Shipping cue

Sooner32 said:
Aside from packing, I believe which company may be better depends on where you live and who works at your company locally. For me, I would rather not be shipped a thing than to see UPS is bringing it here. They are absolutely awful, they lie on their tracker, they refuse to come here many days. I do live in the country and do not have any neighbors but Amazon, USPS and Fedex somehow manage to get here.

I just bought a cue from Billiard Bill's website. He shipped to me by UPS. The cue went from Fort Myers to OKC in about 36 hours, then it sat 40 miles from my house for 5 days. Was "out for delivery" 3 of those days. The first of the three days it said dangerous weather created a delay. We had a half inch of rain that day. The next two days it said delivery attempted. Both the wife and I work from the house, nobody came here. I did finally get the cue in a beat up box. Thankfully it was well packed.

Last year I bought a knife from Knifeworks in Louisiana. The knife was shipped UPS, made it to OKC in 24 hours....then it took 17 days to get the knife from OKC to my house. In those 17 days the number of absolutely ridiculously made up comments typed into their tracker ruined UPS for me for life. When I tried to contact them and tell them to hold the knife wherever the hell it was and I would go get it, I was told I had to pay for that service. So I needed to pay in order to get the item they had already been paid to deliver. Great folks.
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That sounds like USPS, not UPS.
 
j2pac said:
I just shipped 3 shafts to Bob DZ, via UPS w/ a few hundred dollars insurance. I weighed the package myself, and printed my own label via PayPal...The cost was under $20.00.
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That sounds like a decent price considering you got insurance to boot!

I just bought three quarts of Japan Driers. Shipping from Houston to Chapel Hill was $31.00.

Considering it was close to ten pounds and its flammable I thought that was reasonable also.
 
Lot of good advice here. I agree with a cardboard tube inside a FedEx or USPS triangle, both of which they'll give you for free. FedEx and UPS both sell the tubes for like 3 bucks a pop. The best and sturdiest triangles I've come across were the UPS ones, but they don't sell them at any of the UPS stores near me and they cost actual money, which the FedEx and USPS ones don't. I pack bubble wrap into the top and bottom of the tube, and then stuff newspaper into the sides of the triangle so there's no side to side wiggle for the tube. It's true the absolute sturdiest would be to go get some PVC cut, but that is certainly more work.

I use Pirate Ship, UPS only. I'll never use USPS again, and FedEx is much more expensive.

And I'll echo the above - if anything seems off, just walk. It's not worth the sale and someone else will buy your cue.
 
dendweller said:
Seybert's definitely has the best packaging. I wish I knew where you could buy those tubes.
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Yeah, the Seyberts tubes are the best, those things are thick and heavy!! I save every one I get for possible future sales and they're fantastic. My preference is to put a cue in one of those and then into a square or triangle box. Doesn't roll, super strong inside. I've done the PVC thing too for expensive cues and that is another great option.
 
I recommend Pirate Ship for the best rates. Never use a round tube! You're asking for trouble.

Beware of selling via PayPal and think you have protection. You don't!

The reality today is domestic and international shipping is sketchy today, thanks to the excessive fuel prices. USPS Priority Mail used to be a reliable way to ship anywhere fast, maybe three days max across the country. Alas, no more. Priority Mail means nothing anymore. Packages regularly get delayed by anywhere from five days to weeks! Insurance won't help much either.

Get paid quick with Zelle or Venmo and cut out the middle man.
 
yes pay pal protects the buyer and gives him all the power in the sale.
use pay pal with a credit card if buying. never selling. anything of real value you care if you get paid.
 
I bubble wrap the cue individually, then place inside a cardboard poster tube with extra bubble wrap to make sure it doesn’t move around. Then, place inside one of those long UPS triangle boxes or a rectangle box and pack again with packing peanuts or more bubble wrap to reduce movement. I would ship UPS or Fedex and get it insured.

A poster tube alone is not enough. Piercings happen, if the cue is valuable it needs to be put in a tube and then put in a box.
 
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