I recently used Roadway to ship two Quads from Seattle to a friend in Cleveland. Since I expect that shippers will attempt to drop anything just to test the laws of gravity, I custom built two wooden crates complete with foam padding. The crates are reusable, too. I think I spent about $400 on wood, special packing foam, screws, and stencils. The stencils were used to spray paint this side up and fragile all over the crates. It took me 18 hours to build the crates. Anyone who is an expert carpenter can probably do the same job in half the time. I digress. My friend claims that the speakers arrived with no damage (not even to the crates). Roadway ships via truck and the truck driver who picked up the crates was very careful (at least while I was watching). The cost to ship was another $300. Piece of mind comes with a high premium these days.
Caveat emptor: Roadway completely screwed up billing and over billed us. Three times.
--Paul
Caveat emptor: Roadway completely screwed up billing and over billed us. Three times.
--Paul