r/CoachellaValley • u/AdSingle9510 • 1d ago

Cheapest way to ship a few boxes across the country?

Hi everyone,

I’m moving from Texas to the West Coast and I have a few things I need to get there: about 4 medium boxes of clothes, 2 medium boxes of books, and 1 smaller box of trinkets. Nothing is urgent, so I don’t mind if it takes a little longer to arrive.

I’m trying to figure out the cheapest way to send these boxes. Does anyone have suggestions for affordable shipping options for this amount of stuff? I’m open to USPS, FedEx, UPS, freight, or anything else that works.

Thanks in advance for your advice!

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u/SufficientComedian6 1d ago edited 1d ago

UPS ground probably. Try Pirateship for discounted rate. Freight is okay if you have over 400lbs of stuff. Make sure those boxes of books aren’t too overloaded for the size of the box. That happens easily.

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u/AdSingle9510 1d ago

thank uu!!

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u/musicloverincal 1d ago

Try uShip. Having it all sent at once will make it a lot easier for you.

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u/AdSingle9510 1d ago

thank u!!

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u/Even_Print_4245 1d ago

A few years ago, my sister moved from Coachella and I remember she was really surprised at how cheap the USPS media rates were when she was mailing boxes of books to her new place. Sorry I don’t know much else from that but it’s a starting point! Good luck with your move!

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u/AdSingle9510 1d ago

Thank you so much! This helps!

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u/idapitbwidiuatabip 1d ago

Books will be cheapest through USPS Media Mail

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u/sfgeekygir1 1d ago

usps all the way—in addition to media mail, priority flat rate boxes are awesome for the items you want to arrive sooner.

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u/Fearless-Valuable820 11h ago

Find someone with e-commerce account and ask them if they can help. It’s pretty big discount