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<p>[QUOTE="Mansons2005, post: 77856, member: 121"]No matter who arranges the shipping (seller or buyer) the seller has to be absolutely sure to get a freight/fracking/transaction number from the shipper upon pickup (after full payment of course). Using that number the seller will be able to confirm delivery since 99% of shipping concerns are now "on-line" view-able. </p><p><br /></p><p>Be certain to ascertain whether or not delivery includes unloading the freight, to the door or further, whether or not a lift gate is required, etc. Even if the seller does not arrange for the shipping, the seller can avoid a lot of unpleasantness by asking the questions a clueless buyer will not. </p><p><br /></p><p>We have sold a lot of furniture and very large art pieces and while our initial instinct was "Buyer is responsible for shipping arrangements" and washing our hands of the process, we found that monitoring it and assisting any way possible made the process much smoother. It was a bit more work, but the items in question usually had a selling price of over 1k.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mansons2005, post: 77856, member: 121"]No matter who arranges the shipping (seller or buyer) the seller has to be absolutely sure to get a freight/fracking/transaction number from the shipper upon pickup (after full payment of course). Using that number the seller will be able to confirm delivery since 99% of shipping concerns are now "on-line" view-able. Be certain to ascertain whether or not delivery includes unloading the freight, to the door or further, whether or not a lift gate is required, etc. Even if the seller does not arrange for the shipping, the seller can avoid a lot of unpleasantness by asking the questions a clueless buyer will not. We have sold a lot of furniture and very large art pieces and while our initial instinct was "Buyer is responsible for shipping arrangements" and washing our hands of the process, we found that monitoring it and assisting any way possible made the process much smoother. It was a bit more work, but the items in question usually had a selling price of over 1k.[/QUOTE]
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