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Hi,
I’m selling a board on ebay and I was wondering how I would ship it? Does UPS,USPS, or FedEx have a specific box that I can put it in? It’s a 6’3 shortboard. About 19 inches wide. I know I should wrap it in bubble-wrap and all that. I was just wondering how you guys ship your surfboards when you sell them. Thanks in advance.
Rio
A question is always better answered if it has as many specifics as possible.
For an assumption, I guess your in the US, (your profile certainly doesnt state) and that
you are shipping within the contigous 48 or so states???
Hopefully your not in Brazil.
as to me I have found Greyhound Shipping to very affordable and on the low end of prices.
With greyhound your party doesnt have to worry about being home to sign for the package,
they just go to the specific greyhound depot(which may be open 12-18 hours or even 24 hours/7 days) to
pick up their package at their convenience.
As to UPS they are competive also, but you may not get their competitive price
unless you go to your County UPS unadvertised depot operation and stand in line.
I am not sure, but the ‘UPSStore’,‘OfficeDepot’, etc may not be offering the elcheapo prices
but are offering the High End Retail overcharge prices for UPS shipping.
Anyone know any thing about this …I havent used UPS since these new UPSstores
came out.???
As far as boxing, well there are box stores…look in the yellow pages
buy what you think you need , a tape gun from Office Depot, and get creative.
You may also talk to SurfShops and or shaping/glassing factories concerning boxing
as it is a common practice to pay a ‘box’ or ‘packaging’ company to box these boards
up. Find out who they use!