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Posted: **Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:49 am**

What is everyone's experience of the lest expensive way to ship a case? The estimates I'm getting are all over $100.

Posted: **Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:22 am**

Greyhound?

Posted: **Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:24 am**

bitbckt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:22 amGreyhound?

Greyhound no longer ships.

Any shipping option now is over $100. The cheapest I have sent a trombone at all (same size box, but lighter without a case) was $140 in the last year.

Posted: **Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:31 am**

If it's a non-wooden case, you can ship it inexpensively via UPS by simply securely attaching a durable shipping label to the case handle. It's worked twice for me. UPS drivers are happy that they have a handle to grab, and will treat it carefully. Wooden cases might need some protection, but it could also work.

Posted: **Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:50 am**

Burgerbob wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:24 am
bitbckt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:22 amGreyhound?
Greyhound no longer ships.

Ah, that's a shame. Shows how often I need something like this...

Posted: **Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:19 pm**

Posaunus wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:31 am If it's a non-wooden case, you can ship it inexpensively via UPS by simply securely attaching a durable shipping label to the case handle. It's worked twice for me. UPS drivers are happy that they have a handle to grab, and will treat it carefully. Wooden cases might need some protection, but it could also work.

Interesting. Do you know if it might get scuffed up this way? It's a Bonna case.

Posted: **Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:13 pm**

fsgazda wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:19 pm
Posaunus wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:31 am If it's a non-wooden case, you can ship it inexpensively via UPS by simply securely attaching a durable shipping label to the case handle. It's worked twice for me. UPS drivers are happy that they have a handle to grab, and will treat it carefully. Wooden cases might need some protection, but it could also work.
Interesting. Do you know if it might get scuffed up this way? It's a Bonna case.

Nylon / Cordura should be no problem. Greenbean sent me a Bam case that way - it arrived in pristine condition.

(No guarantees of course.)

I imagine a leather case could be at risk of being scuffed.

Posted: **Sat Aug 19, 2023 2:17 pm**

Thanks.

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