Computer Shipping

[CountZero]

So I am moving for the summer and I will be shipping my pc and monitor to my new location. I read some archived threads on shipping a pc and it seems like the best bet is used the original case box, fill the excess space with peanuts/bubble wrap, then put that entire box in another box and ship it like that. Remove the hsf and anything else big and prone to falling off (I can't think of anything else I'm worried about). Zip tie other stuff down as possible and pray. For the monitor I am just going to use the box it came in. I will also be making backups of all my important files from the pc on dvd and on another hdd so if it completely dies i'm not totally screwed.

As for shipping it seems most people recommend FedEx, will they come and pick up both boxes? I lack a vehicle and lugging these thing around on a bus doesn't sound particularly fun. If not FedEx who and why? Also since I'm shipping to myself and I'm flying there what about the airline itself as check 'luggage' I'm sure I'd be paying extra and honestly since there is a transfer I don't trust it to not get lost but I don't know anything about how that typically works.

Anyways I'm mostly looking for some tips and suggestions. The computer is moderately old and hopefully I'll be doing an upgrade after this summer but I'd still like it to arrive in Burlington and back home again in one piece.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

FEDEX! If you ship UPS you'll recieve a mangled mass that was once known as "CountZero's computer".

 

[fbrdphreak]

*Remove hard drives
*Remove HSF and CPU (if expensive)
*Remove video card (if expensive)

I would move the above items yourself. They are generally the most important/expensive items of the computer and there's no reason why you can't take them with you. The rest, I would just pay Fedex to package it; the prices actually aren't terrible IMO.

 

[Zolty]

Get insurance and wait for them to drop it.