Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 03:58:10 -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: <200104190758.f3J7wDm70773@ns1.unixathome.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104190023500.17317-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> References: <200104190712.f3J7Cam70628@ns1.unixathome.org>
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On 19 Apr 2001, at 0:26, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > 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. Thank you. I think that's a fine price to pay for a replacement box... *Grin*. -- 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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