OT: Shipping items across the country

[JakeTheDog]

Hey Yard,

Does anyone have experience shipping packages coast to coast? I have to send three to five 25-50 lb packages from Oregon to CT and want to do this as cheap as possible. Time is not an issue. Fed-Ex seems to be the cheapest based off some quick research but if anyone has any recommendations or tips or tricks, any help would be appreciated.

 

[huskiesouth]

Have used FedEx for years, including Freight. UPS is also dependable, totally a question of price between those two - USPS might be less expensive, but my experience is you get what you pay for, at least when it comes to using USPS.

 

[Zanzman]

Check greyhound always heard they were cheapest

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Check greyhound always heard they were cheapest

Just about to reply this. Pretty heavily used in the car community to ship bulky/heavy parts. Just make sure you package well and wouldn't do anything fragile.

 

[UConnDad]

Make sure you use strong boxes and packing tape and adequate padding.

 

[Austin316]

Ocean freight should do the trick.

 

[Fishy]

Do not use the USPS at this moment in time.

 

[HooperScooper]

Do not use the USPS at this moment in time.

That's what I heard and experienced. My sister-in-law sent us some Christmas presents first class mail on 12/14 from Florida to Massachusetts. We just got the package this past Wednesday. I've heard other stories like that.

 

[Kathy]

I sell on Ebay and gave had more issues with UPS of late than USPS, but neither real good right now.

 

[bendm]

That's what I heard and experienced. My sister-in-law sent us some Christmas presents first class mail on 12/14 from Florida to Massachusetts. We just got the package this past Wednesday. I've heard other stories like that.

my mom sent me a package via USPS 2 day express and i got it yesterday, 14 days later

 

[Dove]

My brother in law sent our Christmas gifts from CO. Paid USPS extra to have our items to us in 3 days. They stayed in his local PO for three days before moving out. A frozen cherry pie bit the dust.

 

[formerlurker]

If it's just a few boxes, use UPS freight or FedEx ground. If you throw them on a pallet the trucking companies will be twice as much. It's still going to be pricey. I bring in 30-40 containers from overseas every month. There is a container shortage worldwide and what usually costs me $2400-$2700 for a container is now close to $7000. There is also a long haul driver shortage in the US. All of this combined makes shipping anything stupidly expensive right now.