Shipping a CTC-5?

[drh4683]

As mentioned, Uship is the only way to go. You need a private service, like a guy who will load it up in his minivan and haul it to you covered in a blanket and it won't get beat up and bounced around. Way cheaper and much safer. A win-win.

Before Uship came around, I used craters and freighters and that was a joke. I had a very nice 29JC20 sent to me from Washington state and they required it be "packaged" on a pallet and that alone was a fortune to get done. They basically treat your goods as bulk freight which is unacceptable for old TV's as they get handled very roughly. When i received the set and removed the box cover off the pallet, I noticed they put saran wrap around the entire TV so tightly not paying any attention, or caring, that they had bowed in the back cover so badly when they wrapped it around the tube cap. It was almost impossible to get that bow out of the back cover. I was really PO'd about that.

I also had a guy in Arizona use them who bought an RCA round screen color from me a few years ago. When he decided to go with C&F, I was very weary and sure enough, they spent all that effort to "box it up" on a pallet which is a total waste of time as nothing is protected from the shock of the ride and the TV bounced around so bad in the back of the semi that the convergence clover broke to bits and almost ALL of the tubes literally popped out of their sockets and were rolling around in the cabinet. It was a shame since the set was mint and then a bunch of cracked solder joints to go with it. So bottom line: DO NOT use a service in which a TV will be potentially shipped in the back of a semi truck, especially if it's toward the back of the trailer where the most shock and damage will occur.