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My Best Shipping Experience

I recently had a pair of Apogee Duetta Signature speakers delivered by Vintage Transport. They are also known as Smallmoves. This delivery was from Northern California to South Florida. The speakers arrived without a mark, and the deliverymen hand carried them into my listening room. Their website,smallmoves.com, may or may not be up at all times. Their telephone number is 800-333-0056.

The service is costly, and they are not real fast. However, the service is well worth the charge if you are shipping an expensive or hard to find component. I don't intend to sound snide, but my experience with UPS and Fedex has taught me that those who ship delicate items with them are senseless risktakers. Smallmoves is an alternative.

I have no connection with the company.
mknowles16
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lou_setriodes
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I just bought a very heavy diy tube amp off of ebay that was shipped 3000 miles to me from the west coast. As the delivery man was carrying it to the door I noticed the bottom of the box was splitting open down the middle and the amp was ready to fall out.

I got it inside and noticed the box was 4 times the size of the amp, there was very little stryrofoam inside and the 3 tubes, (2xKT88's + 12au7) were loose around the inside of the box. The best part of all - everything worked and the tubes worked just fine! I couldn't believe it.
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abucktwoeighty
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BAX delivered a pair of Meadowlark Audio Osprey speakers across country to my home without a problem. They were in the original boxes, strapped to a pallet. The driver helped lug them into my home from across the street where he parked.
magnumpi205
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My best shipping experience was a trip on the Lurline to Hawaii with my Grandmother. I was 13 and she had no one else to go with so I went shipping with her.
Came back in one piece and had a great suntan to show for it.
rleff
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Mine is shipping my soundlab m2's from a audiogoner in federal way washington state to new jersey using united van lines;no problems at all for $390.00; this was before gas prices got high and surcharges like we have now.
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