[ChrisH]

At the Southern California Regional one of our rookie teams was told their crate was 140lbs over weight. They were worried about getting billed for the overweight again when it was shipped home. Given their robot was about 90-100 lbs and they didn't ship that much stuff, I kind of doubted it. Especially since reading this thread

I told them that:

A) If they were gouged, they were not alone, but there wasn't a whole lot that could be done about it at that point (Saturday)

B) Since it was their last competition, they should take as much stuff as possible home in their cars, including the robot if possible.

C) If the shipper said they were overweight again, then have the crate re-weighed before it was emptied or unloaded.

D) If they could get a pick-up, just load everything and forget about shipping. Fortunately they are just a half hour down the freeway from the competition site.

Not sure what they did as I haven't talked to them since.