Malcolm Hoar wrote:
In article , Ernie Willson wrote:

Thanks for your reply, but I need what I asked for..pickup, packing, and
shipping. The shipper must do all three things, not just shipping. There
is no one who will pack this for me. When I looked at UPS the total bill
for these three services was about $300.00.

Looks like you have your answer.

If saving $$$ becomes more compelling, you can do some of the
work yourself for less money (like the packing).

Frankly, $300 does not seem completely unreasonable. You don't
create the impression of being someone that will be easy to
work with either ;-)




Four of the past five Christmases, UPS broke something that I either
sent or received. I would not choose UPS to send something breakable,
no matter how carefully packed. When UPS broke something that I had
insured, I had to jump through hoops to get back the purchase price.
Since I had purchased the item online, my cost included shipping to me,
but UPS does not reimburse that. I had the item packed at the UPS
store, more than due diligence, with "breakable" and "this side up" all
over it....the only way they could have broken it was to stand it on
it's side and drop something heavy on top of it.

Even if the sender can't pack it, they might be able to build a frame
for it so there is no way of compressing it - wood around four sides and
a length of wood across front and back. If there is no time pressure, a
mover would be my choice.