I have always thought it would be a nice feature for pinside to have a map function where you can place "looking for transport" or "transport offered".

For example I take a trip out to CO twice each year and often have room to transport a game or 2 each way.

I also often buy games and then have a set timeframe to pick them up and could use this feature. i.e. "transport wanted: pickup in Minneapolis: deliver to Madison. and then someone driving could opt to make a couple hundo...

Best wishes !

LTG : )

good luck!

Good to know there are others that remember the Buffalo Shipping fiasco. Correct me if I'm wrong, his truck broke down on the road and ended up at a towing company that wouldn't release the cargo? Were all the games eventually recovered?

I need one picked up in Mesa Arizona next week and can pay cash for delivery. Ed

Awesome stuff here, i will definitely use this..

I do commercial vinyl decal printing in the West suburbs of Chicago and would be happy to print you advertising/business decals for your delivery vehicles FREE OF CHARGE. I think this is a great idea (and a service I would use) and would like to help get you rolling! I've been helped by so many members here and have met some great people on Pinside and I'd like to pay it forward with my services. PM me when convenient and let me know what you need.

I'd use you. Lexington KY

Throw Kansas in there. We have some nice BBQ here as well

Your a good man Jaybird, thanks for taking this on. Wish you all the best and I will use you next time for the KC area. Btw...Michelle sends her best regards.

You could make a quick one page website with where you currently are. There are also lots of cool apps out there to pre-install on your site to track you to approximate location. May be really handy for folks to schedule their shipments.

Congrats and good luck in this endeavor!!

Who here is old enough to remember Jack Rabbit Shipping?

If you could get a "meet me" point with Ray at Games on the Go, you could extend your reach to where he travels... believe he is HQ'ed in Jersey and goes at least to Ohio.

-Rob
-visit http://www.kahr.us to get my daughterboard that helps fix WPC pinball resets or for my Pinball 2000 H+V video sync combiner kit

Any idea when you might head to the Saginaw, Michigan area?

Good luck, my man! I hope it works out for you.

Can you get a website that lists up to date logistic info? That would help in planning.

Jaybird,

When you are driving down the road and making pick-ups & deliveries, is your face gonna be painted like on your Pinside avatar?

I mean like, don't you think some of the dogs living at the various homes you stop at are gonna go off on you?

Bet you get some strange looks from passing motorists too.

Best of luck, and be safe!

I'm assuming you'll need a decent load to make a trip though, huh? Don't see how you could work for $250, seems a tad low to me but maybe not.

Good thing we're all crazy perfectionists

my freight account starts at $135 for one pin or vid (packed and palleted) for up to 3 states away and they are still in business.
gas is lower these days and newer trucks get better mileage now. if he is picking up pins in a route fashion, he will be fine. it can work.

Maybe you could deliver fried chicken with each pin too?

You'll want to make sure the machines are properly secured during transport, so they don't fly out when going around corners.
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Watch out while driving for people playing Pokeman Go that won't know where they are at.
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Oh god, where's the unsafe tag... that poor thing.

This would be great, I would use your service for sure. I can't get away from work long enough to get the long distance pins and this would solve that problem on the buy and sell side. The pin market would really open up for a lot of us(especially Illinois to Minnesota) and I'd feel more comfortable doing transactions when someone who was passionate about the hobby was picking up delivering my game. Don't get me wrong I've had okay experiences at the big companies, but the pins go through so many hands and they just don't understand how important these things are to us.

Well folks, Jason answered all of my questions to my satisfaction. We've struck a deal on him transporting a pin that I was going to roadtrip for. I can't seem to get off of work long enough to pull it off. I'm sure this will work out well for all involved.

Just got 2 games from Jay.

EXCELLENT transport, great price, great communication, games were both wrapped super well!

I will use JayBird again for sure!

I will use this service.
Thanks Jaybird!

Really cool service! It would be awesome to be able to see visually on a map where you will be going on any given weekend with a a route and estimated time. You wouldnt even need a website you could just draw lines and type in the times and post it as a pdf or something.

For me I wouldnt mind dropping something off/picking something up from you if I could catch you at an existing stop close to me. Might make it easier to do more volume. Even if you were to make stops downtown in major cities along the way people could pick up or drop off for transport.

I would join an arcade forum and offer up the services there as well.

Ill keep you in mind next time I need something transferred!

I would possibly be willing to use your service when someone is interested in buying a game from me. I'm East of Cincinnati. I'm bookmarking the thread...

Any chance that the DC area is within your range?

How about a twitter account to post your updates/schedule/needs? Super easy.

Jaybird.......T2 arcade to Michigan? Is that a possibility?

Please have Quality Control Dept and Logistics Dept double-check your orders and your delivery/travel plans over the next few months.

We don't want any of this sort of stuff happening:
OK, so you want your new Pabst Can Crusher machine delivered to the Budweiser Brewery in St. Louis, and a 4-egg ham and cheese omelette, then deliver R2D2 to Chicago Bears Training Camp to help with coaching. Got it.

I am in Fort Smith Arkansas which is west central arkansas right on oklahoma border. I am interested in using your services as well. I have used STI for years and am always looking for an alternative.