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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Within the past two weeks I've bought two gits where the sellers got 'ripped' for packaging by UPS; one was $86 and the other $93. 
The normal range of shipping cost for those gits I've received has been from $23 to $42 with the average about $32. Hell, I shipped/insured a very well packaged CB to Italy for $95, USPS Express Overseas. It got there in nine days in the condition I sent it.
So, package the gits yourself and $ave a few buck$. There are many posts here related to packaging and shipping. So use the 'search' and $ave.
If you're buying out-of-town, you may want to forewarn the seller as to the 'trap$' out there.
BTW, as mentioned in another post, I now have had three gits shipped just in the case with the latches taped and all three arrived in great shape. So that's just another option for the uninitiated.
Maybe we could have a 'sticky' to warn and educate the n00bs or those that haven't shipped before.
This has been a PSA brought to you by an OGASer... |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Another option of course is to ship in one of Patch's patent-pending, hand-assembled, double walled, over-stuffed, refrigerator vaults. :p (Back brace not included.)
Don't think too hard about this, Iffy's the only one who will "get it." (Or is that "Got it?") :D |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Patch:
(Or is that "Got it?") "Got them", two gits/cases in one package!
Patch, one of us should have taken  of that one !  |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I ship large packages with UPS on nearly a weekly basis.
I suspect your "Shippers" didn't understand the details before shipping. Sounds like they are using a third party service. Or shipping with high insurance values or upgraded service...
... or they are scammin' you. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Just shipped out a git from South FL to WA state, 42.00 insured for 900.00 via fedex. Thats about as far as you can go in the conn US. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | My father in law bought a guitar for me a couple years ago and decided to use one of those packaging services. The guitar was only $225, but shipping was $70, back when I could ship a guitar the opposite way for $19. It took me hours to get through all the tape and bubble wrap to find a guitar that didn't have any packaging inside the case and didn't have the strings loosened. |
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Location: south east Michigan | The storefront "UPS Stores" are not a branch of UPS. They are a indpendently owned franchise. And that middle man needs to pay the rent, lights, and heat.
I have not shipped a guitar in a couple years but when I sent my Balladeer to the Mothership I sent it right from my shop and paid about $18. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Sounds like they are using a third party service. Jeff and Skip,
This is what I suspect also. I can ask about the second one, but the first one is a new Harvard grad. I'm sure she is now on a sailboat in the Carrib...
But nonetheless it's still a 'rip'; twice the cost of normal shipping/insurance for a box and 'peanuts'!  Ergo, my post... |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Well I have successfully recieved the last few guitars from the US in their cases with just bubble and plastic wrap via USPS.
Have done this because of the size restrictions shipping here.
A guitar box costs about $400, I have been paying anywhere between $92 and $140 depending on who my mate in Denver got at the PO.
All went well until yesterday.
Guitar was fine case trashed.
Percentage game I guess :rolleyes:
And it was a Deacon case.
Bugger!!!
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | AJ,
Your post is why I was sooooo nervous in shipping to Italy. Transoceanic shipments scare the shitte out of me.
Sorry to see the case damage...  |
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Shipping Warning, Rant and Hint !!!