Cheapest way to ship a board?

(joshugan) · (joshugan) **Join Date: Apr 2005** 05-11-2007, 9:51 AM

Hi, I'm curious what you've found to be the cheapest way to ship a wakeboard. USPS, UPS, or FedEx? Is there anything I'm supposed to say?

Thanks!
Josh

(dabell) · (dabell) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 05-11-2007, 10:00 AM

Pack the wakeboard in the box yourself....

From my understanding, they all are about the same. The other option is how fast you ship it. The faster you get it to it's destination the more $'s it will cost you.

(rmcronin) · (rmcronin) **Join Date: Aug 2002** 05-11-2007, 10:09 AM

UPS may try to hit you with a $10-$20 oversized fee putting your total cost at $30-$40-ouch. You can ship with USPS for $10-$15 depending on distance. Shop it to all three if convenient and post your experience.

(billspin) · (billspin) **Join Date: Aug 2004** 05-11-2007, 10:14 AM

I just shipped a wake surf board with Fed-Ex. Packaged it myself using cutdown and taped bicycle boxes to Texas from Colorado. It weighed almost 20 pounds with wrapping and cardboard and tape. It cost $20. UPS, Oversize, and just generally being PIA's wanted $115. For what I could never figure out but Fed-ex won this time.

(elantz) · (elantz) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 05-11-2007, 10:18 AM

FedEx everytime. Unless you have business services with UPS, they charge a fortune.

(eric_ms) · (eric_ms) **Join Date: Apr 2007** 05-11-2007, 12:40 PM

Just don't send it Fedex Home delivery. it takes like 2 weeks. IF they don't loss it, or miss ship it to Maryland in stead of Mississippi like they just did for me. You would be better off sending it standard mail for.

(entrustclothing)

ups ground, it's about $20-30 to ship a board depending on how far it's going

(jpshaff01) · (jpshaff01) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 05-11-2007, 3:02 PM

Send it media mail and tell them its a huge book, or maye a bunch of laser dics haha.

malibu73 05-11-2007, 3:13 PM

I shipped a board UPS for about 12 dollars. I Just used the packing form the last board I bought off line. I was surprised.

(fuller313) · (fuller313) **Join Date: Oct 2006** 05-11-2007, 3:32 PM

I just shipped two different wake surf boards through usps. One was the landlock(5'11) it cost $21 and the other was the broadcast(4'9)$17. And they were shipped priority. I did package them myself.

(kingskrew) · (kingskrew) **Join Date: May 2004** 05-11-2007, 3:34 PM

Call your local board shop and see if they'll ship it for you. It costs much less this way!

-Steve

sealyon.net 05-11-2007, 3:41 PM

UPS charged me $68. to ship a board from TN to Washington. I pitched a fit jumped up and down and even had a office personel come to our shop.Bottom line because it was over a certain length they said it qualified as 70 pounds.

I would go fedX, DHL or u.s. mail.

(Message edited by kerby on May 11, 2007)

(Message edited by kerby on May 11, 2007)

(wondermike) · (wondermike) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 05-11-2007, 5:37 PM

I got rocked when i shipped a board via UPS. Packed it my self, from WI to FL cost me 50 bones.

(jusstty) · (jusstty) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 05-11-2007, 6:36 PM

UPS has always been good and quick for me.

(bremsen) · (bremsen) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 05-12-2007, 6:26 AM

Try Greyhound, they used to take lrg pkgs for very reasonable $$. I received a board this way many years ago. The only catch is the receiver has to pick it up at the station.

(howakeboartder)

Well I would have save a bundle going any of these routes.

I paid $90 to get my board from WA to SC on a plane. The classified it under Surf equipment. Then after all that they told me it wasn't insured.

(woreout) · (woreout) **Join Date: Aug 2006** 05-12-2007, 8:27 AM

A Big a$$ pigeon.

(cwaker4) · (cwaker4) **Join Date: Nov 2005** 05-15-2007, 12:29 AM

i wrapped a board in cardboard and shipped it coast to coast USPS for 13 bucks. UPS wanted 38 bucks to ship the same board to the same place.

(borka) · (borka) **Join Date: Jul 2006** 05-15-2007, 12:45 AM

Guys, what about cheapest int shipped? Does anybody know some easy ways?