Online Shipping Options to Hawaii?

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Permalink Reply by Ken Berkun on May 24, 2009 at 8:58pm

Zappos - now we could just get them carry electronics...

Ken

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Permalink Reply by Laurence A. Lee on May 25, 2009 at 2:35pm

Not exactly what you're looking for, but I've had good success with ShipToHawaii. Overall, I'd say ShipToHawaii is competitive for small boxes 15 pounds or less; anything heavier or large might be better shipped with FedEx and UPS. I've also used their Slow Boat services and found it acceptable for the occasional pallet or two.

For any large items you can purchase and do a "free pick up" in the Greater Los Angeles area, though, I highly recommend contacting H2O Logistics to see if they can provide Door-to-Dock service.

I can't say enough good things about H2O Logistics. I recently bought a Big-Screen LCD TV from a surplus liquidator via Ebay; and H2O Logistics sent their driver to the liquidator's warehouse to inspect the TV (to ensure the panel wasn't cracked), and to take delivery if the test passed.

The TV was then expertly crated by H2O Logistics' crew, and it arrived intact in Honolulu about a week later.

All that service was done for the same price the Surplus Liquidator would've flat-charged to freight-truck it anywhere within the Continental US -- including ShipToHawaii's receiving warehouse, which is also in the Greater LA area. Had I used ShipToHawaii on that one, I'd effectively have been charged twice as much to get it to Honolulu.

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