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12-14-2011, 12:55 PM
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$2800 is a good deal for anyone within driving distance of Florida ~ meaningless for most of us here..... 
Plus I was reading that thread - dunno about paying $250-520 for shipping - last time I got a quote it was more like $900+
I think anyone who thinks they can ship a hardtop cross-country for cheap is either smoking really good stuff or just plain ignorant. I shipped 2 trunklids from Norcal to Socal and both got destroyed even though they were well packed! Freight alone for the trunklid was $250 and that is a cheap piece of metal compared to the added weight/bulkiness of a hardtop.
Plus I was reading that thread - dunno about paying $250-520 for shipping - last time I got a quote it was more like $900+
I think anyone who thinks they can ship a hardtop cross-country for cheap is either smoking really good stuff or just plain ignorant. I shipped 2 trunklids from Norcal to Socal and both got destroyed even though they were well packed! Freight alone for the trunklid was $250 and that is a cheap piece of metal compared to the added weight/bulkiness of a hardtop.
12-14-2011, 06:36 PM
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^ I disagree I have had a few hardtops delivered from long beach on a common freight line for $100 each time. I would imagine 450 to 500 from florida would be going rate. Whoever the shipping company was ripped you off big time to charge that much for something like a trunk.
12-14-2011, 06:40 PM
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I also the longer the distance the higher chance of damage occurring. Common freight from socal to here would be fine with me but I probably wouldn't let it go freight from Florida.
12-15-2011, 01:33 PM
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^ I disagree I have had a few hardtops delivered from long beach on a common freight line for $100 each time. I would imagine 450 to 500 from florida would be going rate. Whoever the shipping company was ripped you off big time to charge that much for something like a trunk.
My trunklids were shipped FEDEX ground and packed with industrial grade foam used for military grade computers. Trust me it was well packed but FEDEX still managed to destroy them.
Personally I would not trust a $3k plus hardtop to a common freight line, definitely not for a $100 bucks, was it insured?
If you know a secret way to ship hardtops safely across country for cheap, I think you would be a very rich man, seriously!
I'm planning to buy a black OEM hardtop but it's a 20 hour drive roundtrip + rental car + gas so if you do the math it's pricey for sure
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