Urgent - shipping frustrations, where to go?

[andsoitgoes]

Okay - so I'm trying to ship something from Surrey to Port Alberni, and I can tell you right now it's getting to be a pain in the you know what!! :P

I just called greyhound who were so kind to tell me they can't offer any sort of guarantee on anything to do with the package arriving within the next day (yay.)

So - that said, shipping from Surrey next day isn't an option, what is? Where do I go that it's not going to cost more than 10 -15, which is an AMAZING deal?

ANother option is that my father in law is going over to Nanaimo tomorrow on a very early ferry, should arrive there around 8:30am or so, and if that's the case, where would he take so that it could arrive in port alberni? If we do greyhound, they again guarantee NOTHING (yay) but they don't foresee it being an issue to have it on the 10:30am bus.

Thoughts? I'd like to get some answers and get this packed up tonight to get there tomorrow!

Thanks (and thanks for being so patient, castaway!!)

[christyf5]

If your father in law takes it over to Nanaimo and puts it on the greyhound there Port Alberni should get it same day (probably within a few hours). The problem with shipping from the mainland is that everything gets sent to a main shipping warehouse (in Coquitlam I think), held overnight and then shipped the next day. On the island they ship everything same day. I often sent things from Nanaimo to Vancouver and it was there in a few hours.

[andsoitgoes]

Okay - well, things are getting organized and it's just about ready to go - Although, I had an urgent situation, the LARGE bag I was going to use for my finger leather well, let's just say it was relegated to heaven (holy as can be!!) so I've had to use a smaller bag.

The finger leather was fairly big, but is fully covered in water, just not as much as I'd like - what's more important for shipping corals?? It's pretty much filled to the tip top with water and there's room for the "arms" to move around, but there's not MUCH room.

Any thoughts? I'm sending this baby out tonight and want to ensure it's packed as good as possible!!

[Reefer Rob]

Probably too late for ya, but when I shipped a coral to Port Alberni I used KD Air. It went perfectly.

[Chaloupa]

Hey Nick...what did you end up doing? I need some corals from Vancouver sent here too and don't really want to pay $30.00 for the flight but think I may have to do just that....let me know what worked for you and what you did!

[deep6er]

I have shipped to Port Alberni a few times. And I think it took 2 days. Everything was good in condition even the clams.