4 Nov
1999
4 Nov
'99
7:11 a.m.
George Currie wrote:
What shipping methods do people prefer for shipping larger (say >
100lbs, large deskside, small mini type) systems. If you send it
through ups are you just guaranteeing it'll get banged up? What
alternative, relatively inexpensive methods are available?
It depends on how soon you want to get it. I shmooze the local
trucking firms in the hopes that they'll throw stuff onto one of
their rigs when they're deadheading back into town. The fallback
to that is so-called LTL -- less than truckload -- where a local
carrier collects the stuff and takes it to a depot where it sits
until a large enough load heading your direction can be assembled.
Stuff can sit for weeks, but it's cheap, especially for minis.
Best,
Chris
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Chris Kennedy
chris(a)mainecoon.com
http://www.mainecoon.com