Packing suggestions (was Re: PDP11 Redux, or Behind-The-Scenes Bull)

--- Lawrence Walker <lgwalker(a)mts.net> wrote: I'm not intimidated; I have numerous personal negative experiences. I *never* use UPS to move stuff between Canada and the U.S. I always use the Postal Service. The only thing close to an exception is for work, and with a commercial invoice, never for personal items. I got a call once, from a clearing house. The shipper just dropped a $70 item off at UPS with no export paperwork. The clearing house wanted something around $80 for the "convenience" of filing the paperwork and sending my item along. They were most suprised when not only did I not give them my credit card but I told them to send it back where it came from. I immediately contacted the company that sold me the item and told them that they could either find a way to get me to item without a service fee that exceeded the purchase price or they could refund my money. This was _after_ I had gone downtown and paid $15 USD for a Canadian Dollar instrument to pay them in the first place. I finally got the item for no more out-of-pocket expenses (it's an 8-bit ISA adapter for the Amiga 1000). It took lots of effort to educate the shipper about how to send items to the U.S. I have more experiences. They aren't pretty either. I'd rather ship to Germany or Australia that Canada. I've done it. It's less trouble. OTOH, I have not had one problem with dropping items in the USPS and having them show up in Canada with no problems. -ethan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com