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Large items professionally packaged and shipped fully insured by: The crating & shipping fee will be based on size, weight & destination, please contact me or Craters & Freighters for a quote. You may pay the crating & shipping fees COD to Craters & Freighters PLEASE NOTE, many of my items (and most all paper & small things) have a fixed amount posted on the page where the item is posted. Be sure and look for this before doing your own calculations. When inquiring on packing/shipping cost, please provide me with your country, city and postal code. How I pack most items for safe transit: First, if I'm shipping a radio or any item with a chassis, make sure the insides are properly secured, I never ship with loose or missing screws or bolts, then............... Appropriate first box: I find an appropriate sized box for the radio to fit loosely in, then float the set face down in this box with crumpled news print or some kind of soft packing material such as bubble wrap, that will absorb shock when the set is dropped or tossed (and believe me it will be during shipping). I maintain at least an area of 1 1/2 - 2 inches of packing on all sides. mark the box so you know where to face of the radio is. IMPORTANT! when using newsprint, take single sheets and crumple loosely, using multiple sheets will be too hard and will not be very shock absorbent, likewise, when using bubble wrap, wrap loosely, not tight. Second box: Now I find another box and float the first box (face down) inside with a minimum of 2" of loose packing material on all sides such as Styrofoam peanuts or crumpled news print. News print crumpled to the tennis ball size is great packing material as it absorbs impact real well as long as you use single sheets. Do not use bubble wrap here, as this seems a good way to pack but it transfers the force of an impact to the internal box. The idea is to have plenty of give so an impact will be absorbed by the packing material. Note: If the set is large or heavy, I usually use a double walled heavy duty box for the outer box. I will often use glue to make sure the flaps are secure and double tape the corners so that an impact will not burst the box. The idea of the outer box is to protect the inner box from damage, if the radio is packed properly in the inner box, it could be shipped in that box alone, that is if it were not dropped or thrown. If you pack the radio as recommended, the outer box can be severely damaged and the radio will survive. The point of all this is simple: I spend a considerable amount of money for the material I use, little of it is free (with the exception of an occasional cardboard box) plus the expense of the UPS fees over and above the documented shipping cost (they charge to come and pick this stuff up) and if you go to their place you pay additional to use their counter service or their authorized shipping locations. I don't try and recover the time I spend packing things (I will often spend an entire morning packing a particular item just right), but I do quote a small amount over the actual shipping cost in an attempt to recover the cost and expense of the materials used and the additional charges imposed by UPS for pick up. It is not possible to break down the cost of each item, so I base it on the size, weight and type of item. It's hard to be right on the money because it has to be calculated before packing, the boxes and material adds about 4 lb. to the average small item and up to 20 pounds or more on large heavy items. Sometimes it cost me more than the quoted price. The following is a guide of what I charge over the actual postage or shipping rate:
Packing/Handling Fees
(plus UPS, FedEx or postage cost to these fees)
PLEASE NOTE, many of my items (and most all paper items & small things) have a fixed amount posted on the page where the item is posted. Be sure and look for this before doing your own calculations. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: for customs declaration, due to potential and experienced problems, I must declare the actual purchased value. Please do not ask me to send as a "gift" or declare a value lower than the purchase price. I include a copy of the invoice with all shipped items. * Most console items are too large to ship FedEx or UPS and will be packaged and shipped by a professional packaging company. Since all console items require special or large cartons, these always involve a large amount of time and energy for me to locate the right size container and I will charge a fair fee to pack these items if they are within the UPS prescribed size limits. If the item is packaged and shipped by the professional packing company you will pay only what they charge. I hope the above answers any questions you may have about my "packing/shipping" fees. When inquiring on packing/shipping cost, please provide me with your country, city and postal code.
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