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MrHoon
10183 Posts
So I was wondering if anyone with similar experiences with me help? I've never sent a computer overseas nor have anyone close to me who shipped one overseas (they all made their colleagues bring it to them if they left it in Korea). I'm worried if the mac will be safe or not when it gets shipped. Also most importantly, the cost of sending a computer overseas. Can anyone help?  | ||
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zerotol
Belgium508 Posts
Be sure to package it well. http://www.dhl.com/splash.html Also be sure to ask what the insurance is for damage during transport! | ||
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konadora
Singapore66359 Posts
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miseiler
United States1389 Posts
ALL carriers will insure your laptop, up to the full value. However, they will most likely force you to ship it using their fastest method, and give you some crap like "This is the only method where it's guaranteed" or "this is the only method where we probably won't lose it." So, besides overcharging you for insuring it, they will overcharge you to ship it. A small suggestion which just occurred to me now is that, if the fastest method really is the safest, maybe you could use that and avoid the insurance charges? It's a decision only you can make. For the record, the last time I shipped a $2000 macbook pro to england it cost me $250 to ship and fully insure it against damage/loss (and got there in 3 days.) The second thing is that they will ask you whether the laptop is new. IT ISN'T (even if it is.) You see, if the laptop is "second hand" most import/export laws consider this a gift rather than a sale. A sale would get charged in customs, usually a large amount. Your mileage will certainly vary there, as it is obviously up to the import/export laws of the countries in question. The last thing is that shipping a macbook from some countries (notably the US) is illegal due to export of strong cryptography or powerful computers or what have you. Again, it's up to the countries in question, and I've never been hassled anyway. | ||
RaGe
Belgium9950 Posts
It arrived exactly 1 year and 3 months later. | ||
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aev
166 Posts
On August 23 2009 23:43 RaGe wrote: My sister once shipped her laptop from singapore to belgium along with some other stuff, using the cheap postal service. It arrived exactly 1 year and 3 months later. that is total fail...what carrier did she use? and incidentally, what did she do in the meantime? | ||
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ghostWriter
United States3302 Posts
Even if you get the insurance money from it, you will still lose all the information and stuff which really sucks =/ | ||
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