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Title: next question ... best way to ship a slab to the UK
Post by: nextchef on October 01, 2007, 09:53:47 PM
Have some interest in my TurboColor slabs from the UK, but have no idea the best way to ship it.  USPS Priority quotes me 120USD, which is a lot, so I  wanted to see if our UK friends in here had any better solutions.  

Chef
Title: next question ... best way to ship a slab to the UK
Post by: NeXTnewbe on October 02, 2007, 04:22:33 AM
well in my opinion is not expensive, from UK to US will cost £180 aprox. for only the CPU + Keyboard + Mouse,

the Monitor about £200
Title: next question ... best way to ship a slab to the UK
Post by: it68000 on October 02, 2007, 04:49:02 AM
I've received some heavy stuff from USA to Italy and USPS was always the more economical and safe way.

Moreover (this maybe off-topic) let me take the opportunity to add some experiences about a shipping of a TurboColor.
I've received mine from very near (EU to EU) and after the shipment I've found the CPU unplugged from the motherboard. Fortunately I was able to realign all the pins and put it back at work.

So maybe is the case to see also how to prevent this risk.
Title: next question ... best way to ship a slab to the UK
Post by: slomacuser on October 02, 2007, 05:10:34 AM
wow, that was a high fall off ... so the CPU could jump ... you can not prevent this, because the people working on transport really do not care about it..

my girl friend recived a new imac with a foot print on the box, so you can imagne how that box was carried ...
Title: next question ... best way to ship a slab to the UK
Post by: it68000 on October 04, 2007, 07:53:56 AM
Quotewow, that was a high fall off ... so the CPU could jump ... you can not prevent this, because the people working on transport really do not care about it..

Yes, I think it is a really unusual eventuality. Nobody had similar experience?

Quotemy girl friend recived a new imac with a foot print on the box, so you can imagne how that box was carried ...

Ugh.  I thought that with new stuff they put more attention.

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