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From: mym@tybalt.caltech.edu (Mike Meckler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Shipping Macs
Keywords: Shipping
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Date: 30 Jul 89 16:56:41 GMT
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In article <387@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
mjkobb@athena.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes:
>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....
>Also, I watched one of their drivers THROW boxed computer equipment out of the
>back of one of their trucks onto the pavement.
>

For the record, I've had very good experiences shipping my Mac II through
UPS.  I've done it twice, cross-country, and both times I've retrieved
my computer in perfect working order. I took two precautions:

1) I've kept all the original packaging, and shipped the computer in it.
This seemed to please the UPS people.

2) I insured it for its full value. This ended up costing about $25 more,
but the UPS person told me whenever an item is insured for more than a 
certain amount ($1000 or so) it receives special treatment. Exactly what
this treatment is, I forget, but I've had no problems shipping my Mac
via UPS.

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