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[flatout]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Shipping flat correctly is far more costly than shipping tube correctly usually due to volumetric weight

Besides shipping flat correctly will often weigh similar or more to a tube

Read Mortal's post on it and imagine how much that would weigh and its size

I was updating my last post when you posted... I disagree on that part.


Of coarse I am comparing it to the SUPER thick tubes that Treehouse uses.




A package has to be very big to be oversize... I have brought in a lot thinking it would get that rating and they were not even close. I sent bucking bronco flat and it was not even close, and Priority for it was cheap.

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by flatout

I was updating my last post when you posted... I disagree on that part.


Of coarse I am comparing it to the SUPER thick tubes that Treehouse uses.




A package has to be very big to be oversize... I have brought in a lot thinking it would get that rating and they were not even close. I sent bucking bronco flat and it was not even close, and Priority for it was cheap.

I have been hit by the ballon/oversize restrictions at least 3 times

They ship it as if it weighs 20lbs

That being said the sizing appears to be length plus girth > 108" for oversize

So I think you could ship a 18x24 print flat for that correctly but I still think it would weigh more than the tube as you have to use 3 or 4 times the layers of cardboard to do it correctly

[flatout]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

I have been hit by the ballon/oversize restrictions at least 3 times

They ship it as if it weighs 20lbs

That being said the sizing appears to be length plus girth > 108" for oversize

So I think you could ship a 18x24 print flat for that correctly but I still think it would weigh more than the tube as you have to use 3 or 4 times the layers of cardboard to do it correctly

Never had that happen except for when shipping a HUGE truck visor through UPS.


I think girth would be depth.. correct? The flat poster box would have hardly any depth.


I still think that doing a flat correctly would not be more then a tube (might be around the same amount)... again I am comparing to the tubes used by Treehouse (not sure if you have seen these monsters and how much they weigh but it is a lot).

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by flatout

Never had that happen except for when shipping a HUGE truck visor through UPS.


I think girth would be depth.. correct? The flat poster box would have hardly any depth.


I still think that doing a flat correctly would not be more then a tube (might be around the same amount)... again I am comparing to the tubes used by Treehouse (not sure if you have seen these monsters and how much they weigh but it is a lot).

I've received plenty of the ones treehouse uses

Have 2 or 3 on hand

They are heavy but so are 6 layers of good cardboard

It's not more than a couple pounds

Honestly I think its lighter than the cardboard approach but I've never actually received any print sent flat the correct way

I got a bucking bronco print from irrational and it was shipped flat and bent at a 20 - 30 degree angle from the center

That was annoying

[flatout]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

I've received plenty of the ones treehouse uses

Have 2 or 3 on hand

They are heavy but so are 6 layers of good cardboard

It's not more than a couple pounds

Honestly I think its lighter than the cardboard approach but I've never actually received any print sent flat the correct way

I got a bucking bronco print from irrational and it was shipped flat and bent at a 20 - 30 degree angle from the center

That was annoying

Yeah I got lucky mine was fine, UPS is really hard on things.


But I guess we will just have to agree to disagree on what would weigh more and be more expensive.

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by flatout

Yeah I got lucky mine was fine, UPS is really hard on things.


But I guess we will just have to agree to disagree on what would weigh more and be more expensive.

Sure but I would think it somewhat telling if there are no known examples of a store shipping it flat correctly

I believe C & B must for gloss prints (specially coated prints) and I know they pack them like mad

Otherwise they ship them in tubes and are generally considered the best store for this sort of thing

Of course that's just my opinion

[flatout]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Sure but I would think it somewhat telling if there are no known examples of a store shipping it flat correctly

I believe C & B must for gloss prints (specially coated prints) and I know they pack them like mad

Otherwise they ship them in tubes and are generally considered the best store for this sort of thing

Of course that's just my opinion

Well yes I would agree there are no known example os "stores" doing it correctly, that is different then saying there are no known examples or we haven't done it ourselves tons of times.

I base my opinion on the fact I have shipped many in poster tubes and flat. I have found that cost is actually slightly less flat even when they are done what I consider the right way (with an extra layer or 2 of cardboard on the inside). 3 Layers of cardboard are actually lighter then those really heavy tubes that treehouse uses.

[ingmar1988]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Sure but I would think it somewhat telling if there are no known examples of a store shipping it flat correctly

I believe C & B must for gloss prints (specially coated prints) and I know they pack them like mad

Otherwise they ship them in tubes and are generally considered the best store for this sort of thing

Of course that's just my opinion

C&B is a somewhat other price range...

Anyways poster tube for the win....we need a poll

Poll: How do you want your artwork shipped?
Flat

Poster Tube



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[Clusks]

Just to check with everyone else, their songbird plushie didn't come in an official box with art work, right? Just the plushie?

Also, I wrote a thread about something stupid I did with 2k store:

Basically made a big error (since amended)

I've sent a support ticket to 2k to explain, but would be very grateful if you could give me any more info, OneLetter

[OneLetter]

Originally Posted by Clusks

Just to check with everyone else, their songbird plushie didn't come in an official box with art work, right? Just the plushie?

Also, I wrote a thread about something stupid I did with 2k store:

Basically made a big error (since amended)

I've sent a support ticket to 2k to explain, but would be very grateful if you could give me any more info, OneLetter

For the songbird, it comes in a plastic bag, and I believe there should be two hangtags attached to it as well. There is no specialty box, and just to cover my bases, we did not advertise it as such on the store, compared to something like the Sky-Hook, where we did state it would be in custom packaging.

For your store issue, I'll go take a look at it now, then I'll PM you if I need more info.