anyone ever ship a stand?

[jtemple]

I shipped a set of Pitbulls to someone here on the forum and I got absolutely raked over the coals on shipping costs. I totally underestimated the shipping costs and took it in the shorts. I wasn't about to ask the buyer to pony up more money after we had an agreement.

Honestly, if I had asked the buyer to pay what shipping actually was, they might as well have bought new stands. I got them out of the garage and they went to someone here, so that's good I suppose.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by jtemple

I shipped a set of Pitbulls to someone here on the forum and I got absolutely raked over the coals on shipping costs. I totally underestimated the shipping costs and took it in the shorts. I wasn't about to ask the buyer to pony up more money after we had an agreement.

Honestly, if I had asked the buyer to pay what shipping actually was, they might as well have bought new stands. I got them out of the garage and they went to someone here, so that's good I suppose.

Who did you use?

I have a set of headers I need to ship out but I'm looking at about the same situation.

[jtemple]

Originally Posted by shmike

Who did you use?

I have a set of headers I need to ship out but I'm looking at about the same situation.

FedEx Kinko's. What really bit me in the ass was the fact that I didn't have a box that they fit into. So, I let them box them up. The guy made this makeshift deal out of two boxes that was all irregular, and marked it as fragile.

I called him on that, and he said it had to be marked fragile just because it was big and irregular.

Looking back, I probably would have just taped a bunch of bubble wrap around the stands and slapped a label on them. I bet that would be cheaper; just insure them in case they get bashed up.

[njchopper87]

Pad it, box it it, pad is some more, test for any movement, pad it some more, then for good measure pad it again. UPS puts their cargo through hell with the high areas the boxes fall from. Oh, and mark is as fragile.. something like that probably wouldn't like much weight placed on top of it.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by jtemple

FedEx Kinko's. What really bit me in the ass was the fact that I didn't have a box that they fit into. So, I let them box them up. The guy made this makeshift deal out of two boxes that was all irregular, and marked it as fragile.

I called him on that, and he said it had to be marked fragile just because it was big and irregular.

Looking back, I probably would have just taped a bunch of bubble wrap around the stands and slapped a label on them. I bet that would be cheaper; just insure them in case they get bashed up.

I think I had seen stands wrapped up like that back in my ups days

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by jtemple

Looking back, I probably would have just taped a bunch of bubble wrap around the stands and slapped a label on them. I bet that would be cheaper; just insure them in case they get bashed up.

This is what I did when I sold my pitbull stand to someone many years ago. Never heard any complaints from the buyer.