26 Nov
2016
26 Nov
'16
12:34 p.m.
* Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu> [161126 11:05]:
Well, I've had problems with US Customs coming back into the US from
Canada as well (not to mention from the US into Canada but that wasn't
about computer equipment.)
Yes indeed.
From: Todd
Goodman
Did you have any issues with customs bringing in
the racked equipment
from Toronto?
No; it just sailed right through. The fact that it was Canada->US probably
helped.
IIRC PakMail in Toronto picked a customs broker - or maybe we were talking
about doing that, and he decided we needn't bother? I forget now.
That's good to know!
Both times the carrier knew it was unpalleted
computer equipment and
did a good job using blankets and strapping them into the trucks.
...
The other carrier did a great job .. They mostly ship antiques and
pianos and other items that can be fragile and not palleted
...
Both were very competitively priced in my experience.
Sounds like these were both so-called 'white glove' shippers, who do things
like furniture, etc.
Those are also an option, but in my experience, somewhat more expensive: when
I was shipping a pair of -11/84's from California to Virginia, the shipping
cost just about doubled when I had to switch from freight to 'white glove' for
them. Hence my advice to palletize stuff, and send it freight (at least for
cross-continent, where the difference really adds up).
These were on uShip where the carriers bid on your shipment so the
prices were really very reasonable compared to even regular LTL
shipping.
Todd
Noel