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Title: Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: SNAAAKE on March 28, 2003, 01:46:28 pm: Okay which is best freight company if I wanna ship something thats

L=24",H=24",W=34" and 159 LBS(a 32" monitor).

ANYONE! ? ???

I was quoted $500 from fedex..wtf :o?

any help is always apreciated..thanks ;D
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: SirPoonga on March 28, 2003, 01:49:39 pm: american freightways

I don't remember the cost, but well worth it. I got my 19" eygo that way. They take care of the shipment.
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: Nervous on March 28, 2003, 01:58:38 pm: Roadway is pretty good...
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: SNAAAKE on March 28, 2003, 02:15:10 pm: any exact link people? ::)
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: seaner on March 28, 2003, 02:22:49 pm: how about fedex ground? my D9200 shipped for $60.
else, you could try DTS (url escapes me).
I just went through this same hunt when someone inquired about shipping an rc helicopter to taiwan.. asked our purchasing department, and they gave me some names, although I've deleted the mail since.
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: hyiu on March 28, 2003, 02:25:12 pm: I tried google.com and this comes up....

http://www.roadway.com/

maybe you can try that ??... ;)
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: SirPoonga on March 28, 2003, 02:56:01 pm: Quote from: SNAAAKE on March 28, 2003, 02:15:10 pm
any exact link people? ::)

Sigh, laziness.... ;D

Ok, I'll spoon feed you.
http://www.af.com/
Oh well, they were good, now bought by fedex.
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: SNAAAKE on March 28, 2003, 03:01:44 pm: thats the problem..fedex is weird..

I just called..they said around $300 for a 32" monitor.. :-\.

What the heck..i mgiht have to screw the plan and go with a smaller monitor after all. :-\

Oh yeah the laziness...actually didnt think about google search(again I gotta rethink next time).
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: MrTeamWork on March 28, 2003, 07:24:07 pm: What about UPS?
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: SNAAAKE on March 28, 2003, 08:01:15 pm: Quote from: MrTeamWork on March 28, 2003, 07:24:07 pm
What about UPS?

They wont take it because its over 150lbs..only 9lbs more..

I say we screw UPS..you know..tell them its only 150 lbs and when the guy comes and pickup he wouldnt know. :D

UPS was reasonable though.
Only around $115.

I will see what I can do..thanks for help everyone ! :)
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: Xphile on March 28, 2003, 09:08:50 pm: I always see people shipping video games using forward air..
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: kspiff on March 29, 2003, 02:24:18 am: I thought forward air meant that you still had to arrange shipping from the closest airport terminal to your location..?
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: Xphile on March 29, 2003, 03:16:52 am: Quote from: kspiff on March 29, 2003, 02:24:18 am
I thought forward air meant that you still had to arrange shipping from the closest airport terminal to your location..?
yeah,
http://www.forwardair.com/services/faservices.htm (http://www.forwardair.com/services/faservices.htm)

might be hard for snack to arrange anything tho...was just putting out options for him..
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: crsdawg on March 29, 2003, 06:46:00 am: here's another shipper i've found.
http://www.overnite.com/
i haven't used them yet, so i'm not giving any sort of recomendation. just passing along the info. for what it's worth, i think they have more dropoff points than forward air.

i also know of another company that ships door to door. i've forgotten the name tho. if i remember i'll post it.

one way to find shippers(besides the obvious yellow pages...google...) is check various ebay auctions to see what companies the sellers use to ship their machines.
Title: Re:Anyone know any freight company ! ?
Post by: Nervous on March 31, 2003, 05:37:10 pm: Quote from: SNAAAKE on March 28, 2003, 02:15:10 pm
any exact link people? ::)

Good grief man. You do know how to operate a Search Engine, right?

Or you could try: "Thanks for the company names, but I can't find the links for their webpages..."