Chris, the baggage handlers don’t handle things gently so if you could check it ( it’s probably too heavy anyway) it would get broken.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 1, 2024, at 18:08, ste...@malikoff.com steven--- via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Mike wrote: > Hey there must be lots of vintage stuff at the south pole nobody ships stuff > back. :) > > There is, and in the past I've acquired vintage stuff shipped back from an > Antarctic Base junk cleanup campaign via someone who was posted there > periodically. Not vintage computers though. > > Also I've found it cheaper to airfreight 1/4 tonne vintage vehicle parts > USA->Oz than by sea freight, and I had it in two weeks instead of two months > (four days air, the rest of that time in local Customs). > > Just a note on accumulating items stateside for shipment: make sure that > sending entity gets given invoices for _all_ items in that shipment or Oz > Customs may demand it. I knew someone who did not have the individual > invoices for an amalgamated collection of vintage vehicle parts and he told > me it was a hassle for him to sort out.
