The last order I placed with PSPA was a killer with shipping. I hate that since they have a lot of hard to find parts at decent prices. I hope shipping doesn't continue to go up.

Usps would have been about the same price.
And, all rates go up in 10 days.
Rate increases across the board on July 10th.
UPS has similar increase In 2 weeks.
Prepare to bend over the next several years.
Historically postage has never gone down except WWII.

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2022/0406-usps-new-prices-for-2022.htm#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20Today%20the%20United,58%20cents%20to%2060%20cents.

It's not the freight companies, it's the skyrocketing cost of diesel and gasoline needed to run their trucks. They are forced to pass on the 2x to 3x fuel surcharge increases to customers. Blame current energy policies and supply issues.

Pinball Life always had high shipping prices

Well, $14 will hardly get you enough gas to cross town, and people don’t work for free, if they work at all. So my recommendation is to order $200 worth of parts and maybe then you can live with the shipping being a lower % of the bill.

Nowhere close to the pain international clients suffer on a daily basis, I just put 10 leds in the cart for fun

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UPS shipping is based on dimensional weight, so prices can jump in a hurry on larger items. I have folks paying over $50 to get big ramps from the east coast to the west coast. Every inch counts, and I wind up having to stock a dozen box sizes just to save my customers some money. Not much else I can do there, even with discounts applied. $13 seems to be about normal to me recently. USPS really got bad with any package over their small sized sweet spot. They are sending the message that they just don't want to deal with packages over a cubic foot. I usually default to USPS when I order small items, because they are typically faster. But now that they jacked up prices on medium sized parcels, I'm picking UPS more often.

I avoid FedEx at all costs.

Pinball websites have always charged a ridiculous amount for shipping. Well before inflation and gas prices. They are low volume low margin niche shops, don’t compare them to Amazon or a major e-commerce retailer.

You could just drive to them and pick it up if you want to be cheap.

Pricing depends on volume. Not all pinball websites move enough volume to get crazy good discounts from shippers. Yes, Shipstation and Shopify get you discounts, but it's still higher than what the big guns get. Boxes are not cheap either. $4-$7 each for a large ramp box plus packing materials all add up. You have to buy boxes in bundles and bubble wrap/craft paper in bulk to get any kind of reasonable price on them. I'm out several hundred dollars just getting to the point of being able to ship something. Sorry, none of us are billion dollar companies like Amazon, so you may be a bit let down that you won't be receiving your pinball parts in a day with free shipping for a nominal $13/month.

I am definitely batching up my orders but not surprising considering.

I'm glad they don't have some ridiculous free shipping thing that will bankrupt them.

I'm the same. I generally wait till I have $200 or more to order. Exceptions being something that needs to get done ASAP if I'm repairing something for someone else.

Liked the USPS days ... now everyone using Fedex and UPS...
So when we get our parcels shipped to Canada they add the bogus clearing customs fees .. so whatever the shipping costs add an extra $20.00 plus

I am not complaining about it, I’m just pointing out that this isn’t a new thing.

Free shipping with Marco now. Code = PINSUMMER22

Will come out a wash paying higher prices on everything

But def a good time to stock up on good rubber

i try to think what it would cost me to drive to Pinball Life and get the parts -

UPS always added more fees at the delivery point here in Canada. One time I called a driver out on it, he didn't collect the fee and just gave me the package. I told him I paid all of the shipping and fees at time of purchase.

If you bought 27 items, I figure it would be a decent size box and that sounds about right. Makes no difference what the dollar amount of the order is. It could be an expensive small item or something huge and inexpensive. Shipping an empty box is still going to cost the same. Maybe shipping is a few dollars higher than before on average but everything is a few dollars more these days. Nothing to do with pinball.

Marco has free shipping right now, code PINSUMMER22

I do not order from Pinball Life any more because their shipping is crazy high since covid. At least they added USPS back, but they lost a TON of business from me the past couple years.

Rising fuel costs that UPS and Fedex pass on to you via fuel surcharges (lucky you)

not getting better any time soon.

We were not charging anything for shipping for a long time, but we had no choice since costs were rising everywhere. We now charge $1.99, but may need to raise it a little more. We feel charging a little more for shipping is better than raising our goods prices across the board. So, on a typical order, the buyer pays an extra dollar or so via higher shipping instead of a few dollars more for each item they order. We are trying to keep our prices from rising, but the reality is it’s getting more difficult as margins get squeezed.

Often, Marco is cheaper once you see shipping price from pbl

.. for over $99 orders.. to be clear.

If I order $50 in stuff I don't need to save $8... I can only do that so much

As typical.. needed a $1 part today.. ordered $110 in stuff. Shipping fees under $15 aren't really my biggest concern

Jump from $6200 for TWD Prem in 2016 to $8999 for any Premium Stern game, but man, that $15 in shipping is just TOO FAR.

Love the logic : ).

You can play around on PBL site and add some heavy items without much of an increase. Good time to order extra steel balls. Add and subtract 10 at a time and recalculate shipping. Sometimes I’ll order a set of legs and the price hardly changes. Depending on what you are ordering the price can become reasonable.

There is no such thing as free shipping.
I have been in this business for 20 years and never once has FedEx, UPS or USPS told me "we will ship all your parcels for free today".
EVERY COMPANY THAT SHIPS PRODUCT PAYS FOR SHIPPING.
You can build it into your product cost and exsorb it so that you can offer free or low cost shipping, or you can simply charge what it actually costs to ship the parcel and price your products accordingly. There's no magic involved.
I've elected to choose the latter. Am I right? Probably not since the world is obsessed with free shipping. Therefore, I may one day be forced to reconsider my position. However, the delivered cost of the parts will not change. The Shipping Gods must be paid.

Try living in Australia - you simply cannot do a small order of anything, you end up paying (vastly) more in shipping fees than on the actual merchandise itself.

Too true.
Amazon Prime has thrown everyone over the edge...and that shit ain't what it used to be even from the biggest company in the world

Amazon has the best free shipping, only $150 a year

Love you Pinball Life!

You do what you need to in order to stay in business, and I'll be happy to pay what I need to.

We aren't all buying new pins. We have to keep the old ones going.

Just placed an order right now with all this talk about Pinball Life.

$14.48 for shipping.

Let's see what I've got:
10+ rubber rings in different quantities, colors, and sizes. Someone has to spend time picking and bagging all those. Terry if your reading this they can throw all the red ones in 1 bag I don't give a shit it's going on the same machine.

Same amount between springs misc posts.
Assortment of bumper bodies and flipper parts.
I ordered 125 of those Anarchy LED boards. Assuming they come in bags of 100 someone has to count out an additional 25

What will drive up shipping is I have 3 different backglass lift trim coming so it's going to be a larger rectangular box.
Couple flipper coils that probably wont drive the weight up too much.

So if you break down shipping materials, labor to pack my order, and actual shipping costs, $14.48 pretty good deal.

I'll bet I could keep adding small items and the price wouldn't change a bit maybe a few cents.

Free US ground domestic shipping code from Marco, was posted at their California Extreme booth. Expires 8/4. Code CAX22

Your one state away from them, approx 300 miles away.

Hey thanks just saved me 10 bucks on the Mick on a Stick plastic that just broke 10 minutes ago.

COde still works as of today.

Ha, can you get them by the case?

I picked up two of them.

Hey my first busted Mick plastic in two years of semi-heavy play!

I did discover the aftermarket is pretty light on Stones mods.

Why isn't there a 3D motorized articulated Mick doll I can buy with lifelike pouting lips that gyrate on beat with the songs?

Because people would do some very disturbing things with it.......”Why is it all sticky?” lol