On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:56:10 -0700, Al Lorona
wrote:


Hi, Everybody,

I have been shocked to learn recently how expensive shipping can be.
What do you guys all do when you have to ship equipment?

I am selling a Drake station and took the AC-4 / MS-4 to the local
Mailboxes, Etc. store to get an idea of how much it would cost. They
told me that UPS Ground was $36.86 to ship from California to Michigan.
And that was not including the packing! And there would be two more
boxes to ship (for the receiver and transmitter)!

I had to give my buyer that sad news that, at these prices, I can't
afford to ship!

What is the best practice to follow when needing to ship equipment
across the country?

Thanks.

Look in the Yellow Pages for a store that sells packing and shipping
materials. In my city, that would be Office Depot, the Container
Store, and a few other places. A lot of the rental storage facilities
also sell boxes and stuff.

You can buy cardboard boxes, tape, plastic packing pellets, bubble
wrap, etcetera, yourself, and pack each piece fairly inexpensively.

Then take the boxes to UPS, yourself, and send them off. You should go
to the web site for UPS. It gives you the box sizes that are
allowable, and you can enter the shipping and receiving zip codes and
get an exact cost for shipping, beforehand.

This is a lot cheaper than going to Mailboxes Etcetera. They have to
mark everything up to make money.

Bob
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Regards,

Al W6LX