UPS Rate Change Effective Dec 29, 2014

[yaritai]

I already get charged dimensional weight by UPS for ground. If I ship a 10 lb Item in a 12x12x12 box, it costs more than a 12x12x6 box. I have always found that zc quotes more that the actual cost, so I have never really cared much about it.

You should be talking with your account manager. USPS goes by 1 cubic foot while UPS Ground currently is at 3 cubic feet before dimensional weight kicks in.

[g2ktcf]

You should be talking with your account manager. USPS goes by 1 cubic foot while UPS Ground currently is at 3 cubic feet before dimensional weight kicks in.

and that 3 cubic foot limit will be dropped at the end of the year. This changes my dimensional weight shipments from 15% to almost 50%.

The real difference with USPS is that they do not always apply dimensional weight. It is only used when the DW is larger than the Actual Weight and the shipping destination is Zone 5 or higher. See http://pe.usps.com/businessmail101/rates/weight.htm