Shipping notebooks?

[jspeicher]

Which is my best bet? Safest?

I figure either FedEX or UPS. Can I just take it into a store and have them package it?

Estimated cost if you've done it?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: jspeicher
Which is my best bet? Safest?

I figure either FedEX or UPS. Can I just take it into a store and have them package it?

Estimated cost if you've done it?

UPS ground $7 between 2 adjacent zones using company account.

 

[neutralizer]

UPS might crush your notebook.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
UPS might crush your notebook.

UPS, Proud sponsor of World Cup Soccer. We even let the players train here.

 

[NTB]

Personally, I'd go with Fedex Haven't tried the postal service for anything like that, either sending or recieving. And almost every packaged I've recieved through UPS looks like's it's been used as a crash test dummy prior to delivery :| Fortunately nothing was ever actually broken.

Nate

 

[PawNtheSandman]

USPS MEDIA MAIL

Priority will kill you, media is for books.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: PawNtheSandman
USPS MEDIA MAIL

Priority will kill you, media is for books.

Notebook computer 😉

Nate

 

[aphex]

Fedex sells Laptop shipping boxes for $10

Fedex thereby gets my recommendation 🙂

 

[aphex]

Actually, my Fedex Kinkos showed $10, but i just found this;

ShipSmartTM eNews
FedEx News
FedEx Laptop Kit Grows: New packaging accommodates larger laptop computers.

In 1998, FedEx Express introduced reliable, easy-to-use packaging for laptop computers. Now, FedEx offers a new Laptop Kit for shipping laptops with more features and larger screens.

The new laptop box measures 20" x 20" x 6" (up from 17" x 17" x 7"), but follows the same assembly procedures as the old box. The functional design of the new Laptop Kit remains the same.

The FedEx Laptop Kit is available free of charge to FedEx Express customers at FedEx World Service Center® locations. If you are a frequent laptop shipper, you?ll find that a third-party supplier is the best source to obtain Laptop Kits.

If you need to purchase large quantities of the new Laptop Kit, contact FedEx® Packaging Design & Development at 1.800.633.7019.

 

[Injury]

Whatever you do, for safety purposes, ship the laptop to me. PM for address.

 

[Sphexi]

Talk to MX2Times...friggen wizard on shipping those things...used this awesome suspended packing bubble thing, not a scratch on the notebook anywhere 🙂

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit

Originally posted by: neutralizer
UPS might crush your notebook.

UPS, Proud sponsor of World Cup Soccer. We even let the players train here.

:laugh:

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
UPS might crush your notebook.

I packed the noteback in bubble wrap sheets and then inside a dual layer cardboard shipping box.

No problems either way.