Help with shipping a bed extender

[Peter Vincent]

I physically took a bed extender to a UPS store and I got a shipping price of $137 to send it from NYC to MA. That seems really high. I would ship it wrapped in bubble wrap, which is the smallest it can be. Boxed they said it would be $170. Any ideas about another way to ship?

Thanks,

Peter

 

[shawn stonbraker 2]

Bus.

 

[Joe G 2]

They are out of their mind. I got mine off eBay. Paid $70 for the extender and $35 for shipping via UPS to North Dakota from Alabama. Box it yourself...cut the box to wrap around the extender, dont just simply drop it into a large box. Id try another branch of the UPS store while your at it.

 

[Les]

I spent less than that and shipped an Advance tonneau cover across the country...

 

[DiveDeep 07]

Take it completely apart with an allen wrench, put the piping together and the plastic pieces bunched up with it. Get two (2) flat pieces of cardboard, or a big sheet and wrap it, making it look decent of course. Ship it that way. OR, wrap it with a good bubble wrap, tape it up good, and ship it that way. FedEx will take it I know. UPS should as well.

 

[EddieS'04]

Some on here have taken them apart for a more compact package.

 

[Richard Kolb]

Find somoeone taking greyhound from NYC to MA? Heck, for that price just drive it's cheaper.

 

[Paul H]

I sent one FedEx taken apart for $35.00. Try taking it apart and shipping it in a flat box.



Paul H

 

[Dan Long]

Greyhound has a freight service, terminal to terminal. It's very econonical when shipping large or odd shaped items. I shipped a front and rear air dam, and side skirts for a Mazda 6 from Florida to California for $63. You can go online and get quotes from their site.

 

[Kerry Matthews]

Amtrak.



If both parties live near Amtrak stations, you might be able to ship with them. I had a front end sent from Chicago to Sacramento, and the price was a fraction of what UPS or FedEx wanted...

 

[Richard Kolb]

Where in MA are you shipping it to?

 

[Tom Schindler]

Take it apart, just like others said.





Tom

 

[LaRue Medlin]

I sent one to Florida from SC on Greyhound, complete, not wrapped and it cost 32$. The buyer went to the bus station and picked it just like it was a passenger.