greg928gts Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 Can anyone help me out there. I have a pair of La Scalas on ebay for sale right now, and someone asked me to figure shipping from me in Maine to him in Nebraska. I got a price of $1500!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've read many accounts of shipping costs over the last 6 months from people sending Khorns, La Scalas, and even MSSM's for $150 to $300. So why am I having so much trouble even finding a shipping company to take these, and why when I did finally find one place, is the cost so damn high? I've called at least 6 different trucking companies, only a couple will even move them, and they want astronomical rates. Am I asking for the wrong thing, or what? I can't imagine. Please help. Greg Roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 OMG! Dude, tell who ever gave you that $1500 price to shove it up thier hiney. Use Forward Air. I had a pair of Belles sent clear across the states ( North Carolia to Oregon) for something like $130.00ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted May 19, 2003 Author Share Posted May 19, 2003 Thanks Moon. I checke with them, and they will send them from Boston to Omaha for $130. That's a great price, I think. But I still need to figure out how to get them from Central Maine to Boston, about 2.5 hours of driving. I guess I could drive them down. We're way up here in the boonies you know! I can't believe there isn't one shipping company that can bring these from somewhere here in Maine to Nebraska. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 Well I am sure there is but as you have found out you will pay an arm and a leg. Quit possibley your first born too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digjr Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 Thanks Moon, You may have helped me as well. If you remember, I built the pair of "runt" Baby Belles and needed a price to send them from VT to NJ. UPS Store didn't even want to touch them. Another local company told me to figure on $500.00 with insurance. Ouch! Thanks, Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audible Nectar Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 m00n's right about this.....if the buyer and seller can get to a Forward Air terminal, they are the way to go. Trouble is, Forward Air only has terminals in major metro areas, so for some, it can be a hassle. I will still drive 2 1/2 hours to a FA terminal versus paying Yellow or other couriers 2 to 3 times the FA charge. And if you want door to door residential delivery?? Forgeddaboutit - that may cost as much as the speakers. Forward Air has made deals possible that would not have been financially feasible otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Hello Don, I saw your auction for the homebrew Belle's - nice work by the way. The closest FA terminal to VT is in Albany, NY I believe. I got lucky when I sold my Belle's the buyer was in Norwich, VT and drove to my place to pick them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepogue Posted May 21, 2003 Share Posted May 21, 2003 brrrrr....Maine!! lol i lived "downeast" for 5 years (in Machias ME) brrr..brrrrr.brrrrrrr....lol but if you do make it in to Boston make sure you have a cold one at the Sam Adam Brewery!!! FREE!!!!!! Pogue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted May 21, 2003 Author Share Posted May 21, 2003 Up He'ah, we sa'aay, If you can't stand the wintah's, you don't dese'ahv the summah's. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted May 21, 2003 Share Posted May 21, 2003 Greg, I've had good luck with Craters and Freighters shipping a couple of pair of La Scalas. They have a shipping calculator on their website, which has come out about $100 or more higher than the actual cost quoted by a live person on E-mail. For $25 they will pick up the speakers at your house, then pack on pallets and ship on a truck line. I would guess they could ship the distance you mentioned in the ball park of $500. Pickup, packing, insurance, shipping, delivery. Turn key. They know their stuff and do it professionally. Dee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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