Return-Path: Received: from CMU-CS-SPICE.ARPA by CMU-CS-A.ARPA; 14 May 85 17:13:06 EDT Date: Tuesday, 14 May 1985 17:08:25 EDT From: Marc.Singer@cmu-cs-spice.arpa To: Harry Bovik (C410HB00) Subject: Re: Shipping Message-ID: <1985.5.14.20.54.46.Marc.Singer@cmu-cs-spice.arpa> In-Reply-To: <05May85.110249.HB00@CMU-CS-A.ARPA> Harry, I have moved across country move that five times, and after looking at the messages you have regarding shipping I have come to a couple of conclusions. The airlines are less inclined to take packages, especially large ones, on the plane. I once had a package refused because they said that there was no way it could fit through the door even though I had already moved it by plane once. Airlines are good for fragile things like a computer terminal because you can pad it with clothing. UPS is reliable, insurable, and reasonably fast, but they have size and weight limits. Nothing over 50 pounds or 100 inches will be taken. These rules are to protect the truckers from losing all of their business to private parcel services. UPS is expensive, but good for items you worry about. US Mail will take packages the same size as UPS, but they will not insure to as high an amount. Slow? Yes. Cheap? Usually. I have used them satisfactorily, but the drawback to all of these methods is that no one will pick them up for you. My original question was whether or not private shippers would pick up only 300 pounds of boxes and ship them at a reasonable cost. I only have recent experience with Greyhound who was slow and expensive, but they have the advantage that there is no size constraint put upon them. I think I will send most of my boxes which are books through the mail and the rest will have to go through Greyhound. Thanks for the help Harry. See you in California. Marc