Shipping methods on boat hardware

[TimH]

Anyone have any recommendations on shipping about 150lbs of hardware from Nova Scotia to Whidbey Island? Cheap is all that matters. I dont care if it takes 2 months by snail back express.

Also what about safely paying for something that isn't on Ebay.

[Hwyl]

I'd look into shipping it to the closest point in Canada to you and picking it up there, as to your second question. I hope the forum comes through for you.

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

I get a lot of stuff coming the other way... US to Canada.

First choice: USPS or Canada Post. There will be weight limits per box, but it's the cheapest way.

Second choice: Fedex. Fairly cheap, and only a token brokerage fee of ten bucks to process it at customs.

LAST CHOICE: UPS...absolutely god awful people to deal with. Horrific brokerage fees at the border, terrible delivery policies to private homes, long wait for your package on top of that.

I have never been screwed by someone who I sent a money order to, but if you pay by PAYPAL, you are automatically insured for loss.

What Gareth says is the best way... wait for someone to pipe up;)

[TimH]

First choice: USPS or Canada Post. There will be weight limits per box, but it's the cheapest way.


Are there USPS drop-off points in NS ?

[donald branscom]

Anyone have any recommendations on shipping about 150lbs of hardware from Nova Scotia to Whidbey Island? Cheap is all that matters. I dont care if it takes 2 months by snail back express.

Also what about safely paying for something that isn't on Ebay.

You do not need shipping you need FREIGHT OR Drayage. Magic words.

[B_B]

I'd look into shipping it to the closest point in Canada to you and picking it up there...
If this is an option - Greyhound does courier service country wide. We've had good luck using them for larger, heavier items.
Nova Scotia drop off points (http://www.greyhound.ca/HOME/en/location/locations.aspx?state=ns&name=Nova%20Scotia)

What are your package weight and size restrictions?
The maximum weight per package is 100 pounds. EXCEPT for Ontario and East locations maximum seventy-five (75) lbs. The extreme measurements of length, width, and height shall not exceed 24" x 40" x 84".

[B_B]

Are there USPS drop-off points in NS ?
AFAIK, if they mail it Canada Post, USPS will deliver in the US.