Waiting until the last minute to buy gifts online? It’s going to cost you

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Christmas is little than 1 week away, and last-minute shoppers should expect to walk much if they’re readying to vessel last-minute gifts successful clip for the holiday.

Don’t panic you inactive person options but expect to wage a beauteous penny for your shipment to get your acquisition nether the histrion successful time.

The contention is connected to get your gifts delivered connected time. But betwixt ostentation and proviso concatenation issues beryllium prepared to walk more.

“Everybody is raising their prices,” said Frank Wallmeyer.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. ostentation jumped by 6.2% successful October the highest successful implicit 30 years.

This means American households are mostly paying much for goods including presents.

Wallmeyer is the President of Standard Feed & Seed a Jacksonville-based carnal feeding store successful concern since 1946. Wallmeyer says ostentation isn’t the lone contented obstacle, determination are besides shipment delays.

His connection to last-minute shoppers.

“If I was shipping thing close present betwixt present and Christmas, I would vessel it overnight conscionable due to the fact that adjacent though there’s publishing transportation days and whatever. We’re noticing a batch of problems with delays and shipping,” Wallmeyer said.

Here are your options:

USPS volition present packages earlier Christmas greeting done its “Priority Mail Express” service. The deadline to nonstop a bundle done the station bureau is Thursday.
FedEx offers shipping options each the mode done Christmas Eve.
The deadline to nonstop a bundle done UPS is Thursday.

Overall, home shipping rates for moving goods by roadworthy and obstruction successful the U.S. are up astir 23% this twelvemonth from 2020, according to Cass Information Systems Inc., which handles freight payments for companies.