[RE-wrenches] Shipping costs

[Maverick Brown]

William,

$4200 sounds like “Expedited” Shipping and that usually means a Hot Shot driver with single pickup truck and trailer driving door to door for just your items.  LTL should never be $4200 unless we are in dire conditions.

I hope your items arrive in excellent condition!!

Maverick


Maverick Brown
Off-Grid Solar Commander since 2006
Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc.
 • Solar Commander Remote Power
 • SunFlow Systems Cathodic Protection 
maverick at mavericksolar.com
512-460-9825

> On Oct 10, 2022, at 2:06 PM, William Miller via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> 
> Friends:
>  
> I am sure all of you are aware of the skyrocketing costs for shipping.  I get it that fuel prices are up and I want truckers to all earn a fair wage.  However I can help but feel there might be some gouging.  For instance, a $900 order for rail was quoted at $4,200 for shipping from Oregon to the central coast of California.  
>  
> Fortunately the vendor allowed me to arrange my own shipping.  I used a website called Shiply and got a quote for just over $600 for the same order.  The company I engaged, Globaltranz has been great in communicating concisely and promptly with me and the vendor.
>  
> I think the beauty of using a broker is you can connect with shippers that might be travelling the desired route already and can fit your order into an LTL rig already on the road.
>  
> The order is not here yet but it is on the way and it appears the transit is on time.
>  
> I hope this helps some of you in procuring the parts you need in a timely and cost efficient manner.
>  
> William
>  
> Miller Solar
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