Marcio, My suggestion is to wrap each computer in bubble wrap and tape that securely around the unit. Then find a sturdy shipping box (reuse is fine) which you pack in packing peanuts.MArk item as Fragile and then take to UPS or USPS etc. Good luck! JohnH
On 3/29/09 10:14 AM, "Marcio Teixeira" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to my recent post regarding my old vintage computers, I've had a > couple of them spoken for. Of course, the since this list is global in > scope, none of those requests happen to local, as I had naively hoped they > would be. So, this puts me in the situation of having to ship bulky, heavy > and fragile equipment without the original foam packaging, something I've > never had to do before. So, do any of the group members here have any good > advise on how to do this easily and at a reasonable cost? I do not have any > of my own packing materials, so these would probably need be purchased new. > > Are there any obvious things I should avoid? Packing peanuts are probably > the most widely available, but I would how they would fare with something as > heavy as a computer? Would they shift, causing the computer to sink to the > bottom were it would be vunerable? My research indicates that something like > InstaFoam (http://www.intellipack.com) would be packing nirvana for > something like this, but I have no idea where to get this stuff or how much > it costs. It doesn't appear as if it's something I can obtain for a one-time > home use, anyway. > > My first inclination is to take the equipment to some store like "UPS Store" > or "Mail-boxes Etc" and see what they can do for me. Alhough I'm not sure > they would be much useful beyond giving me strange looks for wanting to ship > such ancient looking computers. > > Any thoughts? > > -- Marcio > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
