Kim, I wouldn't bother. Send a check to whoever you need to return the crate to for the price of a replacement and you just bought yourself a 500 crate. BTW, locally WalMart has the best value. My local WalMart sells doxil (sp?) not varikennel, but I can buy a 500 for $84. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) In a message dated 8/7/2009 4:06:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kimbergsd@xxxxxxx writes: Any ideas on how to ship (return) a used 500 crate? Ups wants to charge me $147 and the Post office wants $95. How are people returning kennels? Kim Schooley ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================