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Sending skis

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bbjoy
Posts: 69 - Karma: 10
didnt know where to put this thread but how do you all send skis when you ship them out.....where do you get the boxes to put them in?
May 4 2010 4:08PM 0 0
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EvanA02
Posts: 421 - Karma: 47
Not going to lie, I've wondered this for a while too.

I got a box when I bought my skis that I held onto incase the day came that I needed to send them back or sell em but I imagine you could take your skis to the post office and they would be able to help you out.


May 4 2010 4:50PM 0 0
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bbjoy
Posts: 69 - Karma: 10
yea i went to usps fedex and ups and they all say it would be $40 for packing alone not including shipping
May 4 2010 4:51PM 0 0
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DBeck
Posts: 1275 - Karma: 63
multiple little boxes + a roll of packaging tape
May 4 2010 5:16PM 0 0
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NOSNOWJUSTICE
Posts: 1176 - Karma: 82
Yeah, I typically hold onto the boxes I get. Otherwise, the best thing to do is fabricate something from donor boxes. Not too hard.
May 4 2010 5:34PM 0 0
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GratefulDead
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Yep or just ones you find, check a dumpster at target or basically any place.
May 4 2010 5:37PM 0 0
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Dylan_
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or go to your shop and ask for a box.
May 4 2010 5:38PM 0 0
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.travis.
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If you have a ski shop in your town go there and ask, they give you them for free. If not, or if you are shipping skis with bindings, then go to a local furniture store, ask for some boxes that like a desk came in or something. They're usually huge so you just make a box out of it. I've shipped out some pretty ghetto looking boxes in my day. Just don't use duct tape.
May 4 2010 5:40PM 0 0
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drumbumocdp
Posts: 3169 - Karma: 725
Done this twice. Unless your ski shop is full of D-bags you should be set.
May 4 2010 5:42PM 0 0
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PaleCelery
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This. I've done this multiple times and I always get the perfect box.
May 4 2010 7:03PM 0 0
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