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December 10, 2018, 06:44 PM | #1 |
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shipping of wood stock blanks
What's the least expensive way to ship a stock blank?
UPS or USPS?
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December 11, 2018, 08:29 AM | #2 |
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Both sites have ways to calculate the shipping if you know your box dimensions and weight.
This being the Christmas rush, you might want to wait - if possible - a few weeks until the insanity dies down. A lot will depend on how you ship it via USPS as well.
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December 11, 2018, 02:51 PM | #3 |
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I tend to use Fedex Ground.
It was cheaper than parcel post recently sending a muzzle loader from coast to coast. I don't bother with UPS too much anymore unless I really need to. Once sent an item that was damaged by Fedex, and they were very fair about paying the claim. Plus they reimbursed the shipping charges. I sent the whole check to the buyer and he was happy. I highly doubt that I would ever have gotten that treatment from UPS. Ironically it involved a wood target grip that got cracked on an expensive cased air pistol. Last edited by arcticap; December 11, 2018 at 03:02 PM. |
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Right now, I'm gessing USPS
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Lately, I have been getting a allot of material by USPS and many choose to use the flat rate box. I really do not know how big they come but did get a 28" barrel, half stock in one. If I were shipping something out, I'd first check the USPS. .. Be Safe !!!
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December 11, 2018, 10:04 PM | #5 |
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Well, I couldn't get an address other than PO Box so it went via USPS. It took about an hour to cut up cardboard to fit the stock blank. 72" long.
I figured that if I went to UPS, the gas would make it the same price as USPS.
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December 12, 2018, 08:41 PM | #6 |
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45 - I have sold some on fleabay in years past and I just sent them by U'sPS.
seemed like running to the UPS pick up in our small town to get price, etc. saved very little and took my time that I could have used for better things. Your question did bring a smile to my face. Many many years ago - like very early 1960s, Dixie Gun Works sole a straight grain hard able full stock bland for $6.00 ea. One time they evidently had an overstock on them as they put them on sale for 3 full stock blanks for $5.00. I ordered three while they were on such a "big sale". I remember well when they came in tour local PO. 2 of the blankets (cough cut) were banded together with steel bands and the third one wass by itself. The mailing labels were stapled on to the butt portion. I got some really strange looks from the clerk when I picked them up! I still have one left that I'm going to use for a chunk gun build. I laugh now at the price of them. A good deal at $2 each - now that would just about buy a cup of coffee! LOL
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December 12, 2018, 11:17 PM | #7 |
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bedbugbilly - the first thing the Post Office lady said, "You can't mail that; unless you have a license." Mine was covered in cardboard - all 6 feet of it. "Why? It's just wood." Another customer who knew something told her, "It's a stock blank." She accepted it and besides, we both know that the USPS x-rays everything anyway and they'll see it's just wood.
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December 16, 2018, 12:14 AM | #9 |
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The USPS has been xraying packages for years now. They also photograph every piece of mail. Makes the FBI happy.
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December 22, 2018, 01:10 PM | #11 |
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No. I doubt if Post Office employees can tell the difference. It may even be viewed by a human (I'll have to ask) but xrayed to make the Fan Belt Inspectors happy. Let me ask around.
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