Has anyone noticed strange pricing on shipping, Varies time of day Options

[TravisNeff]

I was shipping a few parts today at the UPS store and had online quotes that I figured out yesterday and this morning.

I was shipping a muffler to San Jose, quoted yesterday:

UPS Ground $121.06
Fedex Ground $138.55

Then This morning I re-quoted and it came out as half price:

UPS Ground $63.xx
Fedex Ground $60.xx

I went into the UPS store today and then they said it was $88.xx I asked why it would be different with an online quote vs. coming into the store and they said there should be no difference in price. Then they went on to say that the later in the day you ship something the price goes up.

A 2nd package I was shipping to southern AZ doubled in price than the quote from yesterday. It went from $18 to $38

A 3rd package I was shipping to Seattle, price was the same as the quote done this morning



Have any of you seen this surge pricing type of thing? I guess I learned something new.

[Mikey914]

Now you can understand why we have an "overcharge" issue. We have to use a rate that is not the actual we get as there is some fluctuation and somethings things can be combined and sometimes not. Like adding the outer door fuzzies to something that can go into an envelope changes things quite a bit. For the most part we have been able to be within a buck and it evens out, but sometimes the website will assign a box alone for an item that can actually fit. This is why you will see refunds every so often, Even worse with international.

Just my personal purgatory