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From: mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Shipping Macs
Message-ID: <433@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 4 Aug 89 21:04:05 GMT
References: <9121@pucc.Princeton.EDU> <387@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <33598@apple.Apple.COM> <127@cmdfs2.intel.com>
Reply-To: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
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Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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In article <127@cmdfs2.intel.com> bklaas@cmdfs2.intel.com (Brian Klaas~) writes:
>In article <33598@apple.Apple.COM> bnfb@Apple.COM (Bjorn Freeman-Benson) writes:
>
>   >For heaven's sake, don't use UPS!!!
>
>   Now, now, that's a severe opinion.  I don't work for UPS but I've

>I agree.  I used to work for UPS, and from what I saw, they treated
>packages pretty well.  I even saw several macintoshes go through where
>I worked.  
>
>However, I would suggest packing it in the origional container or
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I don't mean to make this thing sound like a vendetta, but I have to reply
to this one.  I did pack my equipment in their original containers until UPS
was nice enough to destroy the packaging for me.  I am fortunate that my Mac
is more-or-less stationary now, so I don't have to ship it any more.  If I did,
I'd have to buy some sort of shipping container...

--Mike

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