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Consider configuring your server so that a minimum output is sent in order not to confuse the average joe later.",{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"6689435","geekyguy","I had to reload the page 8 times for it to actually load.",{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"6689824","ye","Your website is all broken. I get a \"503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity\" for this: https:\u002F\u002Fgoshippo.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fthemes\u002Fwpbootstrap\u002Fimages\u002Flogo\u002Flogo-beta.png",{"value":146,"source":108,"evidence":147},"Pricing omits USPS online rates and residential surcharges.",[148],{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},"6692882","ChrisNorstrom","The results are wildly inaccurate due to the omission of online rates for USPS. 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