Best way to ship computers from overseas

[Paul C. Mirams]

I did it by flying first class(on the return flight) on virgin atlantic (using frequent flyer points) (USA-UK) they then allow you to ship 4 pieces of luggage upto 83KG, 3 can be boxes.
 
So I buy stuff in the UK, have it shipped to a friend, then go visit them, box the stuff up, take it with me on the plane. No real customs issues, although I always take the ebay win print out with me.
 
So you get the ship it for less than any of the regular carriers and get a small vacation for what was probably much less.
 
Paul

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Subject: Re: Best way to ship computers from overseas



On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Chandra Bajpai wrote:

> I need to ship about 200 pounds of computers, documentation and spares
> from South Africa to Boston.
>
> Any suggestions on shipping this economically (and safely). It seems
> FedEx is quite expensive does not make economic sense for me..are there
> alternate carriers or methods (e.g. via Ship) that make sense to

Look into BAX Global or Menlo Worldwide Forwarding (now part of UPS).

> How do I deal with customs?

Very painfully.  Your best defense is to just say what it is: obsolete
computer equipment for historical study.

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