mjenison
Well-known member
Solutions to distant games but "local pickup only"
Often we see the laments of collectors on here "If only it were local...", etc. Or we see a game on ebay we want but has the dreaded "local pickup only" and it's like 5 states away.
Current solutions:
1) Drive and pick it up
Cons: May not have vehicle equiped to do this
Cons: Gas/transportation likely expensive for said vehicle
Cons: Time consuming (possibly days burned)
Pros: All game handling done by you
2) "Is anyone going from town X to town Y?" posts
Pros: Game practically delivered to you
Cons: Game handling done by someone else
3) Hiring a door-to-door shipper
Cons: Costly
Cons: Game handling done by someone else
Pros: Game delivered to you
All 3 have the Cons of "Coordinating pickups", but that's a part of picking up any game, even if it is local.
Any other solutions people have used to get that far away game? On more than one occasion, I've had distant (location-wise) relatives help out (had them pick up a game for me to store until I made it out that way).
It would be nice if we had a forum or thread where people could coordinate solutions 1 and 2, with maybe subforums for particular routes (like Chicago<->New York, which I'm particularly interested in at the moment). Or is there already such a thread/forum?
Often we see the laments of collectors on here "If only it were local...", etc. Or we see a game on ebay we want but has the dreaded "local pickup only" and it's like 5 states away.
Current solutions:
1) Drive and pick it up
Cons: May not have vehicle equiped to do this
Cons: Gas/transportation likely expensive for said vehicle
Cons: Time consuming (possibly days burned)
Pros: All game handling done by you
2) "Is anyone going from town X to town Y?" posts
Pros: Game practically delivered to you
Cons: Game handling done by someone else
3) Hiring a door-to-door shipper
Cons: Costly
Cons: Game handling done by someone else
Pros: Game delivered to you
All 3 have the Cons of "Coordinating pickups", but that's a part of picking up any game, even if it is local.
Any other solutions people have used to get that far away game? On more than one occasion, I've had distant (location-wise) relatives help out (had them pick up a game for me to store until I made it out that way).
It would be nice if we had a forum or thread where people could coordinate solutions 1 and 2, with maybe subforums for particular routes (like Chicago<->New York, which I'm particularly interested in at the moment). Or is there already such a thread/forum?
