Need help with shipping

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Tom Laing

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7:24 PM (2 hours ago) 7:24 PM

to SAW, Central Oregon Woodworkers (COW)

I hope this isn't a violation of the woodworker's oath regarding use of this forum. If it's a problem, let me know and I'll remove it.

Here's the deal. I just spent a long time building a blanket chest for my granddaughter, who lives in Alaska and knocked it down into a manageable sized package ready for shipping. Previously, I had perused the Alaska Air Cargo website and it appeared that this would be a reasonable way to send it for roughly $100.

I chatted with a guy at AK Air Cargo who told me to just drop it at the RDM/Bend airport ticket counter where they'd inspect the contents and send it on its way. What never came up was the critical fact that in order to use their service from RDM, one has to be a "Known Shipper," which I'm not.

BTW, this only applies to cargo going out of Oregon airports other than Portland. No need for the special status there because it wouldn't have to go on any passenger planes.

I've looked at various freight forwarders in Central OR and the only one to respond so far wants $1058.

So my ask...do any of you have "known shipper" status and would be willing to let me tag onto that or know of another way to get it to Alaska? I'm not even sure that's legal, but thought I'd ask, anyway.