I have an opportunity to get my brother-in-law purchase the I7-3770K from micro-center in MD and mail it to me, instead of me buying an I5 from newegg at around the same price. Compared to NE, this would be a $100 savings for the same CPU.
Problem is, my BIL is a fat-cat, earning a ton of money in a corporate chair, and unused to doing too much of DIY, so while for him to drive 4 miles to the store and buy this box is easy enough, he'll not want to buy a whole lot of stuff and ship them all, so I'll stick with the one thing (CPU) that offers the maximum discount.
Now, to keep prices down, how should I ask him to ship it to me? He'll obviously need to box it to hide the fact that this is a CPU; but can he do a simple parcel mail at the USPS, with maybe insurance and 'signature required'? No point saving $100 only to give up a chunk of it back to Fedex!
I am guessing the size of the box will be like a cereal box, and internally it'll have enough packaging to not need bubble / pop-corn packaging around the box?
Problem is, my BIL is a fat-cat, earning a ton of money in a corporate chair, and unused to doing too much of DIY, so while for him to drive 4 miles to the store and buy this box is easy enough, he'll not want to buy a whole lot of stuff and ship them all, so I'll stick with the one thing (CPU) that offers the maximum discount.
Now, to keep prices down, how should I ask him to ship it to me? He'll obviously need to box it to hide the fact that this is a CPU; but can he do a simple parcel mail at the USPS, with maybe insurance and 'signature required'? No point saving $100 only to give up a chunk of it back to Fedex!
I am guessing the size of the box will be like a cereal box, and internally it'll have enough packaging to not need bubble / pop-corn packaging around the box?