That's because the place you went to (probably Safe Ship) is not an authorized UPS outlet and doesn't get regular pickups. They have to call for a 1 time pickup. UPS likely charges THEM for pickups. SafeShip is a Fedex Authorized center. Village Pack and Ship is a UPS authorized center and UPS pays THEM for each prepaid dropoff. Same way for a The UPS Store, they (when I managed one) got paid $1.25 per UPS prepaid package dropped off to handle UPS dropoffs. People would bring us prepaid FEDEX packages and they would be charged $2 because Fedex charged us $10 per daily pickup.
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