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Title: Shipping a cab, any advice?
Post by: Adam.M on June 10, 2009, 08:17:47 PM

Okay guys, I need to ship a 2x12, I figure i'll just wrap it in bubble wrap and brown paper leaving the handle exposed to help the poor soul carrying it.

Any advice on who to use? or how much it'll cost? I don't trust the parcel force website itself, it gives me odd quotes that are either far less or far more at the post office!

Title: Re: Shipping a cab, any advice?
Post by: ailean on June 10, 2009, 09:33:27 PM

I'd get some cardboard around it, appart from anything else I doubt a carrier will take it if it's not in a box. Only a guess though.

Title: Re: Shipping a cab, any advice?
Post by: Will on June 10, 2009, 09:50:40 PM

Parcelbroker.co.uk

I use the DHL option within that, and I have wrapped amps in bubblewrap

Title: Re: Shipping a cab, any advice?
Post by: Oli on June 11, 2009, 12:28:24 AM

I wrapped a 2x12 up in some bubblewrap, then got some banana boxes from the supermarket, and used them to cover it all- nice strong corners, protects it really well :)

Title: Re: Shipping a cab, any advice?
Post by: hamfist on June 11, 2009, 07:08:22 AM

+1 to parcelbroker.

And +1 to putting some layer of cardboard over the bubblewrap.

Title: Re: Shipping a cab, any advice?
Post by: indysmith on June 11, 2009, 11:32:17 PM

I say you wrap it as well as humanly possible... like 20 layers of bubblewrap, 2 of cardboard, and then stuff it with money! (£50 notes are best)

Title: Re: Shipping a cab, any advice?
Post by: HTH AMPS on June 11, 2009, 11:36:25 PM

You can get away with 5 layers of bubblewrap, then two or three layers of cardboard.  However, having BR/CB/BR/CB is better.  I've shipped all over the world using that method and no problems so far.