Anyone know of an inexpensive way to get some speedster seats from Nevada to Florida? We can't use greyhound because there isn't one near his house. FedEx and ups were around $240! Any ideas?
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Consider talking to an interstate trucking company who ships between Nevada and Florida and see if one of them will handle the delivery. Of course the receiver would have to be available to drive to wherever the company is shipping to to pick up the item.
I used to work for a dairy and we processed and shipped milk throughout California. Every now and then we would throw a package in the cab and the driver would call the person scheduled to receive the item when they made it to their town. While they were offloading the milk the guy would drive over to sign for the item.
I don't recall if we even charged the shippee and if we did it wasn't much.
ups and get a business address to business address rate
Alan pointed out before that a wardrobe moving box holds 2 speedster seats. Shipping in 2 separate boxes to same address seems to be double cost.
DR.Clock and I exchanged seats when I built my CMC.... I forget what UPS charged, but it wasn't all that much.... We used the same box both ways....
Leon.. I forgot about that :~)
24w 24w 36h box works for two.
When I buy new seats from VS, a pair run about $80 coast to coast shipping via UPS this is business to business addresses. So find a business you know and get it picked up there with that business address on the shipper line and a business address for the delivery end ....much cheaper
Two speedster seats in a wardrobe box and ship them via Greyhound Bus Lines. The cheapest carrier out there. Talk to Carl Berry about it.
"...not near his house"?
The Grayhound Station may not be around the corner or down the street, but like commercial airports, everyone in the U.S. has access to a Grayhound station.
My nearest station is 35 miles away. But the savings in shipping expenses make the trip well worth while for me, and acceptable to the seller as a condition of closing the sale. I've always paid the asking price with the caveat that they be shipped via Grayhound. I've taken delivery of some awkward, bulky, and heavy items that approached the max weight of 90lbs... including the roof clip of a Ghia coupe and the entire components of an IRS suspension.
I suspect that the seller is understandably more interested in not being inconvenienced than in saving you a bundle of money. Aaaa, did you pay for the seats before discussing shipping arrangements?
I shipped Mass. to Minn. (two VS 'roadster' seats) that did not fit in a wardrobe box but was just around $100 UPS. This was store to residential address.
Yes I've tried biz to biz shipping and they still want $250 from NV to FL. I actually had a company www.shipii.com that had a flat rate of $135( pickup/delivery) that I quoted the day before I purchased the seats. Just my luck they discontinued that service the next day haha. Greyhound is 2.5 hrs away from his house and I feel I've tried every other outlet. I'm lost