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cardboard
May 21st, 2004, 20:42
I am trying to sell a set of tj flares. Poomba wants to purchase them but i cant figure out howto ship them without going broke,( UPS wants 50.00)

HELP
imma honky
May 21st, 2004, 20:47
I am trying to sell a set of tj flares. Poomba wants to purchase them but i cant figure out howto ship them without going broke,( UPS wants 50.00)

HELP
50 bux??? WTF! It didn't even cost me that much to ship a 17 inch monitor. And that was WITH insurance. Something sounds fishy.
cardboard
May 21st, 2004, 20:51
I dont know if not boxing it right or what but thats what they said $50.00
Fergie
May 21st, 2004, 20:52
Package them up very nicely in some carboard and duct tape. Take them down to your local FedEx and ship them FedEx ground.

It wont cost you anywhere near $50. When I shipped a winch to SeanR, across the country from me, it was only $53.

FedEx all the way.

Fergie
cardboard
May 21st, 2004, 20:56
Ill try them on monday . Got a big wedding to go this weekend in Chitown. I just hope Poomba doesnt get to irate with me . This has noy been a good last three weeks.
Kejtar
May 21st, 2004, 22:31
It all has to do with a shape of a package.... if you go above certain dimensions the price skyrockets :D Try to pack them in as cubical package as possible.
Eagle
May 22nd, 2004, 09:21
Doesn't work for companies that need pickup and door-to-door delivery, but you might look into Greyhound parcel shipping. You take it to the bus station, they ship it with the hold baggage in their regular busses, and the recipient collects it from the Greyhound station in his town.

Cheap.
What Rd
May 23rd, 2004, 12:36
Doesn't work for companies that need pickup and door-to-door delivery, but you might look into Greyhound parcel shipping. You take it to the bus station, they ship it with the hold baggage in their regular busses, and the recipient collects it from the Greyhound station in his town.

Cheap.

Doesn't arrive smelling like wet dog, does it?
:laugh2:
woody
May 23rd, 2004, 12:53
Nope but ya have to get the parcel at the bus station, so YMMV.

I've gone Greyhound, have you?
TRNDRVR
May 23rd, 2004, 13:14
Doesn't work for companies that need pickup and door-to-door delivery, but you might look into Greyhound parcel shipping. You take it to the bus station, they ship it with the hold baggage in their regular busses, and the recipient collects it from the Greyhound station in his town.

Cheap.You might even look into Amtrak. Get them on train #5 out of Chicago to Salt Lake City. Ship them to me (seriously) and I can pick them up when I go to work and I'll see to it that John gets them.
Dan.
MattBlackXJ
May 23rd, 2004, 13:25
If you can pack them in a box that is as skinny as possilbe you should be able to get it in the standard UPS class (not oversize).
Kejtar
May 23rd, 2004, 13:38
I've gone Greyhound, have you?
I thought it was a thing of the past... something that the old folks only talked about and maybe ocassionaly you'd see in an older movie :D