[TWM]

I shipped a couple of wheels UPS and just put them in a cardboard box. They came through just fine. However, when I went to the shipping place, I had the boxes wrapped in Kraft paper - all nice and tidy. The shipping cost was almost double because of the kraft paper. We ripped it off, and just put the labels on the boxes. The guy at the shipping place said that only the post office doesn't up charge for the over wrapped boxes. Apparently the packages are handled by machine and if the paper comes off, it jams up the machine, not to mention tearing off the shipping labels. Over wrapped packages are walked through the process by hand.

The same day I was shipping the wheels, there was an elderly woman who was trying to ship a loaf of pumpkin bread to her sister. She had it in a shoe box with an kraft paper overwrap and the shipping cost was nine bucks! The two 16x8 aluminum wheels that I shipped cost about 20 bucks.
TWM