As promised, the results of my shipment of a large
heavy pallet:
The package was picked up on time by the shipping
company selected from freightquote.com's list of
shippers (I took the cheapest). That was Monday this
week.
Delivery occurred this morning (Wednesday), it was
supposed to take 3 business days so they somewhat beat
their estimate.
They did NOT call the receiving party prior to showing
up, but it turned out OK, and everything arrived in
one peice. This was a pallet load of 9 track tapes
and weighed in at 712 pounds.
-- Frank
--- Clayton Frank Helvey <msspcva_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> FWIW:
>
> I'm in the process of using freightquote.com's
> service
> to do this very thing. I signed up for my
> corporation
> but I don't normally ship a large amount of stuff; I
> have a bunch of older AS/400 gear I'm trying to sell
> off.
>
> I have a pallet of 650 pounds (U.S.), standard
> sized,
> quoted to ship from Roanoke to Illionis for $184
> with
> 3 day delivery. On Monday I'll find out if the
> shipping company (Central Transport International)
> will pick it up on time; on Thursday or Friday I'll
> find out if it got destroyed enroute (which is what
> insurance is for!).
>
> I'll post an after-action report once I find out how
> it went.
>
> -- Frank
>
> --- Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com> wrote:
> > Robert A. Feldman wrote:
> > > I need to ship a large, heavy crate (about 30" x
> > 12" x 72" and around
> > > 200-250 pounds) in the US. What company would
> you
> > recommend?
> > > Please answer off-list, directly to my email.
> >
> > Actually, please DO answer on-list. This
> > information is of general
> > interest to many of us.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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> P.O. Box 840
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P.O. Box 840
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