Guitar Gear Forum

Shipping cost these days.. good Lord ! Just sent a standard guitar box 52x20x9" very light , just had some things I needed to send to _ej_ only 12 lbs. no $ insurance . From CA to PA $94 . UPS was even more . Shit is through the roof these days ffs

is this b/c of corona?
how much would it been before?

yes several added on fees and BS rules because of that + fuel and rising costs of BS . That would have been closer to 40- 60 bucks a few years ago .

long standing member wrote:is this b/c of corona?
how much would it been before?

For years I was able to ship guitars for under $50. About three years or so ago it started climbing a bit. I think the last one I shipped bit me for around $80, and that was a couple years back.

yeah... there's a lotta greedy sons of bitches out there. the real question is, how come costs are going up exponentially when there's always an excuse to keep my paycheck the same?

newholland wrote:yeah... there's a lotta greedy sons of bitches out there. the real question is, how come costs are going up exponentially when there's always an excuse to keep my paycheck the same?

Because the millionaires that our work feeds need to continue to earn more or it'll hurt their feelings.

nightflameauto wrote:

long standing member wrote:is this b/c of corona?
how much would it been before?

For years I was able to ship guitars for under $50. About three years or so ago it started climbing a bit. I think the last one I shipped bit me for around $80, and that was a couple years back.

I shipped a Charvel CS to psychodave a while back and I did the whole 'have FedEx pack and ship' it thing so it'd be fully insured. Shit was close to $200. Dude is a cool guy and kicked me back some $ for it, but that ended shipping guitars for me.

I have an Ibby up FS right now on FB in a few different groups and had a bunch of bites but they all want me to ship. Not gonna do it, guess I'm gonna have to chuck some EMGs in that thing or whatever...

You need to setup a shipper profile account with FedEx, I just shipped a Les Paul to L.A. in a hardshell case, double boxed and fully insured for $73 last week.
And if you have a credit card tied to the account, they only charge you after they deliver it.

I do have an account . It varies so probably sending back from the same location might be cheaper , or more who knows . You got a decent deal though so there is still hope .