Cost to ship a rod is lunacy

[Cali]

I still don't understand how people ship rods for 20$. I shipped two rods <7'4" for 45$. Bronzefly stated that all shipping companies changed their policy, and items over X length will be hit with massive charges.

[jmb27]

I still don't understand how people ship rods for 20$. I shipped two rods <7'4" for 45$. Bronzefly stated that all shipping companies changed their policy, and items over X length will be hit with massive charges.

Depends on what you have access to. I have access to a good fedex account through work and I can ship rods with 2 to 3 day delivery from Atlanta and it's rarely above $20.

International rod shipping is the real lunacy. Lucky if it is below $125 coming from Japan. Sadly, I had to cancel an order for a rod that I really, really wanted due to the shop's inability to get a decent shipping quote. The quote was a multiple of the figure earlier in the paragraph.

[scrapiron]

Just shipped a rod for $15.85 via USPS priority mail (2 day).

Had a larger tube (3 rods in one) that shipped for $48 USPS. They didn't want to take it, but I had done it online and sweet talked them.

The new rule I heard was anything over 97" (lxWxH) is a no go. My larger tube was technically 2 inches over that, but they shipped it and it arrived fine.

[bronzefly]

I still don't understand how people ship rods for 20$. I shipped two rods <7'4" for 45$. Bronzefly stated that all shipping companies changed their policy, and items over X length will be hit with massive charges.

Close - Fed Ex and UPS have instituted an "oversize" charge that starts around $100 in addition to actual shipping costs. Our experience has been that anything 8' or over will be subject to this fee. I hear that some folks have still had luck using USPS for 8' and over rod shipping.