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Been Around the Block
what are you guys doing when it comes down to sending out oddly shaped, heavy items? i've gotten smaller boxes sent out coast to coast for around $10, but get thrown off by quotes for larger items.
putting the shipping cost on the buyer isn't a problem, but if i'm selling something for say...$40 and it'll cost double that to ship, i feel most people (myself included) as potential buyers, would turn down the purchase and look elsewhere.
i'm asking because as of recently, i've come across someone interested in trading exhausts and, of course, the guy lives four or five states away. it's an even trade and we've both decided to eat our own shipping costs. a factory 750F 4-2 won't exactly squeeze itself into a 2x2 box nor is it light.
am i using the wrong carriers by choosing USPS and UPS (refuse to deal with fedex)? are there tricks of the trade, so to speak, you guys feel like passing along?
sidenote: i shipped a gas tank out last week at USPS, marked it fragile, got insurance, the whole nine. as soon as the box left my hands into the postal worker's, it swiftly made its way to the floor...flat out fell (think middle aged asian woman blurting "oops so sorry")
:'(
putting the shipping cost on the buyer isn't a problem, but if i'm selling something for say...$40 and it'll cost double that to ship, i feel most people (myself included) as potential buyers, would turn down the purchase and look elsewhere.
i'm asking because as of recently, i've come across someone interested in trading exhausts and, of course, the guy lives four or five states away. it's an even trade and we've both decided to eat our own shipping costs. a factory 750F 4-2 won't exactly squeeze itself into a 2x2 box nor is it light.
am i using the wrong carriers by choosing USPS and UPS (refuse to deal with fedex)? are there tricks of the trade, so to speak, you guys feel like passing along?
sidenote: i shipped a gas tank out last week at USPS, marked it fragile, got insurance, the whole nine. as soon as the box left my hands into the postal worker's, it swiftly made its way to the floor...flat out fell (think middle aged asian woman blurting "oops so sorry")
:'(