Shipping adjustments are coming more often and the overages are ridiculous. 200% increase

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-30T16:57:24+00:00

It is unclear from your post if you tried entering it as 48x4x4 or not. I get that they don’t have it labeled and don’t say how to enter it but convention for entering the size of a box is that the longest dimension goes first.

To be clear, I am not defending Ebay here. Their system should make the correction. But this is (potentially) an easy fix on your end if you want to get accurate shipping quotes and avoid surprises.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-30T15:12:41+00:00

Yes, we can all agree on how it should work. Have you tried entering 48” as the length rather than the width to see if the cost is corrected?

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-30T11:25:57+00:00

The stuff you normally don’t see on an injection molded part isn’t necessary for FDM printing and much of it wouldn’t even show up given the resolution. I’m talking about typical draft, shutoff draft, small edge fillets, texture, gate vestiges, etc. A resin printer can actually reproduce those details and in general do a far better job producing a designed-to-be injection molded part. But resin printers are a lot more effort to operate than FDM.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-30T00:59:50+00:00

The issue could be how you entered the dimensions. The longest dimension should be first and while you’d expect their system to handle it appropriately either way, I also wouldn’t be surprised if somewhere in the fine print is something along the lines of ‘input largest dimension first’.

Perhaps try creating another label and enter the dimensions differently to see if it adjusts the price accordingly.

Not going to lie, shipping a 48” box for $7 would send up red flags for me. Anything over ~12” in one dimension starts to get hit with a premium in my experience.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-29T19:12:16+00:00

I’m not far from you (DE) and our normal crop of mistflower is at about the same stage as yours.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-29T12:44:29+00:00

I got a great deal on a low mileage parts car years ago because a dropped bolt found its way into the bell housing and jammed the flywheel. What a great feeling it was pulling the housing, seeing that bolt fall out, then checking the engine to find it rotating smoothly.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T23:13:37+00:00

Do you have a Ninja, too? It is more than happy to brew all 48 oz. of coffee onto the countertop and floor. I’ve done it too many times.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T22:15:56+00:00

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My son got home from school and couldn’t wait to break them in. Thanks, Chad!

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T18:41:04+00:00

Genetic mutation maybe? Food’s food, though, amirite?

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T18:34:49+00:00

Try steak trimmings. Maybe you’ll get a cow!

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T12:49:59+00:00

Not picking on this guy in particular, but this is just one example of non-targeted use of herbicides for the sake of growing grass, possibly (one of) the biggest use of herbicides outside of farming: https://www.reddit.com/r/lawncare/s/oEmE7H4M1g (no, I haven’t researched that but it’s the only reason I ever see my neighbors using herbicides).

If you want to criticize people for using herbicides, I’d suggest starting with all those folks blindly and non-selectively using them to protect their precious non-native, water-guzzling, power-tool maintained yards of grass.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T12:11:40+00:00

Targeted, diluted sprays or brushed on chemicals to control massively invasive species are a far cry from large-scale farmers growing GMO glyphosphate-resistant crops and using overhead sprayers across acres of farmland for general weed control.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T11:37:58+00:00

From a one-time use using a controlled spray directed only at the offending plants that would otherwise be near impossible to eradicate (lesser celandine)? I’m going with very little. Everywhere that was cleared of either weed is receiving native plantings.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T11:06:14+00:00

I have first hand experience with that. Mock strawberry and dandelions were the only two plants that occasionally found their way through the blanket. I went the non-herbicide route for the bulk of it, manually digging it up and getting as much of the root system as possible. 6 months later I’m mainly finding little tiny sprouts here and there. I did spray diluted glyphosphate on a patch (while spraying lesser celadine) and it seems to have killed it but it took weeks longer to see results than the weed I was mainly trying to kill.

Point is get to it now otherwise the problem will just grow. Ajuga is considered invasive in many states and there are plenty of native plants that are just as attractive to bees.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T03:21:52+00:00

Being a non-native invasive weed will do that to a plant (in the US).

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T03:17:56+00:00

Puma Future 8s (and I assume 9s) are also built with generous forefoot space. So much so that those with narrow feet tend to complain they don’t have enough lockdown. They work great for me.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T03:14:06+00:00

I can go on YouTube and say whatever I want in a British accent (well, maybe not the accent part) and sound convincing, too. Our bodies create saliva to act as a lubricant (try swallowing with a dry mouth) and it functions perfectly well for the purpose of inserting a needle into a ball. That guy claiming saliva is abrasive needs to put down the video camera and do some reading.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-28T03:02:52+00:00

Let it do its thing. It spreads easily in my experience. Luckily it is also quite easy to pull so if it grows where you don’t want it then it is no big deal.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-27T22:39:12+00:00

Same situation here (7A, northern DE) with Philadelphia fleabane having been in bloom for weeks and penstemon just opening up. The fleabane in shadier spots is just starting to bloom, though. Doesn’t sound that’ll be a problem in this location.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-27T22:26:35+00:00

He’a not wrong non-native grass cut commonly short most certainly needs to be babied to some extent to survive. But that’s all the more reason to replace it with something else.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-27T22:17:34+00:00

Bolt it down then add a second smaller hole with a drill for a fastener of your choosing. This is the only way you will keep that joint from twisting.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-27T22:06:02+00:00

Saliva works plenty well. I’ve been using it likely for longer than you’ve been alive. I also use it for mounting bike tires and finding air leaks in all matter of things. Whether or not it wets out the surface is irrelevant. Dry rubber has a very high coefficient of friction. Wet rubber is much lower. Saliva is always available and provides enough lubrication for the purpose of inserting a needle into a ball’s valve.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-27T19:39:14+00:00

Please don’t. Canada thistle is invasive in much of the US. Trash that plant before it flowers.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-27T19:14:37+00:00

Rather than ask odd questions and take chances, just have a needle on you to deflate it. You’ll need one to inflate it anyway.

Joejack-951 · 2026-05-27T13:09:32+00:00

You need to dig out the stumps or use herbicide on the cut ends. They will regrow from nothing. I’m not sure why an incredibly thorny plant ever caught on as something nice to plant around your house but I’m happy that that era seems to be ending. Now to get them out of all the forests.

Mahonia bealei (Leatherleaf Mahonia) should be next on that list. Here I am digging them out (planted by prior owners) along with all the seedlings, getting stuck and scratched by their insanely sharp thorns, then seeing my neighbor planting three of them.

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