How to ship oversized package cost effectively?
 

I sold my front Pitbull stand for my previous bike and shipping was around $20 through USPS. I went to Home Depot and got two of their 24x18x18 boxes and made a custom box out of them. I guess it turned into 28x18x18 and weighed around 10 lbs. Not too difficult.

Trying to ship the rear stand has been a nightmare. UPS wanted $57 to box it up and ship it. So I went back to Home Depot, bought those two boxes again and boxed it up myself. I went to the Post Office yesterday and they said $15 postage. But then they measured it and said there was an additional oversize parcel charge of $52!!!!!! So $67 total. This is insane. Worse yet, my wife was using her car, so I had to buy the boxes and carry it all in my 993, then put the boxes together in the Post Office parking lot. When I learned their price, I had to unpack it and discard the boxes in order to carry the stand back home in my car.

How do I ship this thing? It weighs 10.8 lbs. Can't I just wrap it in plastic and drop it off somewhere?

Does this look like an oversized item?

http://fototime.com/B8F1284E75BFCE6/standard.jpg

Cant you remove the back leg?

Nope. It's all welded as one piece. The wheels might come off, but that wouldn't make it not oversized.

Try Greyhound or FedEx Ground.

FedEx Ground is also $67. Greyhound might be around $35, which is still ridiculous and not really worth the buyer's and my having to drive to the ghetto for drop-off and pick-up.

Maybe uship.com? Shipped my engine that way and all is well. GET INSURANCE HOWEVER YOU SHIP!
Good luck.