I'm sick of sleeping on a twin bed when I visit my parents!
April 11, 2010 11:33 AM Subscribe
What is the least expensive way of transporting a full size bed from St. Louis, MO to Cleveland, OH?
I would like to transport a full size bed to my parents home without a huge amount of expense and without having to drive it there myself.
I would like to transport a full size bed to my parents home without a huge amount of expense and without having to drive it there myself.
That's a dock to dock shipper.
posted by pianomover at 12:03 PM on April 11, 2010
posted by pianomover at 12:03 PM on April 11, 2010
Response by poster: Willing to give time to this, prefer to save $. Thought about putting an ad on Craig's List and paying someone to drive it but realize they could pick up the bed and there would be no way to ensure that they not just drive off into the sunset. Thoughts?
posted by rglass at 12:09 PM on April 11, 2010
posted by rglass at 12:09 PM on April 11, 2010
is it the bed frame (headboard, etc) that have value enough to move or just the mattresses? sell a matress set on CL and just get a new one...the bed frame probably comes apart and packs pretty flat...you might try taking a picture of it that way and posting an ad on CL to see if someone's already heading that way with a truck and can spare the space...
posted by sexyrobot at 1:16 PM on April 11, 2010
posted by sexyrobot at 1:16 PM on April 11, 2010
I did the craigslist thing to move a bed and a desk across the country, and it was a great experience. I found a couple who were trying to recoup the cost of the U-Haul they had rented to move their own stuff from Texas to New York and who were going to pass through my destination city. They had a whole roster of other people's stuff to pick up and drop off in various locations.
Partly I just trusted them because they seemed honest and nothing about the situation set off any alarm bells. I didn't pay cashh; I gave them a check when they picked up the bed and desk from me--which entailed them trusting me too, as it could have been a bad check and there wouldn't have been too much they could have easily done about it. But they delivered my stuff as promised, and cashed the check (which was good!) after they had dropped the stuff off.
posted by aka burlap at 7:05 PM on April 12, 2010
Partly I just trusted them because they seemed honest and nothing about the situation set off any alarm bells. I didn't pay cashh; I gave them a check when they picked up the bed and desk from me--which entailed them trusting me too, as it could have been a bad check and there wouldn't have been too much they could have easily done about it. But they delivered my stuff as promised, and cashed the check (which was good!) after they had dropped the stuff off.
posted by aka burlap at 7:05 PM on April 12, 2010
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You will have to pack it to their specs. deliver it to the dock and then have it picked up at the destination.
Unless it is worth more than $300.00 skip it and buy one in Cleveland.
posted by pianomover at 12:02 PM on April 11, 2010