What's the cheapest way to ship a big monitor?

[TitanDiddly]

I'm crating it up, the box will be 24x24x24", and weigh around 75-80lbs. UPS says around $65. Fedex says $45. That's pretty bad for a $100 monitor. I was thinking around $25-30 range, since it's no rush. It can take a month to arrive, that's fine. I wonder if a monitor counts for media mail. It's going from 01569 to 75601. As long as it's there around August 27th.

 

[imported_Pablo]

That's actually not too bad considering the weight.

 

[dabuddha]

Have you checked with USPS?

 

[Kanalua]

USPS wont send it...weighs too much (only 70lbs)

 

[SethK28]

Greyhound, seriously.....if there is a terminal in both locations and the party you are shipping it to does not mind picking it up. It is by far the cheapest, I used to ship huge R/C airplanes that way.



http://www.shipgreyhound.com/

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: SethK28
Greyhound, seriously.....if there is a terminal in both locations and the party you are shipping it to does not mind picking it up. It is by far the cheapest, I used to ship huge R/C airplanes that way.

When I looked at greyhound last year to ship a bunch of bulky and heavy stuff across country, it was more expensive then fedex which I ended up using.

What if you sold the monitor in the current location and bought a new one at the new location? that probably won't cost much more then shipping it, and you get a brand new monitor.