Hey folks Heads Up.
Scooters Originali uses two flate rate boxes to calculate shipping costs, small and medium flat rate boxes.
The postage for a usps small flat rate box was increased to $11.70 and the medium flat rate box to $21.05 on July 13, 2025, price for non flate rate usps boxes has also gone up, box size plus weight and also contents.
Small bubble mailers have always been silly unless using 1st class mail with zero insurance hence I don't ship with them.
I put off implementing this change for as long as I could but with this shipping increase international shipping and the tariffs I can no longer not bring the shipping up to current usps rates.
Once again if shipping cost more than checkout we cover the difference and if we can ship a small flat rate we'll refund the difference.
There are major price hikes from the likes of a small flat rate box to something like the box I ship lambretta chaincase gaskets / gasket sets - 9.5x6.5x3 it's just a little bigger than the small flat rate box but if it's not local delivery it's way more expensive you may start to find the box inside a flat rate envelope.
Insurance over $100 we use 3rd party they actually pay out to the value at checkout and do so promptly unlike the usps.
Now as you guys know I get a great service from usps but I'm going to see what UPS can do for me. I'm going to be cross referencing the price between usps and ups.
Rob