Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:26:54 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shipping a computer coast to coast Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104190023500.17317-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> In-Reply-To: <200104190712.f3J7Cam70628@ns1.unixathome.org>
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Dan Langille wrote: > On 19 Apr 2001, at 0:06, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Dan Langille wrote: > > > > > Anyone ever shipped a computer from coast to coast? Actually from > > > Seattle to upper New York state? I'm looking for a rough idea of cost > > > and time. Time isn't important. It can take two weeks for all I care. > > > I'd just want safe transport that's all. > > > > I shipped a server from Seattle (well really Marysville) to New Jersey via > > Federal Express a year ago. I think it was around $US65.00 (but I can't > > remember). It took two or three days. (A couple weeks later, qwest asked me > > where it was; so I used Federal Express's website to verify that they had > > signed for it the day it arrived.) > > Well, it if we $65 for that time period, I should be able to do it for less > than that if I accept a longer delivery period. Cheap is the key. Did you > pack the hard drives or anything special? Or just the standard shipping > material that the boxes usually come in? It is pretty cheap. http://rate.dmz.fedex.com/servlet/RateFinderServlet says: Marysville, Washington to Buffalo, NY, 45 lbs. FedEx ground, 4 days is $US27.34 http://www.fedex.com/us/rates/ is their rate finder. Jeremy C. Reed http://www.reedmedia.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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