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10-27-2020, 04:01 PM
BeachheadMatt
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Sataninjaku
Yes dude, I'm linking this thread to show what I'm talking about
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https://www.hisstank.com/forum/5219027-post1.html
About halfway down the post is a huge command center I built for a guy in Texas.
It was built to go into five or so boxes, as it's essentially the size of a small dresser. The largest box housing the main building was in the neighborhood of 5'×3'×3' and weighed somewhere around 45 lbs. (Its made of wood).
I don't remember the exact cost of that box specifically, but I do know that all of them together ran close to $700.
You may want to get an in person quote at the PO, it sounds as though yours should be much lower.
Also, UPS and FedEx are always much higher than USPS.
So, of course I'm aware that USPS is cheaper than the UPS & Fed Ex, and I tried their online shipping calculator prior to posting here. The online calculator told me my item was too big to ship.
After reading your message I figured I maybe did something wrong with the shipping calculator and decided to speak with someone at the actual post office.
So, they tell me that shipping large boxes "isn't really something we do" at the post office. I gave them the dimensions, and they told me that my box was too big to ship. "I hate to send you to UPS, because they'll eat you alive in fees, but I really don't see any other way"
Guess the buyer is SOL and it'll remain local p/u only.
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