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Shipping costs and estimators for shipping freight can be a good thing if you are just trying to get a general idea of “how much will it cost”. But reality there is a HUGE gap in the pricing. Say for instance you want to ship 1,000 pounds of household goods from Portland, Oregon to Kansas City, MO. You enter your information and the calculator will tell you between $705 and $2,300. WOW! There’s a $1600 variable my friend. Why are the numbers so broad? The tool is designed to get you to call or post it to their website, not to give you a real quote. So yes, it a gimmick. Or better yet is the online shipping cost tool that gives you a quote for the same shipment and gives you a number like $400. This is simply too good to be true, an it is. Once again this is just a gimmick to pull on your ear from their salesman. Trust me you will hear and excuse like “well, normally we offer that rate but it’s produce season right now and with the shortage of trucks at this time of the year we’d be lucky to be able to do it for $2,700 but let me call in a few favors with our main terminal and get back to you” He comes back with a quote for $1,900 and hour later and you take the bait. Ouch!
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