For shipments to customers, The Coburn Company makes every effort to ship with the lowest cost carrier. We have negotiated special rates & discounts with many carriers, allowing us to offer substantial freight savings, and we will also happily comply with customer routing requests.
Inbound shipments:
We ask our vendors to ship according to the following freight guidelines.Please adjust your records as needed, as failure to adhere to these guidelines will result in a chargeback for the difference in freight.These instructions are currently effective and supersede any previous routing instructions.
1. If a shipment qualifies for free freight, please use the routing of your choice.
2. For parcel shipments (generally under 200 lbs.), please ship via UPS or UPS Hundredweight collect against our UPS account number. Please call 262-473-2822 for account number.
3. For collect LTL shipments (generally over 200 lbs.), please use our on-line routing guide to determine the correct shipping method. This routing guide will give one method for shipping--any shipments not sent according to that method will be subject to invoice adjustment.