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General Discussion => WHATEVER => Topic started by: LordManHammer on February 26, 2021, 09:31:23 AM
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So I might be moving sometime soon to Portland. I don’t feel comfortable with leaving my stuff at this place.
Is there a place where I could pay for a storage place and then ship my boxes to me?
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Believe it or not, Amtrak is a pretty cheap way to move your stuff if you don't have access to a cross country rental van.
I guess they need to make revenue from all that empty space underneath the passenger area.
Simply palletize your stuff, within their weight & height limits, and drop them off.
You'll need to be close enough to a train station to get your stuff there, obvs.
Granted, it was a while ago, but I moved my whole 1 bdrm. apt. this way once for about $90, not including transpo on either end.
Might/could be worth a phone call if'n you've got some hot Amtrak action up in your zone.
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Friend did domething similar. They drop off a huge box off at your place, you fill it up, they pick it up and ship it to your new destination. Think he had used U-Haul..
Good luck
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So I hear what you’re saying about shipping does anywhere have a store it before I can mail it to me?
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I dont know about that. However, just the other day I did learn it used to be possible to send a baby by mail in that great country of y'alls that needs or needed to be remade great again.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-children-sent-through-mail-180959372/
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so are you trying to pack your stuff up, store it at a facility and then have it shipped West once you're situated?
You can most likely do that with a Ubox through Uhaul.
https://www.uhaul.com/UBox/ (https://www.uhaul.com/UBox/)
Like the page says, they drop off a big wooden box, you pack it, they pick it up, then they store/ship it. I know a few people who have done this and it's worked out ok. Reading online reviews can make one skeptical, but if you're not in a rush to get your gear, it's supposedly pretty decent. I also know a couple people who have had their car shipped across and just filled that up with all their stuff as well. PODS is a similar service to the Uhaul box and maybe more common.
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Look into PODs. I know a few people that have used that.
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whatever you do, never use UPS to ship anything you want to see again (in one piece)
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Looked into the Amtrak route last year when I moved cross country and apparently you can’t ship any appliances. I’m sure there is no way they could tell what you have in your boxes but still just a heads up.
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Believe it or not, Amtrak is a pretty cheap way to move your stuff if you don't have access to a cross country rental van.
I guess they need to make revenue from all that empty space underneath the passenger area.
Simply palletize your stuff, within their weight & height limits, and drop them off.
You'll need to be close enough to a train station to get your stuff there, obvs.
Granted, it was a while ago, but I moved my whole 1 bdrm. apt. this way once for about $90, not including transpo on either end.
Might/could be worth a phone call if'n you've got some hot Amtrak action up in your zone.
Moved a ton of shit from SF to Boston very cheaply via Amtrak about 6 years ago. I always recommend this to people. But yeah no appliances and furniture. I didn’t have a ton of belongings at the time. They did drop the ball a little bit as far as calling me when my stuff arrived in Boston, they tried to charge me more for storage. But I convinced them they fucked up (they did). Rare situation.
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I've used U-Box and it worked quite well (but was somewhat expensive).
They dropped off the shipping container, I filled it up, it was transported to the new city I was moving to, and then stored by the company for a few months until I was ready to have it dropped off at my place.
Not sure if they will keep it in your current city and then ship it at a later date (rather than shipping it to Portland right away and storing it there), but definitely seems possible.
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I've used U-Box and it worked quite well (but was somewhat expensive).
They dropped off the shipping container, I filled it up, it was transported to the new city I was moving to, and then stored by the company for a few months until I was ready to have it dropped off at my place.
Not sure if they will keep it in your current city and then ship it at a later date (rather than shipping it to Portland right away and storing it there), but definitely seems possible.
And, if I remember correctly, I believe one month of storage was included in the original U-Box shipping quote.
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Quit being a slave to material possessions, you fucking capitalist. Leave it all and move on with your life.