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Borincano

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Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« on: February 23, 2009, 02:37:03 AM »
The ball express calculates $261.99 for next day delivery for 4 balls. I thought it will be cheaper if mailed 8 to 10 days before competition. Any thoughts or advice?
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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2009, 10:48:08 AM »
For that kind of money you could get them an airline ticket.  That is astounding.
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Borincano

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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2009, 12:13:32 PM »
I won't be paying that amount but that what comes up from The Ball Express shipment in the BOWL.com web site. It is robbery for me. I just wanted to know if other people had the same problem. In the UPS site it comes up to be $56.66. I will go directly to one of their UPS Stores and make the shipment.


Thanks for the feed back.  

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tjj300

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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2009, 12:44:07 PM »
That's 65 lbs for next day delivery. Not that unreasonable. Heck, they charge you 20 bucks for a 1 oz. letter for overnight delivery.  

Ball Express is good for ground shipment and if you are not going to bowl any side tournaments.  If you are going to take your equipment out of the convention center, you will be better off using FedEx Ground to your hotel or a hold for pick up at Kinkos.  

FedEx Ground is the cheapest shipping option.


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bowl868

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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2009, 02:09:10 PM »
Fedex/Kinko's told us that they would hold ground shipments, but when going to send stuff from a Fedex office they said Fedex/Kinko's would only hold air shipments and not ground.
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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2009, 02:15:56 PM »
Before shipping, I would make a call to the receiving Kinko's and find out from the horses mouth. I haven't had a problem, yet. Also, if your hotel will not receive packages for guests, maybe one of your teammate's hotels will. Just ship in his/her name.
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Borincano

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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2009, 08:45:46 AM »
With your guidance I made the right decision to ship it by FedEx not to use the Ball Express. The cost is $56.97 for a 4 day ground shipment box of 4 bowling balls to my hotel in Las Vegas from Nashville, TN. The hotel will hold the box for me. This is my first trip to a USBC tournament. Will try to have lot's of fun.

Thanks.
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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2009, 09:03:02 AM »
BBE express from ohio to vegas $79.96 one way 4 balls ground, ups regular site was about $ 5.oo cheaper not worth the hassle, went to fed ex and it is $61.00 each way and ship directly to hotel at no extra charge a savings of $36.00 total. It is well worth it to lug them around for that, Just another example of how the Usbc is trying to stick it to us bowlers by hiding fees and when I questioned them I got the typical corporate response of convienence, supplies etc..  just my fyi do what makes you comftorable but I know when BBE was first started prices were much more in line with everyone else now they have to pay for their move to texas somehow!!!
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shipper50

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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2009, 12:03:22 PM »
I have only gone to 2 USBC'S in my time. Used BBE when I went to Reno in 06, then thing I liked was I took the balls to my local UPS and picked them up at the stadium. When I was done, took them back down stairs and they packed them up, shipped them and I was done with my stuff.

Never touched a ball or had to carry anything other than my shoes outside of the lanes.

Would have to weigh the hassle of carrying 4 balls back and forth for the money.

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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2009, 12:47:33 PM »
Bowlers are some of the cheapest people on the planet.
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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2009, 12:54:04 PM »
i know a bunch of my buddies that are going, all but two are flying, and the other two people had their flights changed because of the garbage economy, so they cancelled the tickets and are charging everyone 60 bucks each and just driving the balls there
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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2009, 03:06:49 PM »
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The ball express calculates $261.99 for next day delivery for 4 balls. I thought it will be cheaper if mailed 8 to 10 days before competition. Any thoughts or advice?


Why do you need next day delivery?  Can't you just ship them out a week or so ahead of time?  I've tried several different ways to ship my stuff out there.  BBE is by far the best value we have.  I get a very serious corporate discount from my employer for UPS.  But after you factor in what the BBE charges you for shipments not processed by them, I was still better off using the standard USBC site for BBE.
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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2009, 12:36:46 PM »
I dragged 4 balls to the tourney, and had BBE ship them home.
4 balls ground (from Vegas to Ohio) ended up $77.00.
It would have cost me $50 to check them as baggage (two 2-ball totes).
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dware300

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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2009, 12:40:43 PM »
Ship them straight to the hotel, they have pickups as well, so ask them to ship them back for you.
When you go to the UPS store ask for a return ticket as well
give yourself a good 5-7 days (depending where your shipping from)
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shipper50

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Re: Best Shipment for Bowling Balls to USBC Tornament
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2009, 01:29:48 PM »
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Ship them straight to the hotel, they have pickups as well, so ask them to ship them back for you.
When you go to the UPS store ask for a return ticket as well
give yourself a good 5-7 days (depending where your shipping from)
Your right back to carrying 4 balls from your hotel to the lanes and back. Don't know about you, but I can't see carrying 4 balls and shoes and towel back and forth from hotel to lanes and back?

Just my old opinion.

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