{"id":22626,"date":"2025-01-09T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=22626"},"modified":"2025-01-09T14:31:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:31:01","slug":"what-are-the-special-handling-fees-for-irregularly-shaped-packages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/22626","title":{"rendered":"What are the special handling fees for irregularly shaped packages?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many third-party shipping providers, including UPS and FedEx, have recently introduced special handling fees for irregularly shaped packages. This fee applies to each item in your cart that meets the criteria for irregular packaging and primarily affects our dynamics carts and track systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This special handling fee applies to the following products:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/product\/dynamics-cart-and-track-system-with-go-direct-sensor-carts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dynamics Cart and Track System with Go Direct Sensor Cart (DTS-GDX)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/product\/dynamics-cart-and-track-system-with-go-direct-sensor-carts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dynamics Cart and Track System with Go Direct Sensor Cart with 2.2 m Track (DTS-GDX-LONG)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/product\/dynamics-cart-and-track-system-with-motion-encoder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dynamics Cart and Track System with Motion Encoder (DTS-EC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/product\/dynamics-cart-and-track-system-with-motion-encoder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dynamics Cart and Track System with Motion Encoder with 2.2 m Track (DTS-EC-LONG)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/product\/dynamics-cart-and-track-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dynamics Cart and Track System (DTS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/dynamics-cart-and-track-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dynamics Cart and Track System with 2.2 m Track (DTS-LONG)<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/combination-1-2-m-track-optics-bench\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Combination Track\/Optics Bench, 1.2 meter (TRACK)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/combination-1-2-m-track-optics-bench\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Combination Track\/Optics Bench, 2.2 meter (TRACK-LONG)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These fees cover the increased costs carriers incur when handling special items. We understand that this may be frustrating, and we\u2019re committed to minimizing the impact on our customers by actively negotiating lower rates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have any questions about how this fee applies to your order or need assistance, our <a href=\"support@vernier.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"support@vernier.com\">support team <\/a>is here to help.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many third-party shipping providers, including UPS and FedEx, have recently introduced special handling fees for irregularly shaped packages. This fee applies to each item in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1580,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4007,7548,2893,5822],"class_list":["post-22626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-dts","tag-dts-gdx","tag-track","tag-track-long"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1580"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}