How to get a shipping quote showing paypals discount prior to actually making the sale?

[fastmerc]

Question in title....It would help to make deals on items we are selling if we can see this cost estimate before hand.  Using the standard estimators through UPS are quite a bit higher than through paypal.  If we can get the estimate I can't find where...lol.

[Whac-A-Mole]

but UPS calculates shipping based on distance and weight and size,how do you where the buyer is?

[fastmerc]

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@Whac-A-Mole wrote:

but UPS calculates shipping based on distance and weight and size,how do you where the buyer is?

Communication is the easiest way.  I usually just ask the potential buyer their address.

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[Whac-A-Mole]

if you know the Paypal discount formulae,you can make an estimate from the UPS quote by applying the discount it uses.

[fastmerc]

Just in case anyone is interested I found the answer to my own question elsewhere, no thanks to paypal...lol.  You go to www.paypal.com/shipnow.