Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 03:12:28 -0400 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shipping a computer coast to coast Message-ID: <200104190712.f3J7Cam70628@ns1.unixathome.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104190002040.17317-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> References: <200104190647.f3J6l2m70554@ns1.unixathome.org>
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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? > Are you in Seattle? No, but the box[es] which are being donated are. I'm about to move to Ottawa and one of the problems was what to do with the boxes I have now. I was going to look at shipping them from New Zealand to Ottawa but then this offer came up. I'm still looking at it -- Dan Langille pgpkey - finger dan@unixathome.org | http://unixathome.org/finger.php To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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