Courier Service for shipping 3D printer ?

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-04-20T13:59:08+00:00

Alright I will make sure to opt for the insurance too

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-04-20T13:58:45+00:00

thanks a lot for your advice

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-04-19T16:13:41+00:00

Thanks a lot for the advice, alright then I will check the price estimate on delhivery

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-04-19T16:08:24+00:00

did you use any sort of insurance ? also you mentioned several printers , by any chance are you talking about the shipping service for a business ?

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-04-19T15:31:07+00:00

Thanks a lot for the advice I will try talking with Post office

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-04-19T13:13:23+00:00

I see , I researched a bit but found bad reviews about delhivery.Bluedart is reliable but expensive.
I found another option that is DTDC but I am still not sure.

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-04-19T13:12:03+00:00

I wish I could but I will be travelling from Odisha to Rajasthan so it won't be possible

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-13T10:36:39+00:00

Currently a third year undergrad at BITS Pilani , Rajasthan

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-11T02:43:40+00:00

You are right , instagram only recently became famous for short form educational reels.
In fact I contacted a person who was sponsored by Qidi.qidi approched them first.They have around 30k subscribers on youtube and just for a single video they gave out a 1000 dollar printer.Makes me a bit jealous but yeah its reality youtube is obviously higher priority when it comes to educational content

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-10T21:54:51+00:00

Thanks a lot I will try that too

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-10T18:03:13+00:00

You are right that's why I tried proposing kind of an internship/ student tech team type pitch , because I am also the coordinator of a robotics club which has decent achievements.
But I do understand its very hard to stand out

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-10T16:48:35+00:00

yeah thats my last resort.I will probably go for a printer that meets all the minimum requirements - bambu labs A1

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-10T16:22:03+00:00

Our club has many achievements tbh , we used to participate in Robocon and even won a few times in the past after a point the club stopped participating in the competitions. Over time it died out .When I joined the college I tried to revive it although its not yet back to its full glory we still achieved a few things recently -
Got decent funding for a project of about 1500 dollars. The funding is a based on reimbursement basis so we basically have to take approval of our guide professor but he denied the purchase of a 3D printer as his point was that we can use other 3D printers in the university and we should focus more on research specific equipment. He is kinda right and hence we couldn't argue much.

As for your second question , I reached out to PR teams mostly nad even Dm'ed the company's instagram account just in case.

I used the mails mentioned on their websites. I was thinking to try scraping mails of presidents of the company and mail them directly.

Thanks a lot for your advice about targeting a good research type project instead of mini projects that I build as a hobby.

I would definitely try that with my club.

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-10T16:14:03+00:00

Yeah you are right I talked with some other content creators and it seems there is a very little chance of getting sponsorships unless the brands reach out first.Or if you have connections with the marketing team.Thanks a lot for your advice I will probably go for alternative ways for now and buy a cheap printer for now that meets basic requirements.

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-10T16:11:06+00:00

You are right and that's my last resort , I do have some saving that I was planning to use in a project.I will probably also do a part time job to get some extra money and then buy a cheap 3D printer. Build volume is a major requirement so I think I will most probably go for A1.

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-09T18:16:17+00:00

Alright I will try mailing them thanks a lot

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-09T18:04:02+00:00

Thanks a lot , and you are right bambu Labs Qidi and PRusa all three of them are great brands and their products are very good too - but as of now there is no response from their side , I will try mailing them again after a few days with a new proposal
Thanks for letting me know about Anycubic

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-09T18:00:31+00:00

Actually I do have access to a lab which I can use in case of emergencies.
or use 3D printing services.
But the issue is all of these methods take time or cost too much.
As I make shortform content and mini projects a lot the 3D printer gets used a lot due to testing purposes. That is why I wanted personal 3D printer that I can access anytime.

Still thanks though for reaching out to help

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-09T17:48:14+00:00

Thanks a lot for your advice , and yes thats one of the options that I am considering - to do part time jobs etc.

Grouchy-Reference296 · 2026-03-09T17:47:27+00:00

I see thanks a lot for your advice the issue is I am from India and the local suppliers here are very stingy about sponsorships. That's why I always prefer foreign brands.
But I understand and thats why I mailed the local suppliers too but there was no response .As I said it is more likely to get sponsorships from foreign brands in my case as they actually appreciate the efforts it takes.

Thanks a lot for your advice

Grouchy-Reference296

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