I rarely ship a game. Last one was less than 2 years ago thru NAVL thru Michelle. $540 from Central PA to Washington state. Have a buyer for a Gottlieb EM "Gridiron" located in IL, I'm in PA. 507 miles. Quote thru them now is $520 plus an additional $236 to move into a basement. I'm not paying that, my buyer is but DAMN.

I'll instruct the 1st time pin owner how easy it is to break an EM down to smaller pieces to avoid the basement charge.

#2 2 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,402 108 1 1

Fastenal still charges me less than $300 to ship games across the country. NAVL/STI pricing is dumb

#3 2 years ago

TPD

tomdrum

Tom's Pinball

Port Matilda, PA

6y 167K 7,427 16 52

I do not want to pallet, wrap or do anything except hold the door open. My last 30 game sales were local pickup. This is a sentimental buyer gifting his Dad.

I'm just amazed the price increase.

#4 2 years ago

JEC

bluespin

Pinside+ Frequent

Johns Creek, GA

7y 141K 9,126

NAVL always adds an upcharge for going up/down steps. It's possible that when you shipped the last pin it was picked up and delivered on the first floor.

#5 2 years ago

LEV

CrazyLevi

Crazy Levi's Pinball

New York, NY

10y 148K 33,539

OP
Quoted from tomdrum:
I rarely ship a game. Last one was less than 2 years ago thru NAVL thru Michelle. $540 from Central PA to Washington state. Have a buyer for a Gottlieb EM "Gridiron" located in IL, I'm in PA. 507 miles. Quote thru them now is $520 plus an additional $236 to move into a basement. I'm not paying that, my buyer is but DAMN.
I'll instruct the 1st time pin owner how easy it is to break an EM down to smaller pieces to avoid the basement charge.

$540 to ship a game across the country isn’t much higher than it has been for many years.

Let’s hold off on shipping bubble threads for now!

#6 2 years ago

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ForceFlow

Pinside Moderator

9y 238K 31,358 268 14

Seems like a typical fee to me.

For someone who wouldn't have the tools or manpower to do stairs, $236 sounds like a bargain.

#7 2 years ago

TPD

tomdrum

Tom's Pinball

Port Matilda, PA

6y 167K 7,427 16 52

Quoted from CrazyLevi:
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$540 to ship a game across the country isn’t much higher than it has been for many years.

This is going 4 states away. 500 miles, walk out basement to the truck. Not my dime on shipping cost but it makes me realize shipping lower cost games will now will be cost prohibitable. Last game traveled over 2K more miles for the same cost.

#8 2 years ago

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pins4u

Pinside apprentice

Gaborone

3y 34,400 1,037

Try international (container) shipping price rises.

Two years ago a 20' to most destinations was around $3K - I was quoted last week $12K for the exact same route.

Madness!

#9 2 years ago

smokinhos

Pinside member

Saint Johns, FL

13y 70,550 905 6

I paid $350 to move a non-running full size pick up last year.. moving a pin for $550 sounds a little ridiculous. But.. whatever, everything seems a bit ridiculous recently.

#10 2 years ago

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FlippyD

Inactive member

7y 68,300 1,568

But really now, did shipping prices just throw spaghetti at a cow while dancing naked in the street? Not insane... yet.

-1

#11 2 years ago

ACS

solid_snake

Pinside+ Frequent

2y 77,550 277 2

I was charged $540 shipping for a Gnr LE last month from a distributor.

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