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"Love Seat Sofa"

shipped from Avon Lake, Ohio to Winona, Minnesota for $110.00

Loveseat sofa
  • 9/20/2006
  • $110.00
  • Avon Lake, Ohio
  • Winona, Minnesota
  • 640 mi

I easily found the uship website upon completing a google search for companies that ship large items.  I had a small loveseat that I wished to ship to a family member, weighing only about 40#.  I had called local trucking and shipping companies and they were quoting me prices over $350.  Since listing an item on uship is free, I did not hesitate to list my item.  I had about a 1 month deadline for shipping the sofa, and did not have many bids for a while.  Shippers began to bid on my item, but again they were giving me quotes in the $350 range.  As I declined my bids, stating that they were too high, the numbers gradually came down.  I began to negotiate with hostetler1975, who was offering $110 to ship my item.  In the middle of the bidding process, I was contacted by another bidder, who, against the websites regulations, posted a message to call me and listed his phone number.  I was confused and mistakenly thought that this was the seller whom I was negotiating with, and upon not reaching anyone at the number listed, my bid expired.  The uship team contacted me about this posting, and the response that I had submitted, in which I re-typed the phone number in order to ask if it was accurate.  When I was emailed that I had a "red flag" on my account, I immediately asked the uship team to explain the situation.  They responded quickly and professionally.  I sent a message to the original bidder,  hostetler1975, explaining the misunderstanding, and about a week later he was able to post another bid to pick up my item while traveling another route.  I was extremely satisfied with this shipper and with my uship experience in general.  I would certainly use uship again, and have already recommended it to many others.

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