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Anyone well-versed in this and willing to save me a lot of Googling? I need to ship a bulky kitchen table from Virginia down to Florida. I would prefer to have someone come pick it up at my house and truck it down there. What's the best way to go about it?
 
Posts: 693 | Location: Virginia | Registered: June 12, 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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You'd look at the underside and see if the legs come off. If they do, you'd box / package them inside the underside of the table in a manner not to scratch/bang them up.

Then make a box for the table. Weigh the table. Then call FedEx, give them the box size and the dimensions.

I shipped the contents of an apartment across country, taking out some of it myself in a pickup as well. Most bulky items are made to come apart.
 
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This is not going to be helpful Smile

But man, if I could, I'd use that as an excuse to drive down to FL myself and get some of those lobsters someone was showing in that lobster thread a few weeks ago.




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I have used Uship.com with great success.


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I have used Uship.com with great success.


Thanks for this great advice! UPS quoted me $1300. I put it on uShip and a fella picked it up and delivered the next day for $300. Quite pleased.
 
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Good outcome. Uship offers a nice service.


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uShip

Wow, what a deal. The next time I'm roadtripping out to the southwest, I may be able to pick up expense money!
 
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Another happy uship customer here. I’ve used th service several times and have been very pleased.




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