26 Nov
2016
26 Nov
'16
8:05 a.m.
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.
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).
Noel
26 Nov
26 Nov
9:34 a.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
1:31 p.m.
On 11/26/2016 8:05 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
No; it just sailed right through. The fact that it was
Canada->US probably
helped.
The US Customs can be jerks. But Made in USA on the unit trumped the BS
for me twice. It wasn't obvious in both cases, but once I showed it on
the device the foolishness stopped.
I think our Canadian friends had much more trouble even post NAFTA than
I had.
The old used items I buy have all been clearly US origin or manufacture
and they do sail thru.
thanks
Jim
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