deyainrdy4ds

hey, i need to ship out a full front bumper that i recently sold, but the place in my town that ships out via UPS,FedEx, and DHL said the package is too big so they cant do it...They said to try a company like Roadway or somtin but they gave me an estimate of $271 which is too much....i see ppl on ebay putting shipping costs of bumpers for like $100-150 so there has to be another cheaper and effective way of shippin it....anyone know??

thanks

Whodat

Hersh, my new bumper from Creative Auto came UPS but they used a road freight company (subcontracting I guess). The box it came in was obviously wider than the car itself, about 3 feet high and 18 inches deep. I ALMOST kept that box too! Unfortunately, I didn't.

Oh yeah, shipping was $190. I thought it was highway robbery but what can you say with the price of gas these days? Will UPS ship if you box appropriately?

deyainrdy4ds

wassup man....i tried UPS..max dimensions they could do is a total of 116 inches.....mine is 120" (72x24x24) n 25 lb estimated...n they want $181......i think i cud do DHL for cheaper or greyhound like sum1 else suggested but dono if i cud get that insured......n i think all freight methods want wayyy too much....i tried ROADWAY n they quoted $271...

o ya..i went ta that "meet" the otha day btw....it wasnt much of a meet tho....it was like 5 cars lol.....but ther was at least one hot CLK...black one wit the newer AMG w209 style bumper and lorinser fenders wit a nice lil twist

Arabian Knights

try myyellow.com.

SUNILP

I have also heard you can ship with greyhound bus services but the customer will have to go to their nearest depot to pick it up.

x15jq

You can ship it ups, just enter the dimensions yourself on ups.com and it will be much cheaper, print the label and drop it off to the ups store.

da_guitarist

Yea you can fudge a little and get away with it. Just make it measure up right to the max dimensions they allow. If you schedule a pickup, they just throw it in the truck. the drivers dont care as long as it isn't too heavy for them to lift.

deyainrdy4ds

thanks anthony n da guitarist....thas basically wut the buyer recommended...he said ta do the same thing except wit fedex...jus arrange for the pickup and theyll usually jus take it...opposed to if u actually take it to the fedex or UPS store where they actually measure it etc...

Whodat

Sorry about the 'meet' bro. It sounded like it would be bigger. Oh well. ya gotta go to find out. You'll know for next time I s'ppose. Didn't take too much time out of your day I hope. How long of a ride was it for you? Wheren J are you neway (you got me typin in 'Hersh' mode now...LOL)?

deyainrdy4ds

lol its kool man..thanks for lettin me kno....it was still worth the like 35-40 min drive since i got a good idea from "rubberninja" for somethin ima do on my fenders ....im in bayonne, nj....jersey city/hoboken/newark area..

Whodat

Bayonne. OK, kewl. I may be up that way be4 the month is out. Cuzzin is in Newark/South Orange area. Vailburg section. I may holla atcha if I come.

deyainrdy4ds

ya no doubt ..jus hit me up....but hopefully my car will be in the shop at that time...guna drop it off for the bumpers,fenders,mirrors on prob the 14 or 15th....ima try rushin the ***** ta do it in a week but he usually takes forever so we'll c