I detest shipping…..

[JackBootedThug]

Literally hate it. Me and my bro did a swap and I sent him two guitars. I packed the fuk out of them but damn… I hate the wait until I get confirmation that they are there and well… they are tejas bound Juggy!!! So glad I bought this book…..

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

Literally hate it. Me and my bro did a swap and I sent him two guitars. I packed the fuk out of them but damn… I hate the wait until I get confirmation that they are there and well… they are tejas bound Juggy!!! So glad I bought this book…..

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I don't mind shipping guitars as much as I do big speaker cabs and heads.

Another thing I hate is having people on Reverb bug me repeatedly to ship cabs I have plainly listed as local pickup only.

 

[70 Mach 1]

The art of the wait.
Anything of value i ever bought for some reason came from CA to NY.
That week of waiting is stress city.

My 02 LP i bought new out of SD Christmas week. Paid for overnight. Told the schmuck to wait until after new year to ship.

No he goes and ships it Christmas eve.
Got delayed 3 days in Memphis for a snow storm. Sat in an unheated warehouse so i was told by phone.

I finally get it 5 days after it left SD and fedex would not refund me the overnight

 

[tallcoolone]

I hear ya—only local deals for me now. Unfortunately you end up at the mercy of the market and here in the northeast it sucks right now. My gear account is flush but there is nothing to buy.

 

[longfxukxnhair]

Back in 07 I shipped my first guitar. Epiphone Zakk Buzzsaw. Shipped UPS with insurance. UPS destroyed the guitar and then refused to pay the insurance claim. I was out the money and the guitar. I have never shipped a guitar since and never used UPS since.
I was considering selling and shipping a ESP but I dont know that I can bring myself to take the chance

 

[Alpha Stryke]

Me too mang -

 

[japetus]

Me too mang -

I'll ship you some things

 

[Alpha Stryke]

I'll ship you some things

Where's my pork steak bish ?

 

[japetus]

Where's my pork steak bish ?

At Severs Market in East Alton, I get em cut 1.5 inches. Rub em down with my custom rub, smoke them on the weber for 2 hours. Candy paint em with my homemade bbq sauce and LIGHTLY wrap them for about 45 min. Take them out, one last sear and serve.

 

[Alpha Stryke]

At Severs Market in East Alton, I get em cut 1.5 inches. Rub em down with my custom rub, smoke them on the weber for 2 hours. Candy paint em with my homemade bbq sauce and LIGHTLY wrap them for about 45 min. Take them out, one last sear and serve.

Yeah thats the best low n slow. I used to cut 1.5" for folks. Cheap italian dressing is a great marinade by itself.

 

[Laputan Machine]

They charge insane amounts these days and break more and more shit. How come it costs $300 bucks to ship something that weighs 1000 lbs but $150 bucks to ship something that weighs 50 lbs? So annoying.

 

[romanianreaper]

When I was in my 20s in Hawaii, I shipped a LINE 6 FLEXTONE II and instead of bubble wrap I wrapped it with a big blanket. At the shipping place the guy was like "what the hell?" and completely shut me down. Looking back, I must have looked like a complete looney, lol.

 

[NeubyWanKaneuby]

I hear ya—only local deals for me now. Unfortunately you end up at the mercy of the market and here in the northeast it sucks right now. My gear account is flush but there is nothing to buy.

my market is the opposite. I have things I'd like to sell but no one's buying.

 

[Laputan Machine]

When I was in my 20s in Hawaii, I shipped a LINE 6 FLEXTONE II and instead of bubble wrap I wrapped it with a big blanket. At the shipping place the guy was like "what the hell?" and completely shut me down. Looking back, I must have looked like a complete looney, lol.

One time I bought a guitar from Ishibashi and they wrapped the thing in about a foot of bubble wrap on all sides, no box. Just a giantic ball of bubble wrap that was taped to hell and the shipping sticker slapped on it, from Japan to the USA. It was fine.

 

[kurtsstuff2003]

 

[JackBootedThug]

When I was in my 20s in Hawaii, I shipped a LINE 6 FLEXTONE II and instead of bubble wrap I wrapped it with a big blanket. At the shipping place the guy was like "what the hell?" and completely shut me down. Looking back, I must have looked like a complete looney, lol.

I bought an amp off a Canadian dude on hcaf… he wrapped it in nothing but bubble wrap. It looked like a giant bubble wrap football. It was completely unharmed…lol

 

[Tone Junkie]

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Dude that’s fucking hilarious. Truth right there

 

[kurtsstuff2003]

Worst and scariest package landing I've ever had was ..A wizard 4x12 cab shipped with only a thinly padded cabinet cover. He'd ran a line of tape around the top and bottom portion of the cab cover to keep it from sliding off I guess? Then taped the shipping label to the cover as well. I have no idea how the hell it didn't land all battered and bruised or land at all but, All was fine with it. Shipping gods were blessing me for that one.. lol!!

 

[JohnnyGtar]

Twice I've bought guitars that were in cases and then wrapped in plain brown paper. They arrived fine, but damn how lazy can they be? Sheesh.
When I used to sell via eBay, I packed the stuff I sold like a mofo. Never had a complaint from any of my buyers.

 

[BeZo]

There is that old adage:
Good, fast, and cheap - You only get to pick two.

You want it to arrive safely in a hurry, you have to pay out the ass for someone to fly it to you. It's not cheap.

You want it cheap and in one piece, you have to wait for the company to get it to you. That's never quick.

If you want it quick and cheap, that can shoot it out of a cannon to you and hope it lands safely. That's not good.

Really, for most gear, quality is the priority, which means that we either sacrifice speed or price. The sad part is, the more people that handle it or the longer it sits in warehouses and on trucks, the more likely it gets damaged. So, the cheap option is not usually the best option. Your best bet is to pay out the ass for expedited shipping, and who wants to do that?!

The worst part though is people that don't get that shipping is a service. You have to pay to receive that service, and it is separate from the cost of the item. Just because you paid to ship you Fender Squire from a remote tribe in Africa, does not mean that the guitar is now worth $800 when you go to sell it. I don't care what it cost for you to get the guitar, it's not suddenly worth more just because you got it from Africa. Why would I pay your shipping costs, when I did not have it shipped to me? You received the service, that's your cost.