]

They also have a service charge if you purchase under a certain amount. You also have to be very careful what you buy from them. I have a dealer account, and sometimes its cheaper to buy as an individual / non-dealer. Dealer accounts can't utilize any coupon codes either.

It is what it is - sometimes they have inventory and parts that others don't. What can you do when you really want/need something and eveverone else is out?

Can't remember the last time I saw "coupon codes" from MidwayUSA. They used to send them every month like clockwork...I guess the economy has recovered enough to eliminate that shopping incentive. That's what made the shipping...reasonable.

[Yemff]

Its because of the range bag, it's like $20 even if that's the only thing you get, something to do with an oversized box. There's a couple threads on it

[amd64]

I tried the cheap UPS Surepost... never again. It's a combo UPS - USPS shipping option, with no one taking ownership of where the package is, if it ever arrives.

Will pay for the normal shipping next time.

[uechikid]

Call up your bank/credit card company and file a chargeback on that transaction since you received no merchandise.

And don't delay. There is a time limit on disputing a charge. I think it's 60 days.

[drkphibr]

I tried the cheap UPS Surepost... never again. It's a combo UPS - USPS shipping option, with no one taking ownership of where the package is, if it ever arrives.

Will pay for the normal shipping next time.

Surepost = SureFAIL in my book. Got caught by this one in the past by not paying attention to shipping (it's automatically selected when applicable).

You hit it RIGHT on the head. No one takes ownership in delivery. My package was "in transit" forever. Called UPS, they won't even disclose full info. I was told to check with my "local" post office. So I asked UPS which "local" post office they dropped the package at. They wouldn't/couldn't tell me. Are you kidding me? I ended up calling all my local (multiple in one city) offices only to be directed to the "hub". Took 2 days just to find out where my package was only to be then told it was delivered. I contested it and after a week of talking to the PO and UPS (both said to talk to my "shipper", and by that they mean the vendor who sold/shipped the goods - OMFG...so you UPS/USPS combo lose my package in the hand-off and then tell me to contact MidwayUSA as it's their problem). Wow, what's wrong with that picture? From now on, I pay extra to avoid this BS. SureFAIL for sure.