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Best way to ship skis?

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Slamsbury
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Anyone know of the best rates from companies to go by when shipping skis/any tips?
Jul 7 2018 12:42AM
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nmwninjart
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I just bought skis from a member here and they used fedex.
Jul 7 2018 7:13AM
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Rparr
Posts: 5350 - Karma: 42,128
nmwninjartI just bought skis from a member here and they used fedex.


Every pair of skis I've ever bought has been fedex. I use fedex to ship stuff at work daily, and we've been on them for years because they were consistently cheaper than UPS.
Jul 7 2018 8:39AM
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Session
Posts: 5315 - Karma: 21,329
USPS
Jul 7 2018 10:48AM
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Static
Posts: 8484 - Karma: 4,033
media mail, should get there by winter
Jul 7 2018 11:24AM
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nmwninjart
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The last pair I bought from a company came by UPS.

**This post was edited on Jul 7th 2018 at 1:29:16pm
Jul 7 2018 1:28PM
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mattm7
Posts: 355 - Karma: 1,976
Used UPS to ship skis from England to Northern Ireland, service and price were good, no complaints.
Jul 7 2018 2:27PM
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f100prerunner
Posts: 504 - Karma: 1,313
The one time I shipped skis within the US I found usps to be the cheapest with the same time frame as the other options as well
Jul 7 2018 5:05PM
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cozzey
Posts: 1353 - Karma: 1,814
With or without bindings? I use USPS for without bindings cause they’ll ship you triangle boxes (for free) that you can piece together and are very sturdy. With bindings I kinda jump around but just print all your shipping labels online for any company and you can usually get away with saving a few bucks
Jul 8 2018 8:31AM
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MikeSmithDoesNo
Posts: 13 - Karma: 26
I worked at an online retailer and we always used FedEx.
Jul 9 2018 3:36AM
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g_mort
Posts: 70 - Karma: 96
I bought a sturdy telescoping box from fedex, and checked the rate there as well as at ups and usps. For the location I was sending them to usps was the cheapest, skis got there in a couple days.
Jul 9 2018 4:01PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
Posts: 9094 - Karma: 65,175
I'm unironically considering starting a instagram page with an online store to sell stuff that I find for cheap on KSL. Is it possible to ship by media mail if I put them in with a few posters or something?
Staticmedia mail, should get there by winter
Feb 7 2019 10:53PM
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SoAnG
Posts: 386 - Karma: 389
Shipped many skis and Fedex is always the cheapest by a far margin. Use UPS only if you want to pay triple.
Feb 8 2019 1:23AM
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ReturnToMonkey
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Skin up and ski them to the destination. Don't forget an extra pair to ski back
Feb 8 2019 1:32AM
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