lclang

If you have a UPS store near you it will PAY you to have them pack it. They will do a fine job and you will not have any responsibility for anything that happens in shipping. I once got one that had been put in a too large box with about a gallon of Styrofoam peanuts and the machine was broken in several places. Not a good plan.

Marianne81

I've never used the ups store to ship anything, but I'm planning to use them for shipping a cabinet. I still have to look into the cost of that.

Marianne81

Ups store charges 30-40 to package a machine and it would cost 90 to ship ups ground from the east to west coast. They do allow you to take the packaged item to another carrier though. I still think I will just do this myself. The cost is way too high for me.

mlmack

Is there a specific machine involved, or is this all just speculation? $90 to ship a regular domestic sewing machine sounds pretty high, though living in the middle of the country might skew my reality of shipping costs.

If you sell a machine on eBay, they have decent discounts on shipping, though I only use FedEx or USPS, as I can't stand UPS.

Marianne81

This is just speculation. I have a few machines that need new homes. I got the quote for 35 lb. shipping, from central pa to 90210 (that's an easy California zip code for me to remember ).

SteveH

One thing to remember, although you can take it to someone to pack, and they may do a great job and insure it for the value or more, but in our particular case the issue is concern for a machine being damaged "on our watch".

I ship machines cross the US all the time, but like my Civil War era Grover & Baker, I chose to do a 36 hour round trip rather than risk any damage.