I see you wrote that at 2:28 a.m. Maybe that explains the interesting content.
Lots of people use moving vans now. It's much better than carrying your possessions across country by hand. Also, sand is not valuable. It's well worth it to dump a few dollars' worth of sand in order to reduce the weight of an item by 800 pounds.
I did order it on Amazon. That's what smart people do, and in case anyone here doesn't know why, I will explain.
When you order from a vendor's website or a small retailer's site, you may have problems when you try to return things. They have no one watching over them to make them behave. When you order from Amazon (or Ebay, using Paypal instead of a credit card), you have a third party to help you out.
I ordered some mulching blades from some real sweethearts on Amazon. They wanted to charge me a big restocking fee, and when I returned the product, they didn't acknowledge it. I complained to Amazon. BANG. Full refund, no questions asked, thanks for your business. The seller got stuck with the cost of everything but return shipping, and there was nothing they could do about it.
Paypal is great for buyers. That's one reason why some sellers reject it. Jerks and crooks hate being forced to refund money. I've stuck it to bad sellers more than once using Paypal's dispute resolution service. If I had bought from Joe Bob's Wix-based Obscure Website, using a credit card, I would have been screwed. I always go with Amazon or Paypal when I have a choice, and I leave bad feedback and reviews when appropriate.
Never use Ebay's dispute process. It's totally worthless. Always reject it and use Paypal's process first.
I'm surprised there are people who don't know these things. Maybe this post will be a blessing to them.
I'll tell you about an experience I had buying from a well-known website. I bought a lathe from an outfit called Plaza Machinery. The owner, who is now deceased, claimed it was a certain model, and he said it had seen very little use. He said it had a 3-phase motor. When it arrived, I found it was a different model. It had been used for decades, to teach prisoners how to machine. It was beaten up. It had a 1-phase motor.
Even though I'm an attorney, and I told the owner so, he refused to work with me. He offered to take it back if I paid for half of the shipping. He sent me a creaky old motor; I'll give him credit for that. In the end, I had to choose between suing him and moving on with my life, so I moved on.
He required people to pay by check and money order. I found out why!
Wish I had bought it on Amazon. They would have made him eat it. A sleazy dealer like him would never sell through these sites. Cockroaches hate sunlight.
When I see something interesting on a small website, I go to Amazon and Ebay to see if the seller sells through them as well. NEVER NEVER buy through a small website if you can use Amazon or Ebay.
Hope this is helpful to other people who are considering big Internet purchases.
