West Virginia prices mid-Atlantic but delivers mountain — modest zones from the East Coast, with rural hollows using every day of the quoted window.
Nothing averaged: the tables hold live 2026-07-27 quotes for one actual box, route by route.
Charleston's quotes below came from a real run: a 12 × 10 × 6 in box at 5 lb of household goods, put through the SMKlog calculator from Newark and Los Angeles. Every price is the finished checkout sum, SMKlog's charge already in the total.
| Carrier | Service | Price | Quoted transit |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPS | Ground Saver | $11.09 | 4 business days |
| USPS | Ground Advantage | $11.55 | 4-5 business days |
| UPS | Ground | $12.32 | 2-3 business days |
| FedEx | Ground Economy | $12.38 | 6-7 business days |
| UPS | 3 Day Select | $17.95 | 2-3 business days |
| Carrier | Service | Price | Quoted transit |
|---|---|---|---|
| USPS | Ground Advantage | $17.30 | 6-7 business days |
| UPS | Ground Saver | $19.14 | 6 business days |
| UPS | Ground | $19.30 | 7-8 business days |
| UPS | 3 Day Select | $27.17 | 3-4 business days |
| USPS | Priority Mail | $28.19 | 3-4 business days |
UPS Ground Saver set the Newark floor at $11.09; Los Angeles bottomed at $17.30 with USPS Ground Advantage. Between Charleston and the eastern panhandle the dollars barely move from far origins, but the days do, and mountain addresses tend to consume the full quoted window. The date on these tables is part of the data. For a number you can act on, quote your own ZIPs live.
Look at Newark's FedEx Ground Economy row: $12.38 quoted at 6-7 business days, while UPS Ground at $12.32 quoted 2-3. Six cents apart, four days apart. Nearly identical prices can hide very different clocks, and only the days column shows it.
Rural West Virginia routes are real driving, and carriers pad accordingly: expect the far end of any quoted range outside the bigger towns. USPS reaches PO boxes; UPS and FedEx want a street address. Sort out the recipient's side before buying the label.
The label price ignores what is inside the box. When that value is high, add shipping protection at checkout and photograph the packed item first; a claim goes smoother with evidence on hand.
Our 2026-07-27 pull priced the 12 × 10 × 6 in, 5 lb box at $11.09 from Newark, NJ (UPS Ground Saver) and $17.30 from Los Angeles, CA (USPS Ground Advantage). Both include SMKlog's charge; both equal checkout exactly. A live quote resets the answer for your box.
From Newark, quoted windows ran 2-7 business days depending on service; from Los Angeles, 3-8. UPS 3 Day Select listed 2-3 days from Newark at $17.95 and 3-4 from Los Angeles at $27.17. The tables carry each carrier's own numbers.
On this date, UPS Ground Saver from close by at $11.09 and USPS Ground Advantage from far away at $17.30, with USPS only 46 cents off the Newark lead at $11.55. Tight spreads change hands often; a live comparison is the durable strategy.
Never. Give a description and two ZIP codes, see the live rates, buy one, print it. Tracking comes standard and nothing asks you to register.