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Shipping a PC to another country

  • 11-02-2012 04:02AM
    #1
    tuxy
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    Hi, I have a fairly new PC over in Ireland at the moment in a Corsair 600t case, so fairly heavy, probably about 15kg.
    I'm in London and there is a chance I could be here long term.

    Does anyone have any idea on how much it might cost to ship it over?
    It would have to be a company that's not going to throw it around and jump on it :eek:


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  • #2
    Reamer Fanny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭Reamer Fanny


    tuxy wrote: »
    Hi, I have a fairly new PC over in Ireland at the moment in a Corsair 600t case, so fairly heavy, probably about 15kg.
    I'm in London and there is a chance I could be here long term.

    Does anyone have any idea on how much it might cost to ship it over?
    It would have to be a company that's not going to throw it around jump on it :eek:

    Try wiseloads.com I've always found them quite good & cheap


  • #3
    Auvers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,987 ✭✭✭Auvers


    strip the PC and get the components shipped over and flog the case and PSU in Ireland and replace the parts in London


  • #4
    tuxy
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    Auvers wrote: »
    strip the PC and get the components shipped over and flog the case and PSU in Ireland and replace the parts in London

    That would make things easier but I don't have anyone back home to do that for me.


  • #5
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    justryan wrote: »
    Try wiseloads.com I've always found them quite good & cheap

    I got a quote of €35 from them which is impressive.
    Would be slightly worried about damage to parts though.
    Has anyone here done this before?


  • #6
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,330 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    tuxy wrote: »
    I got a quote of €35 from them which is impressive.
    Would be slightly worried about damage to parts though.
    Has anyone here done this before?

    As long as you secured everything properly when building it and it's packaged properly you should be fine. Sure the like of hardwareversand do it every day and are shipping them all over europe.


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  • #7
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Good point.
    Would it matter that my cpu cooler is a Scythe Mugen 3?
    That thing is kind of heavy.


  • #8
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    the last time i had to ship computer equipment overseas to madrid it cost me €92
    it was 2 cisco switches and 2 cisco routers. when i told my friend how much it cost to send over those he told me to keep his pc... but at least he got the cisco stuff which was worth 3 or 4 times what the pc he had was worth.


  • #9
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,548 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Last one I shipped was very heavy and I used DHL. It was to France and it cost €40

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #10
    Hank Scorpio
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    Don't know if you've already sent it buy DHL charged me around 30e I think shipping a PC to Germany


  • #11
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭fionny


    I would take the cooler off the processor everything else should be fine.


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  • #12
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    fionny wrote: »
    I would take the cooler off the processor everything else should be fine.

    None of my family or friends have the know how to do that.
    I guess it's not safe to ship the PC as it is.


  • #13
    fionny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭fionny


    Sure its only popping a clip off? Or is the mugen a bit more involved? Some pc store would prob take it off for small money for them?


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