[rescue] Racks?

[Earl Baugh]

Andrew Jones wrote :
>
> On 10/09/12 12:30, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> >
> > I'd look at eBay and see if you can find a seller close by, then make an
> offer
> > for cash and picked up. An Enterprise van and 3-4 hours behind the wheel
> can
> > be a lot cheaper/easier than a freight company.
> >
>
> This is what I did.   Old racks turn up at recycling/resale places all
> the time, and they're hard to sell, so they go on ebay.
>
> Freight shipment can be pretty expensive, but it costs extra for
> residential delivery, because it requires a liftgate.
>
> If you don't have a loading dock, you're looking at several hundred
> dollars for the shipment.
>

One other option (that I've used for furniture and other bulky items) is
uShip...
It's like eBay for shippers and they bid on shipping jobs.   I've found
it's much more reasonable than
shipping via a Freight shipper, and allows me to bid on items I wouldn't be
able to purchase because of that.

Earl