[R-390] Shipping costs for sending heavy boxes overseas

[Jack Rubin]

Not too much to add about boxes, but I sent a heavy terminal to England last year and had a local shipping service handle it for me. They did a very nice crating job, as expected, but the surprise was that they	 introduced me to a Fed Ex rate called "standby". Instead of shipping immediately, I was willing to have them ship anytime in the following two weeks, with the only guarantee being that it would definitely go by the 14th day. Basically, I was allowing FedEx to use their space more efficiently and got a discount in return.

As it turned out, it went almost immediately - I was shipping out of Chicago O'Hare where there is obviously lots of traffic -  but I still got the promised discount.

No idea if this alternate service is available everywhere and/or for domestic air shipments, but it could be worthwhile asking.

Jack
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