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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | With USPS, it also depends on where you put the address info. If it's on the small end, that's considered the length, if it's on the largest panel, that side is considered the length. Was a difference of $45 on the last guitar I shipped a couple weeks ago... |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | OK ... One thing I haven't seen here (unsless I somehow missed it) is the issue of safe handling and damage claims. I've heard SOME complaints about UPS on damage claims, although I did have success on mine. But MY experience with USPS was a nightmare. Since it's associated with the government, there is that endless bureaucratic paperwork trail to go through. I have still done it for shipments to Hawaii(overnight), but that isn't my preference. Anyway... If there's any doubt about shipping safely, I'll avoid it. |
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Location: Tennessee | I shipped an Ovation (in a case) from California to NC yesterday. Used a standard Ovation box, and even included a couple of lacrosse stcks and balls. USPS was $28 plus $6 for insurance. |
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Location: Ohio | WHen the cost of gas goes up....So does the cost of shipping! |
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Location: Nashville TN. | an Ovation box arrived {not mine :( my friend lisa slightly used Adamas 1597} and a lot smaller than the box the Guild came in. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | As far as I know, the only advantage of USPS is when you ship to Hawaii, Alaska, and Overseas. I recently shipped a guitar to Hawaii and it cost about $40 less than the other guys ...AND I was able to send it Express Mail (:
I was pleasantly suprised early this week, when I shipped a large keyboard in hard case, with a second package containing a heavy-duty stand and other stuff.(68 lbs + 29 lbs) I was afraid I had under-estimated the shipping cost in my Ebay ad, but the total came to only $59.(with $1500 insurance) - UPS. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | You guys have jam on it!!
Doesn't matter who.....ship to Australia.....we get screwed!!!
Box 46"x18"x8"......$418.10
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | That's why there's so many people trying to move here. That along with all the free handouts I'm paying for. |
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Location: Tennessee | The Assembly of the great state of California passed a new law yesterday providing for state-funded grants, scholarships, and free tuition plans for illegal aliens within the state university system. Of course, my kids don't qualify for any assistance and tuition doubled for them in the last couple of years. Come to California AJ - if you sneak in, everything is free ... food, housing, healthcare, and education. Postal services can't be far behind ... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | that's just totally fucked.
Of course your kids don't qualify, they are healthy, straight, white Americans, last on the list |
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Location: Texas | I thought we were talking about shipping?
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Location: Nashville TN. | Standing Ive done that.............. My K-1111 spend 3 days moving around Texas
Bobbo Connecticut just did the same thing. |
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