shipping that wont end my poor wallet?

[MAC_HATER]

Hey everyone,

im buying some A70 Interior Parts off Audi Man up in the north island:

Front and Rear Recaro Seats
Front Door Cards and back seat card things (unsure what the call em?)
and the steering wheel

now this all on a pallet will be reasonably sizeable (unsure on weight either but reasonably heavy too at a guess)

trouble is i live in invercargill - way down the bottom of the country - and hes way at the top of the country hah!

he has gotten a quote for shipping depot to deopt through mainfreight and its several hundred dollars - more than i paid for the gear itself haha

im not in the courier\shipping game so ive no idea about alternatives that might be cheaper?

if anyone here has an idea that might help me bring the cost down that would be awesome

i could go crazy and drive to get them but that would just be stupid and probably make me want to top myself driving a truck that has a top speed of 90 and 80 with gear on and ruiniously expensive as well haha!

is there anyone or anything ive overlooked that might do a better deal?

Cheers guys

Aaron

[Di]

Have you tried www.shipmytrade.co.nz

[evil_si]

do you know anyone that works at a business with an account with mainfreight?

account holders usually get looked after, when i worked for goughss. i quoted $350 with out mentioning the company name, when i called back saying were i was from the price dropped to $80

[Alex B]

Have found mana transport to be pretty good value.

[MAC_HATER]

Cheers for that guys

unfortunatley i dont know anyone with an account at MainFreight so thats a bugger cause by the sounds of things that would make things a lot easier!

Cheers for the tips though ill go do some more investigation

[duddley]

You could try Opzeeland my old work used them for all their Auckland- South Island stuff

[Elmendorf]

We use mainfreight at work, but tbh they aren't the cheapest for north to south island transport even with an account.

We use to use roadstar and they were very reasonable, PBT also tried earlier this year to get our business with very reasonable rates to the south island. Not sure what they would do for a casual customer but both companies are looking for more work so you might be able to do a deal.

[LEAKER]

when i purchased my seats they came folded out flat, one on top of the other. If you did that, put the rest of the parts neatly with them and put them in a cardboard box i would guess at the most through nzc you would be paying $100. It's not cheap, but it might be better than what you have had.

[holden_fan2005]

Have you tried www.shipmytrade.co.nz

x2.

Always found these guys to be quick, easy to use and well priced.

[MAC_HATER]

Yeah folding the seats flat would make better use of space - im quite happy to pay $100-150 or so but the mainfreight quotes have been arounf $3-$400

PBT took on a "Nah $&#$% ya" approach to me when i said i didint have an account with them - so they dont want the buisness heh

shipmytrade seem to look good - you can specify exactly what you want to send and its dimensions and weight so they look good

Cheers for the help guys

Aaron

[MrOizo]

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Dont know how south he's going though.

[Dell'Orto]

Have you tried www.shipmytrade.co.nz

x2.

Always found these guys to be quick, easy to use and well priced.

+1

[MAC_HATER]

thats an option

although he mentiones small goods only - my gear might be a bit big for him heh

i dont think he'd want to come all this way either haha

[deaf_rattle]

going as far as Alexandra at this stage.
If you get stuck i can probably help out in some capacity

[MAC_HATER]

oh?

shit that's close enough - id drive the remainder to meet ya if that's the case

but i don't think you would be keen transporting 2 front seats, the rear seats and 4 door cards and steering wheel? its a bit big lol

[Elmendorf]

Yeah sadly PBT have a crap attitude, hence why we didn't go with them for our work freight. But thought they might help.

Try Retko, relatively new to the market and seem to be alright.

Mainfreight love to charge for interisland stuff. We send pallets every week at +$500 but they are loaded to full dims that they will take.

If you go NZC why not go Posthaste for a cheaper option, they are owned by NZC anyway. We use both for south island freight, just depends if you want them over night or 2 days as posthaste offers a 2 day service at a fraction the price of NZC overnight service.

[Cakky]

Have found mana transport to be pretty good value.

this - try an interisland furniture removal firm - mana are good though

[BzzzzR]

Not sure whee you have got quotes from, but I shipped 2 pallets @ 3 cubic metres 250kg WLG-AKL via toll and including SAT delivery it was a total of 96 bucks + gst.....

EDIT: Just saw that you are in invercargall, so yea good luck with getting it cheap