USPS Calculator Site: Down?

[w6jhb]

This morning I was buliding a couple auctions and wanted to see what shipping method would be cheaper for my customers - UPS or USPS. Every time I tried to get to anything related to USPS, I got nowhere. http://www.buildaforum.com/inkforums/img/smilies/mad.gif Other web sites all seem to work, so I'm assuming that the USPS folks are hosed.

That brought to mind two questions. First, is anyone else having this problem this morning, and second, how does it affect existing auctions when a "calculate shipping" icon is involved? Does eBay link to the USPS, or do they have tables stored at their site to do the calculations?

[multipaws]

USPS is working fine for me...I just checked it... I believe Ebay links to the USPS site...

MP
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[w6jhb]

Hmmm... interesting. I can't ping them by name or IP address. Perhaps Mr. SBCGLOBAL's servers are hosed, and not USPS.

[multipaws]

w6jhb
See if this works for you....

http://www.usps.com/tools/calculatepostage/welcome.htm?from=home&page= 0061calculatepostage (http://www.usps.com/tools/calculatepostage/welcome.htm?from=home&page=0061calculatepostage)

MP
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Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

[biggfredd]

Site working OK for me, and I'm on sbcglobule.