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Can someone explain the under 120g EB thing? - plop442 - 07-15-2022
As I understand it, any item that is under 120 grams will not register a weight by the courier/seller, correct? How does this work? Whenever I order something from amazon, that is clearly below 120 grams, it always shows the weight on the package, such as 0.1kg, 0.2kg, 0.3kg, etc. Literally every package I've ordered has the weight on it, so why do people say there's a 120gram limit when doing EB? It's never an exact weight, like 234 grams, for example, but it's always rounded up, like 0.1 or 0.6kg. Do Amazon and the courier have the exact weight, or do they round up?
RE: Can someone explain the under 120g EB thing? - Nabeshin - 07-15-2022
0.1 could mean anything from 0.01 to 0.14, so it could be the box+item or just the box, that's why you can claim it was empty, the 0.1 weight itself isn't enough to tell the item and the box apart
RE: Can someone explain the under 120g EB thing? - Ordnael92 - 07-15-2022
There are times the box itself weighs more than the item it contains.
RE: Can someone explain the under 120g EB thing? - gatescrusher - 07-15-2022
(07-15-2022, 07:06 AM)plop442 Wrote: As I understand it, any item that is under 120 grams will not register a weight by the courier/seller, correct? How does this work? Whenever I order something from amazon, that is clearly below 120 grams, it always shows the weight on the package, such as 0.1kg, 0.2kg, 0.3kg, etc. Literally every package I've ordered has the weight on it, so why do people say there's a 120gram limit when doing EB? It's never an exact weight, like 234 grams, for example, but it's always rounded up, like 0.1 or 0.6kg. Do Amazon and the courier have the exact weight, or do they round up?
There is a difference between the item weight and the shipping weight. The 120 gram limit refers to the item weight.
RE: Can someone explain the under 120g EB thing? - mothered - 07-15-2022
Quote:Whenever I order something from amazon, that is clearly below 120 grams, it always shows the weight on the package, such as 0.1kg, 0.2kg, 0.3kg, etc. Literally every package I've ordered has the weight on itThat's defined as the "actual weight" - product weight and packaging In round figures.
Carriers use the actual weight, the dimensional weight (package length x width x height), and the billable weight (the greater of the actual & dimensional weight) to record the total weight and for cost of freight. Using that formula, the majority of shipping scales do not Increment the 120 gram bracket, which Is why It (120 grams) has a proven track record of success.