shipping help from UK

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Wed Dec 17 15:55:24 2003

Jay,

   UPS ships everything by air when shipping overseas. Needless to say, it
gets expensive! Try the USPS (or the local country's postal serice)
instead. Also be aware that "overweight" or "oversized" packages are a LOT
more expensive. It may be a LOT cheaper to break the package into two
smaller/lighter packages. I shipped an Apple Lisa (~60#) to Japan and I
saved about 2/3 by shipping it in two packages instead of one.

   Joe

At 12:45 PM 12/17/03 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm looking at getting a cpu shipped to me from the UK. I checked UPS and it
>says 40 pounds, 30x20x10 inches, would be about $106 to ship to me in US,
>63146.
>
>I've never shipped anything from UK to US before - can anyone advise if
>there is a better carrier, things to look out for, etc. I'd appreciate any
>advice.
>
>Normally I wouldn't go to so much trouble, but it's a older PDP-11 that
>would particularly round out my collection :)
>
>Jay
>
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