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Old 06-25-14, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave Cutter
There is no surcharge for delivery to rural areas.... BECAUSE... (wait for it)... rural areas require no more fuel per package. But I am sure you imagined things worked differently... didn't you.
This page has a link under “area surcharges” that lists the postal codes in the lower 48 states where UPS adds a rural delivery surcharge (about 20,000 zip codes).

I randomly checked a few: Hartland, ME; Parkdale AZ; Baker City OR.

I haven’t checked if Fed-Ex etc. have a similar list, but for outgoing delivery, I do know Fed-Ex charges for pickup, or you can drop packages off at their locations. From my house in the city, the nearest Fed-Ex drop off is about a mile away so it doesn’t cost me much to get there, but if I lived 15 miles away I would either pay for pickup or spend a bit of time and energy dropping it off. So there’s a built–in rural surcharge for outgoing packages that way.

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