[geeks] Shipping from NY to South Africa?

[Wai-Sun Chia]

Michael-John Turner wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I've recently purchased myself an Ultra 2 on ePay, but I'm having a
> bit of grief getting it shipped from New York to South Africa. The
> seller is pretty accomodating shipping wise, but I can't seem to find
> anyone who can ship it for anything less than around $400! UPS, DHL 
> and FedEx are ridiculous (up to $700 for their _cheapest_ shipping 
> method!) and USPS won't ship it Global Express because it's too big 
> (24"x24"x15"), just a bit bigger than their maximum permitted size.
> 
> Help! Does anyone know of any other reputable shipping companies I can
> check out? I really want this machine (the seller has offered me a 
> refund, but I'm in dire need of this machine as a new mail server and 
> proxy). Even surface shipping will be OK.
> 
> -mj

Did you consider splitting up the system into 2 packages? (typically 
chassis and PSU, and I've shipped a PDP-11/05 like that)
If you do that, you'll have more options:
- USPS air mail parcel (cheaper than global express)
- USPS surface

/ws