Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-25 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
> On Aug 25, 2019, at 2:05 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > >> From: Jon Elson > >> I have NEVER had even the SLIGHTEST damage with FedEx, even their >> ground service. This could just be statistical chance > > This. I once had FexEx Ground destroy the entire packaging of a shipment

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-25 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Jon Elson > I have NEVER had even the SLIGHTEST damage with FedEx, even their > ground service. This could just be statistical chance This. I once had FexEx Ground destroy the entire packaging of a shipment (one of those rigid plastic tubs, sealed closed with those tension

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-24 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 08/24/2019 04:06 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: What use is insurance? If the unique machine that you have been searching for for so long it destroyed in shipping, the insurance company pays you less than it's value It seems shippers have some label or something that identifies

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-24 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
John Herron wrote: > > With all of the stories. I don't know if it exists internationally but I > think the moral is get insurance with shipper. > What use is insurance? If the unique machine that you have been searching for for so long it destroyed in shipping, the insurance company pays you

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-24 Thread ben via cctalk
On 8/24/2019 1:25 PM, John Herron via cctalk wrote: With all of the stories. I don't know if it exists internationally but I think the moral is get insurance with shipper. I thought it was DRIVE your own FORKLIFT. So how did the orginal companies like DEC ship thier products? Ben.

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-24 Thread John Herron via cctalk
With all of the stories. I don't know if it exists internationally but I think the moral is get insurance with shipper. On Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 12:31 PM Steven Stengel via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > How do I ship a 50 pound computer from Europe to the United States? Who > has good

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-22 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 8/22/2019 6:23 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: The machine was later returned to the US and was used as a "test mule". At Microdata, we were touring the country on a mission to fix some bugs that customers were having, and happened to  be in Dallas when a problem with one of a customers

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-22 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 08/22/2019 02:09 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: Many ages ago, I worked for a company that made 12-bit computers for radiation treatment planning. they palleted a computer and shipped it to Holland for a trade show. At the arrival airport, somebody pushed it out of the cargo bay with

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-22 Thread Norman Jaffe via cctalk
it for shipment. Until I sent them a photograph of the puncture mark made by THEIR forklift, right through THEIR shipping documents... From: "cctalk" To: "cctalk" Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:21:39 PM Subject: Re: Shipping from Europe to USA > On Aug 22, 2019, at 2

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-22 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
Ethan Dicks wrote: > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 9:26 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > > > KE11-A Field Maintenance Print Set > > > http://manx-docs.org/details.php/1,9358 > > > > Speaking of KE11-A's, does anyone know what's behind the bidding wars on > > recent eBay KE11-A component

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-22 Thread Daniel Seagraves via cctalk
> On Aug 22, 2019, at 2:09 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > > > >> On Aug 22, 2019, at 2:57 PM, Peter Corlett via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 06:30:10PM +, Henk Gooijen via cctalk wrote: >> ... >>> Only UPS did … and yes, the “horror” stories *are* true. They

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-22 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 22, 2019, at 2:57 PM, Peter Corlett via cctalk > wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 06:30:10PM +, Henk Gooijen via cctalk wrote: > ... >> Only UPS did … and yes, the “horror” stories *are* true. They managed to drop >> the package. Not from 4 inches above ground, but more,

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-22 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 06:30:10PM +, Henk Gooijen via cctalk wrote: > A few weeks ago I shipped approx 39 kilos from The Netherlands to USA (HP > A990). At least in Holland, most shippers do not accept such heavy stuff (max > 30 kilos). Yeah, well, "dat kan niet" *is* the Dutch motto. I'm

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-22 Thread Patrick Finnegan via cctalk
The automated package sorting I'm told includes dropping packages from one conveyor belt to another, and stuff can fall up to 6ft (though more likely when something gets clogged/jammed up and packages fall off of the conveyor system). 39kg/90lbs is heavy enough that it probably should be

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-22 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 10:31:46AM -0700, Steven Stengel via cctalk wrote: > How do I ship a 50 pound computer from Europe to the United States? Who has > good rates? "Europe" contains so many diverse states and cultures that you're going to have to be a bit more precise about where in the 4

RE: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-22 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
A few weeks ago I shipped approx 39 kilos from The Netherlands to USA (HP A990). At least in Holland, most shippers do not accept such heavy stuff (max 30 kilos). Only UPS did … and yes, the “horror” stories *are* true. They managed to drop the package. Not from 4 inches above ground, but

Re: Shipping from Europe to USA

2019-08-22 Thread ben via cctalk
On 8/22/2019 11:31 AM, Steven Stengel via cctalk wrote: How do I ship a 50 pound computer from Europe to the United States? Who has good rates? Thanks- Steve Well good packing would double the weight, and how fast do you/they need it? Ben.