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From: mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Shipping Macs
Summary: Don't use UPS
Keywords: Shipping
Message-ID: <387@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 30 Jul 89 05:17:36 GMT
References: <9121@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: mjkobb@athena.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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In article <9121@pucc.Princeton.EDU> MIKEA@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes:

>to go home soon (Australia) with my new Mac SE 30 (~4 months old).  At
>least now I know that I should ship it, but who should I trust with the
>job ?  Does anyone have any experience with customs problems ?  How

For heaven's sake, don't use UPS!!!  I've shipped computers with them before,
and I'd swear that they make a concerted effort to destroy computers.  They
have damaged my Imagewriter II, which is a pretty rugged item, and they also
did dome damage to an Apple //e I used to own.  Nothing serious enough to
warrant a damage claim against them, but enough to really warrant concern.

Also, I watched one of their drivers THROW boxed computer equipment out of the
back of one of their trucks onto the pavement.

Go with someone else, definitely.  You might also consider one of these fancy
reinforced and padded shipping cases.  I'll probably buy one before I take the
Mac anywhere next time.  With one of them, you may just be able to check it
on the plane.  I think the airlines are actually more careful than UPS.

--Mike

Disclaimer:  The opinions expressed above are _definitely_ not those of my
employer or my school.  They're mine.