[SunRescue] FS SparcServer 1000

[Mike Nicewonger]

WOW! Thanks Martin, that is very good information to know!! I am near enough
to BWI airport to make such adventures worthwhile.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Frost" <martin at dsres.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] FS SparcServer 1000


> Gregory Leblanc wrote:
>
> > Speaking of shipping large boxen, has anybody looked at using a freight
> > carrier, rather than parcel carriers?  Most of the bigger Sun boxen
> > -are- freight, and not parcels.
>
> I was looking at shipping an SS1000 from the US to the UK (weight is
> about 110lbs btw).
>
> FedEx and DHL quoted about $600, UPS about $300.
>
> In the end we used American Airlines' airport-to-airport freight
> service: the sender drove it to Philadelphia and I collected from
> Heathrow. Cost about $80 plus some airport freight charge (around
> 20UKP iirc), but I had to do the customs clearance myself. I felt
> that the time was well spent for the saving involved. ;)
>
> It was also much much faster than any of the cheaper parcel service
> options. (It goes out on the next scheduled flight with sufficient
> baggage space.)
>
> --m
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