In case you do not want to read the story, I put the figures below for you to judge for yourself.
I really dislike posting negative stuff about a small business as it does stick around on the web for a long time.
I also imagine the woman in the UPS Store here in Boulder City may be handicapped and so, may not understand how to quote shipping rates.
But this is the third time I have been in to get shipping quotes.
And each time I got one, I nearly fell over backwards.
Twice I walked out and twice I got much better rates just going to the USPS.
And today I did again.
I went in today to ask about cheapest insured signature requires rates to ship my electric guitar in a small flat electric guitar case to Illinois at standard ground (the cheapest!) that measures in a box I made at 41" x 15" x 4" and weighs 22 pounds, which, on the USPS site, is not oversized (they give you 130" -longest length plus girth- and 70 pounds).
The woman did a little measuring, a little weighing and told me $4hundred and I didn't even hear the rest.
I asked her aghast, "what's the CHEAPEST rate?"
And she did some computer poking and some looking around and said $199.
I went to the Post Office and shipped the Guitar insured, signature required for $68.
UPS Store Boulder City
1st Quote: $400+
2nd quote: $199
USPS actual cost I paid: $68
Take it or leave it, but I'm not going back to this clip joint.