Re: Shipping wheels???? UPS questions!

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

I ship UPS from Northern Michigan to all over the country, including CA, on
a daily basis.  If you put two wheels in a box with a little padding and
ended up with about 50 pounds weight, that package would cost you under $30
CA-WI, using UPS ground service.  Individually in a box would be a buck or
so a wheel more expensive.  If you don't have the wheels in a box, UPS has
some strange fees, just like they charge a bunch more if you use a wood
crate or a tin container rather than a cardboard box, and the costs may be
higher, regardless of the weight.   Speedier service (overnight or two-day
delivery, etc.) and additional insurance other than the $100 per package
UPS usually provides also can run the rates way up.  The charges will be
higher if  using one of those third-party shippers (Mail Boxes, Etc., etc.)
feeding UPS.  Your cheapest UPS would be to take boxed wheels (two together
or individually boxed) to a UPS office and select ground service with no
added insurances.  A residential delivery point costs a dollar more a box
than a business address.



At 10:29 PM 6/24/99 -0400, Elliott Potter wrote:
>OK, but still...shipping 7kg UPS Ground from CA to GA only cost about
>$17, so shipping some fairly light wheels clear across the country would
>cost less than $80.  I think the original poster was in WI, which is
>somewhat closer to CA than GA, so even if the wheels weight a bit more
>they shouldn't cost $50 each to ship.
>
>Just my $.02
>
>--
>Elliott
>
>Michael Williams wrote:
>> 
>> Elliott Potter decided to speak these words:
>> 
>> >He's trying to rip you off!  Be careful.
>> >Go to http://www.ups.com ,and click on Quick Calculator.  If the wheels
>> >weigh 7kg (I think that's maybe a bit heavy, but don't know) it should
>> >cost less than $20 (each) for UPS ground.
>> 
>> Wrong.  The sport wheels weigh about 10kg and that would be a bit more to
>> ship them.  When i shipped my sport wheels out, i didnt go to the UPS hub
>> and it ended up costing me 150+ to ship them....
>> 
>> later...
>> 
>> Michael Sheridan Williams
>> San Francisco, CA
>> ICQ# 11740998
>> 1983 UrQuattro, MC--1.8 BAR, borla, 16x7.5 OZ Mito's w/ SP8000's, K&N
>> 1985 4000S Quattro, Koni Yellows/Coilover (2B), strut brace, Sport 8000
>> Tires, K&N
>> http://members.aol.com/daserde2
>
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>Elliott
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