So I just booked my first gig on uShip. I bought a non-working Space Invaders off eBay. It's in Seneca Illinois and I am in Freeburg Illinois. Same state but still a bit of a drive. I would do it but my wife is getting a little tired of my trips for games.
I am already driving up to Minneapolis to pick up a couple of games from Shawn over Thanksgiving and my wife and daughters are coming with only because it gives them the chance to go to the Mall of America. I was going to swing by and pick up the SI on the way back but I thought I would check out uShip and see what it was all about.
It was easy to setup a quick profile. It says I have only completed 25% but apparently that is all I need to use the site. I was able to import the item via the eBay number. I added dimensions and weight I found off a flyer and put in the originating and destination zip codes. Then people start bidding on what they will charge to pick up and deliver. The people bidding have their own profile with reviews and what type of service they are offering, i.e. balnket service, white glove, and what they are using to haul, i.e. open trailer, truck, or enclosed trailer.
They have 10 days to bid, at which time you have 24 hours to choose a carrier or pass. At any time you can accept a bid. What I found interesting is that sometimes you would receive a time sensitive bid from someone who might tell you that they will be driving though the zip you specified that day only. So if you miss the message like I did on a few then the bid is no longer valid. I had a bid for $125 that was like this. the opening bid was $600 which made me laugh but they quickly dropped to under $300 and in the last few days they have been around $150. I finally went ahead and accepted a bid for $140 which included the fees from uShip. This was a lot better than I originally expected and if everything goes smoothly I will try this again with another game I just bought off here.
I post again to let you know how things go. Right now they are supposed to contact the seller to schedule pickup. Before I accepted a bid, I contacted the seller to make sure they were ok with me arranging pickup this way as I had originally told them I would be picking it up myself.
It was easy to setup a quick profile. It says I have only completed 25% but apparently that is all I need to use the site. I was able to import the item via the eBay number. I added dimensions and weight I found off a flyer and put in the originating and destination zip codes. Then people start bidding on what they will charge to pick up and deliver. The people bidding have their own profile with reviews and what type of service they are offering, i.e. balnket service, white glove, and what they are using to haul, i.e. open trailer, truck, or enclosed trailer.
They have 10 days to bid, at which time you have 24 hours to choose a carrier or pass. At any time you can accept a bid. What I found interesting is that sometimes you would receive a time sensitive bid from someone who might tell you that they will be driving though the zip you specified that day only. So if you miss the message like I did on a few then the bid is no longer valid. I had a bid for $125 that was like this. the opening bid was $600 which made me laugh but they quickly dropped to under $300 and in the last few days they have been around $150. I finally went ahead and accepted a bid for $140 which included the fees from uShip. This was a lot better than I originally expected and if everything goes smoothly I will try this again with another game I just bought off here.
I post again to let you know how things go. Right now they are supposed to contact the seller to schedule pickup. Before I accepted a bid, I contacted the seller to make sure they were ok with me arranging pickup this way as I had originally told them I would be picking it up myself.


