William, $4200 sounds like “Expedited” Shipping and that usually means a Hot Shot driver with single pickup truck and trailer driving door to door for just your items. LTL should never be $4200 unless we are in dire conditions.
I hope your items arrive in excellent condition!! Maverick Maverick Brown Off-Grid Solar Commander since 2006 Maverick Solar Enterprises, Inc. • Solar Commander Remote Power • SunFlow Systems Cathodic Protection maver...@mavericksolar.com 512-460-9825 > On Oct 10, 2022, at 2:06 PM, William Miller via RE-wrenches > <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > > Friends: > > I am sure all of you are aware of the skyrocketing costs for shipping. I get > it that fuel prices are up and I want truckers to all earn a fair wage. > However I can help but feel there might be some gouging. For instance, a > $900 order for rail was quoted at $4,200 for shipping from Oregon to the > central coast of California. > > Fortunately the vendor allowed me to arrange my own shipping. I used a > website called Shiply and got a quote for just over $600 for the same order. > The company I engaged, Globaltranz has been great in communicating concisely > and promptly with me and the vendor. > > I think the beauty of using a broker is you can connect with shippers that > might be travelling the desired route already and can fit your order into an > LTL rig already on the road. > > The order is not here yet but it is on the way and it appears the transit is > on time. > > I hope this helps some of you in procuring the parts you need in a timely and > cost efficient manner. > > William > > Miller Solar > 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 > 805-438-5600 > www.millersolar.com <http://www.millersolar.com/> > CA Lic. 773985 > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > <http://re-wrenches.org/> > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org> > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > <https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/> > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org> > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm> > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/>
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