Shipping concerns

secondaryfunction · Post by **secondaryfunction** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:19 pm

Hey there Dollforum. I just recently put up a 25-in. Fantasia ass toy up on the sales page. It occurred to me yesterday that it's gonna be a huge pain in the butt (hah) to ship, being 80 pounds and having a very awkward weight/heft. Just unwrapping it after I got it was a whole process. With that said, how would one go about conveniently (and affordably, if possible) packaging and shipping an 80 pound TPE butt within the US?

esquisseallure · Post by **esquisseallure** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:37 pm

Protect it well ( as one assumed you've found a suitable box) with bubble wrap or whatever kind of protection you can. Usps will not ship anything above like 25lbs so you for use the other big 3 (DHL, ups, FedEx). Shipping is gonna be pricy, last I even used shipping for a 160cm doll, it was nearly 200$ and that was 2 years ago. I imagine now it'd be more expensive now. Sadly with that weight you won't be able to go cheap route. I remember you can actually get a better fare if you make an account, so you may wanna try that.

Leatherman · Post by **Leatherman** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:59 pm

Hello secondaryfunction!

We use Pirate Ship, (pirateship.com).

It saves us an average of 40% to use them. Just open an account and follow the instructions!

secondaryfunction · Post by **secondaryfunction** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:43 am

esquisseallure wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:37 pm Protect it well ( as one assumed you've found a suitable box) with bubble wrap or whatever kind of protection you can. Usps will not ship anything above like 25lbs so you for use the other big 3 (DHL, ups, FedEx). Shipping is gonna be pricy, last I even used shipping for a 160cm doll, it was nearly 200$ and that was 2 years ago. I imagine now it'd be more expensive now. Sadly with that weight you won't be able to go cheap route. I remember you can actually get a better fare if you make an account, so you may wanna try that.

In this case do you mean a USPS account, or the Pirateship site that was just mentioned?

Leatherman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:59 pm Hello secondaryfunction!

We use Pirate Ship, (pirateship.com).

It saves us an average of 40% to use them. Just open an account and follow the instructions!

I estimated the ground cost going from Jersey to Texas being between $88 - $133. Not too shabby! I don't have a buyer yet ofc so I don't know where exactly I'm going. but assuming this is a reliable service, this will definitely save me a lot, thank you!

Leatherman · Post by **Leatherman** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:52 am

We have been using pirate ship for a year. For dolls we have been paying about $1 a pound from the east coast to the west coast

esquisseallure · Post by **esquisseallure** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:31 pm

secondaryfunction wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:43 am
esquisseallure wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:37 pm Protect it well ( as one assumed you've found a suitable box) with bubble wrap or whatever kind of protection you can. Usps will not ship anything above like 25lbs so you for use the other big 3 (DHL, ups, FedEx). Shipping is gonna be pricy, last I even used shipping for a 160cm doll, it was nearly 200$ and that was 2 years ago. I imagine now it'd be more expensive now. Sadly with that weight you won't be able to go cheap route. I remember you can actually get a better fare if you make an account, so you may wanna try that.
In this case do you mean a USPS account, or the Pirateship site that was just mentioned?

Leatherman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:59 pm Hello secondaryfunction!

We use Pirate Ship, (pirateship.com).

It saves us an average of 40% to use them. Just open an account and follow the instructions!

I estimated the ground cost going from Jersey to Texas being between $88 - $133. Not too shabby! I don't have a buyer yet ofc so I don't know where exactly I'm going. but assuming this is a reliable service, this will definitely save me a lot, thank you!

I can't remember which one I used but it was either ups or FedEx.

secondaryfunction wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:43 am
esquisseallure wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:37 pm Protect it well ( as one assumed you've found a suitable box) with bubble wrap or whatever kind of protection you can. Usps will not ship anything above like 25lbs so you for use the other big 3 (DHL, ups, FedEx). Shipping is gonna be pricy, last I even used shipping for a 160cm doll, it was nearly 200$ and that was 2 years ago. I imagine now it'd be more expensive now. Sadly with that weight you won't be able to go cheap route. I remember you can actually get a better fare if you make an account, so you may wanna try that.
In this case do you mean a USPS account, or the Pirateship site that was just mentioned?

Leatherman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:59 pm Hello secondaryfunction!

We use Pirate Ship, (pirateship.com).

It saves us an average of 40% to use them. Just open an account and follow the instructions!

I estimated the ground cost going from Jersey to Texas being between $88 - $133. Not too shabby! I don't have a buyer yet ofc so I don't know where exactly I'm going. but assuming this is a reliable service, this will definitely save me a lot, thank you!

I did a test yesterday with ups with a weight of 85 lbs and a box of 24 x 24 x 14 and cheapest option was ups ground for about 200$

Never heard of ninjaship m I'll have to check that out.