VAX?  BAX!

Peace...  Sridhar
(Sorry)

On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Aaron J. Grier wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:55:20AM -0700, Chuck McManis wrote:
> > I have a UNIBUS expansion cabinet (PDP-11 dress plate) available for
> > free in the SF Bay Area, it would be fairly expensive to ship as it
> > weighs over 100lbs as far as I can tell.
> 
> it might not be as expensive as you think...
> 
> I recently had need to ship a studio tape deck across the country
> (united states) for servicing, and doing a little shopping around, I was
> able to send a 3'x 3'x 3' 167lb crate insured from Portland, OR, to
> Boston, MA for a little over $100 through BAX Global shipping with their
> BAXSaver fare.
> 
> Just for comparison's sake, since 167lbs is over UPS' 150lb limit, it
> falls under their "hundredweight" service, and would have cost $500.
> Fedex Freight wanted $400.  Viking shipping wanted $300 and wouldn't
> insure for more than $5/lb.
> 
> BAX also ships internationally.  http://www.baxglobal.com/
> 
> (this is an informational posting.  no endorsement of BAX is expressed
> or implied.  I just figured it might be useful to help move some VAXen
> around and keep them from ending up at a scrapper's.)
> 
> -- 
>   Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com
>