[Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

I have buildout a datacenter in London in January and I've ordered everything I need directly to the datacenter because of everything I've heard about dealing with customs. The only exception of a single piece of equipment we forgot that probably won't make it if I ship it now (a Cisco serial cons

Re: [Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:36:28AM -0500, Matt Shields wrote: > I have buildout a datacenter in London in January and I've ordered > everything I need directly to the datacenter because of everything I've > heard about dealing with customs. The only exception of a single piece of > equipment we fo

Re: [Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

What am I missing? Why can't you FedEx it? On 12/31/2012 10:36 AM, Matt Shields wrote: I have buildout a datacenter in London in January and I've ordered everything I need directly to the datacenter because of everything I've heard about dealing with customs. The only exception of a single piec

Re: [Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

Just a point of opinion. UPS tends to be better for international than FedEx, at least in my experience. On 12/31/2012 11:02 AM, Mark Woodward wrote: > What am I missing? Why can't you FedEx it? > > On 12/31/2012 10:36 AM, Matt Shields wrote: >> I have buildout a datacenter in London in January an

Re: [Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Mark Woodward wrote: > What am I missing? Why can't you FedEx it? > > > On 12/31/2012 10:36 AM, Matt Shields wrote: > >> I have buildout a datacenter in London in January and I've ordered >> everything I need directly to the datacenter because of everything I've >

Re: [Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

On 12/31/2012 12:03 PM, Matt Shields wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Mark Woodward > wrote: What am I missing? Why can't you FedEx it? On 12/31/2012 10:36 AM, Matt Shields wrote: I have buildout a datacenter in London in January and I've o

Re: [Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

On 12/31/2012 12:03 PM, Matt Shields wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Mark Woodward wrote: > >> What am I missing? Why can't you FedEx it? >> >> >> On 12/31/2012 10:36 AM, Matt Shields wrote: >> >>> I have buildout a datacenter in London in January and I've ordered >>> everything I need d

Re: [Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

I learned something about international shipping this year. Know why we don't make much in the USA anymore? Because a couple of companies have built an oligopoly of shipping services: the costs are incredible, and the paperwork burden is horrendous. I moved into a house vacated by a Taiwanese f

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> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Matt Shields > > My understanding is Fedex or UPS'ing it would take a month to get through > customs. That's just what I've been told. More like 2-3 weeks, and $1million, in my ex

Re: [Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Rich Braun wrote: > I learned something about international shipping this year. Know why we > don't make much in the USA anymore? Because a couple of companies have > built an oligopoly of shipping services: the costs are incredible, and the > paperwork burden is

Re: [Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Matt Shields > > Anyone have experience taking servers/network gear on the plane with > them? > What should I expect as far as taxes and penalties? etc? Some of it is set in ston