how to ship plastics?

[pistonbone]

How do you ship plastics from an ATV?
I went to UPS to ship and they wanted $300 to box and ship.
Can you do it for cheaper or what the hell is up?

[Dupontster]

I just sold a set on e-bay to a guy that lives less than 200 miles from me...UPS wanted $108 to ship them...I only got $100 for them...I told them nevermind and I got in touch with the guy that bought them and gave him his money back...Now I still have plastics for sale....:(

[gbcap]

find someone that ships alot around ya. give them 50 and they should do it. i know i would do it for 50. i know i shipped plastics for like 30 bucks last year. already had the box. and they weigh almost nothing. they are getting ya because of the size box. don't let them fool ya.

[orca0294]

i sent some in the past through usps and I put them in different boxes that didn't exceed the size. another idea would be to shrink rap them with several layers.

[Dupontster]

Originally posted by gbcap
find someone that ships alot around ya. give them 50 and they should do it. i know i would do it for 50. i know i shipped plastics for like 30 bucks last year. already had the box. and they weigh almost nothing. they are getting ya because of the size box. don't let them fool ya.

I'm only about 113 miles from you....If I bring it to ya, will ya ship it to WV....:D

[firefighterjosh]

For my front Full bores it was $15 and for my rear it was $60

[burkebrothers]

The cheapest way to ship is shrink wrap like one of the guys mentioned, in the absence of the machine and materials go to like sams club and buy the biggest box of industrial saran wrap they have and start wrapping, I have shipped numerous items this way and on the bigger stuff it cuts the cost big time

[johnsls]

I agree ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The guy who shipped mine to me shrink wrapped them with plastic wrap (you gotta let them cave in or curl in) it won't hurt them, just don't do it too tight.

Then you can wrap them again with brown paper. IT WORKS and is a lot cheaper.

[pistonbone]

I asked them about shipping without a box and they said it'd add $7 to the total. So use USPS not UPS and shrink wrap it?

[johnsls]

Yes, ship it via USPS. If you stand the fenders on the ground and wrap them,, the bottom should wrap up and curl in. The package will be long but it should kinda fold/curl into a LONG FAT LOG

Hope this helps.

[pistonbone]

Thanks a lot for your help guys.

Costed me $18 to ship my full set all the way acrost the country.

For $300 you can ship a whole quad

[pistonbone]

Originally posted by slow
Costed me $18 to ship my full set all the way acrost the country.

For $300 you can ship a whole quad

Exactly, that's why I pretty much freaked out on the lady.

[Dupontster]

First I tried everything in one box and the lady told me $108.00...I brought them back home and shrink wrapped the front fenders and the rear separate...Took it back and she wanted $34 for 1/2 of the front and $8 for the other half...THEY WERE BOTH THE SAME....Then she put the rear on the scales and told me it would be $108.00...That's $150.00 for everyhting shrink wrapped...I told her to shove it....The dumb ****** didn't know what she was doing...I went about 1 mile up the road to a place called Mailboxes Etc and he sent everything for $43.00 total through FedEx....I guess you live and learn...I will not go back to the UPS place again....:D

Originally posted by Dupontster
First I tried everything in one box and the lady told me $108.00...I brought them back home and shrink wrapped the front fenders and the rear separate...Took it back and she wanted $34 for 1/2 of the front and $8 for the other half...THEY WERE BOTH THE SAME....Then she put the rear on the scales and told me it would be $108.00...That's $150.00 for everyhting shrink wrapped...I told her to shove it....The dumb ****** didn't know what she was doing...I went about 1 mile up the road to a place called Mailboxes Etc and he sent everything for $43.00 total through FedEx....I guess you live and learn...I will not go back to the UPS place again....:D

Well ups around here must not charge much Cause a full set of plastic is big and costed me $18.
I shipped a big package (400ex motor and parts) over 110lbs and a big box and charged $65 shipping.

[Dupontster]

I wonder if they have different prices for different areas? They ask you if it is going to a business or not too....I'm not doubting you but $18 is cheap to ship plastics....Good for you....:D

[pistonbone]

$37 total for front racecuts with a steering stem inside and rear plastics with front fender extensions inside them.
Thanks for the help.

[250R-Dee]

Cost me $70 to have a saran wrapped front and rear set of 250R plastics shipped to me on the other side of the world. Set was an extra $25.