Date: Tuesday, 30 November 1982  11:16-EST
From: David B. Anderson <Anderson at CMU-CS-C>
To:   Philip.Wadler at CMU-CS-GANDALF at CMU-CS-A
Subject: Shipping books & etc

If you are interested in doing this the cheapest way possible, the best way
that I know of is to take the items as excess baggage on an airline flight.  My
wife and I moved to Pgh that way, each taking 5 extra bags (most between 50 and
100 pounds).  We did this on Northwest Orient, and they only charged us
$7/excess item - only $70 to move 500 pounds of stuff (mostly books, a stereo,
and household items) from CA, and same day service!  Note this will only work
if you are planning to fly anyway, and some airlines have a limits on how many
excess bags they will accept per passenger and how much any one item may weigh.
Also, if your things are packed in boxes they will only insure them against
lossage, and not damage (although I have done this twice, and nothing has been
damaged).  If you pack your books into boxes, and your stereo, etc. into a
couple of trunks this works well.

This may sound crazy, and getting everything to and from the airport can be a
hassle, but the alternatives are much more expensive.  (We packed things into
some @i[very] large boxes - much larger and heavier than UPS would have
accepted.  Greyhound is much more expensive than UPS, but they will take larger
and heavier items.  A mover typically won't talk less than $500.)

Good luck!  Hope you enjoy California.

						David