I recently sold a t-top through ebay and wanted to ship through the local UPS store and have it insured, packaged by them . The reason is I had a damaged package sold on ebay and shipped through UPS and could not get a hold of someone at UPS to file a claim. The local UPS store said they could not help me file a claim unless I shipped through the store. I had to get a hold of UPS online or call on the phone, it is all automated these days and no help. So basically I had to absorb the cost and profit loss of item. I also wasted money on insuring the package. Anyway I went to local UPS store and yes I know it is a t-top and needs extra padding and a large box. To ship through my local UPS store I was quoted 225( 165 was just shipping charge)
. I found a box and tons of air bubbles and packaged myself. I am going to use FedEx and hope filling a claim for any future damage might be an easier endeavor but we will see. So using ebay for shipping again with insurance from FedEx is going to be 44.00 dollars
. Even if I decided to use UPS through ebay it would have been about 57.00. That is a huge mark up from the UPS store never use them for shipping packages