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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 02:27 PM
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Bought a hood from another member here. From Virginia Beach to Detroit, he was quoted $190 from a UPS store. We both know that's crap. What's the best way to go about it?

Sorry if this is the wrong forum.
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 02:43 PM
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It's about $120 to ship a hood if you package it yourself because it has to go freight. There's no real cheap way...
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 02:47 PM
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Yes they are very expensive to ship. $190 is a little high but it's not out of the question by any means. I mean look at the size of it and really think about it.
Like toofazt said it's freight, it won't be shipped like a normal package.
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 03:06 PM
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I think the most I've ever payed was a $100.
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 03:44 PM
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Dopefedz - what carrier did you use and what packaging?
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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Can anyone else chime in on this? I want this hood but not shipped for $190....
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 07:17 PM
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I work for UPS, and I know how the stuff can get handled, PACK IT GOOD!!!
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000LS1TA
I work for UPS, and I know how the stuff can get handled, PACK IT GOOD!!!
ha, thats good to know
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tell him to try fedex. to ship an exhaust i was quoted 140 by UPS. Fedex took it for 77.
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 08:27 PM
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i paid 77 to get a vfn hood shipped through RandL carriers
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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thanks for the replies guys. im the seller of the hood

i took it to a new ups store and they owner reccomended it to be frieghted for 190 bucks

obviously thats bs. within the next few days ill try fedex and randL carriers

keep the advice coming
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 09:48 PM
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try r and l for sure... when we were ordering in big stuff for our shop they always beat ups hands down
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 10:31 PM
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Just paid $120 for vfn to ship my hood on friday. And that's freight and only a 25lb hood.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:28 PM
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My USX WS9 was $105 shipped from Pennsylvania to Kansas City - two weeks ago...

It shipped FedX Freight.

Roger told me that they usually charge about $50 more for RESIDENTIAL addresses. (Ships on tractor/trailer... hard to get around in a residential area + no one to help driver unload it...). So mine went directly to the body shop...
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:33 PM
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true, if you can get it shipped from a business to a business its cheaper.....
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:40 PM
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Can definitely ship it to a business. I was planning to have it delivered to work, large construction site, we get semi deliveries all day long.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 10:03 PM
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Well I found some cities are much cheaper to ship out of than others. Like UPS has larger hubs in some places than others. Do some shopping around, also call fedex dont use the website, they will give you a discount code you can use on the web or at the local fedex location. Although if you find somewhere that handles alot of freight, you can get a better discount.
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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 08:13 AM
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175$ i paid from the east coast to the west coast.... so from south to north.. it should be like 120-150
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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 10:51 AM
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check with fedex but it is expensive. Mine was $120 to ship
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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 12:06 PM
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I don't know if dhl can ship it or not but when I sold some side skirts UPS quoted me 120 and I as able to ship it with dhl for 25. Serously, it was that much cheaper.
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