RE: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear?
FWIW we've had FedEx destroy hundreds of thousands of dollars of gear in transit (all shipped with full insurance and properly packed). They're extremely slow to pay their insurance claims on large amounts, as well. This has happened to us at least 5 times so far - cross-country, cross-state, and international. Choose carefully. -----Original Message----- From: N. Richard Solis [mailto:nrsolis@aol.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:27 PM To: Matthew Zito Cc: Nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear? FedEx will be your best bet. Trust me. You COULD do a counter to counter shipment via an airline cargo desk. That MIGHT be cheaper but you will still have to transport it from your spot to their pickup and back again on the other side. Rail is not an option because it is across country. Ground/Highway is not an option because it is across country. Your only choice is by air. Use FedEx. Life is short. -Richard Matthew Zito wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could provide any advice or suggestions on >
shipping heavy/bulky equipment (~300 pounds, about a half-rack worth of > gear) on short notice cross-country? We're obviously looking to minimize > cost, but realistically it can't be in transit for more than two > days. Are > there any companies or methods people would recommend? Thanks in advance > for the help. > > Thanks again, > Matt > > -- > Matthew Zito > GridApp Systems > Email: mzito@gridapp.com > Cell: 646-220-3551 > Phone: 212-358-8211 x 359 > http://www.gridapp.com > >
Well I recieved lots of computer hardware including laptops/desktops with fedex when I was living in Turkey from USA without any problem, 300 pounds is quite heavy and I assume this is a couple of thousands computer gear so the best would be fedex, imho. Mehmet Akcin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Temkin, David" <temkin@sig.com> To: "'N. Richard Solis'" <nrsolis@aol.net>; "Matthew Zito" <mzito@gridapp.com> Cc: <Nanog@merit.edu> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:53 PM Subject: RE: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear?
FWIW we've had FedEx destroy hundreds of thousands of dollars of gear in transit (all shipped with full insurance and properly packed). They're extremely slow to pay their insurance claims on large amounts, as well.
This has happened to us at least 5 times so far - cross-country, cross-state, and international.
Choose carefully.
-----Original Message----- From: N. Richard Solis [mailto:nrsolis@aol.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:27 PM To: Matthew Zito Cc: Nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Cross-country shipping of large network/computer gear?
FedEx will be your best bet. Trust me.
You COULD do a counter to counter shipment via an airline cargo desk. That MIGHT be cheaper but you will still have to transport it from your spot to their pickup and back again on the other side.
Rail is not an option because it is across country. Ground/Highway is not
an
option because it is across country.
Your only choice is by air.
Use FedEx. Life is short.
-Richard
Matthew Zito wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could provide any advice or suggestions on >
shipping heavy/bulky equipment (~300 pounds, about a half-rack worth of > gear) on short notice cross-country? We're obviously looking to minimize
cost, but realistically it can't be in transit for more than two > days. Are > there any companies or methods people would recommend? Thanks in advance > for the help. > > Thanks again, > Matt > > -- > Matthew Zito > GridApp Systems > Email: mzito@gridapp.com > Cell: 646-220-3551
Phone: 212-358-8211 x 359 > http://www.gridapp.com > >
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