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    Shipping practices

    Hey fellas, just thought I'd start a thread on shipping practices. What's your favorite? What's the best way to ship xxyz? How many pounds of xyz can you get in a large flat rate? Fed Ex, UPS, USPS? Anything shipping related.

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    Spee Dee Delivery - based in midwest - they serve Nebreaska, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illionois.
    We ship a pallet with a gaylord as low as $60.
    We can have up to 2000 lbs on a pallet and up to 8 feet tall.
    Our average weight we ship is 1200 pounds, taking our shipping down to 5 or 6 cents per pound.

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    Guess it depends on what and quantity you're shipping. I like the USPS flat rate boxes. BUT....... I recently got burned pretty good by them. Shipped a 50# ingot of lead to a member here. It failed to arrive, so now I'm out another 50# plus another postage.
    My fault for not ordering tracking AND insuring it for twice the value...
    "Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know WHY I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and all of those roads weren't paved"-Will Rogers

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    Try to find somone close to you rather than ship it across the US. Its easier to keep track of the items you send.
    We are always looking for new sellers.
    Daniel De La Torre
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    www.jmdrecycle.com
    dtorre@jmdrecycle.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by grouchyolddude View Post
    Guess it depends on what and quantity you're shipping. I like the USPS flat rate boxes. BUT....... I recently got burned pretty good by them. Shipped a 50# ingot of lead to a member here. It failed to arrive, so now I'm out another 50# plus another postage.
    My fault for not ordering tracking AND insuring it for twice the value...
    I wonder what kind of splash it made

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    Lead $50.. shipping $14.85.... insurance and traxking $2.45.. look on the post lady's face when she grabbed that little box... "priceless"



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    I wonder what kind of splash it made

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