Posting a laptop...

Guru · 16 Jan 2012 at 09:57

Hi all,

I've got a laptop (several actually) that I am selling and will need to courier, but I don't have any packaging at all that I would deem safe for a laptop.

At work we recently had a courier come and collect a laptop and he cam with some really decent packaging, packed it up nicely and took it away. No-one at work seems to be able to tell me which courier it was or how much it costs.

Obviously quite a few people on here will have done this in the past, so does anyone have any recomendations? With approximate costs would be great.

Thanks,

G

Guru · 16 Jan 2012 at 21:51

No one any ideas?

TRNC · 16 Jan 2012 at 21:57

I've had the same recently, the courier is the brown ones from memory, whose name I cant remember!

EDIT: Its UPS (google works!)

PhillyDee · 16 Jan 2012 at 22:10

Lots of bubble wrap.
I sent a large laptop to ireland in its original packaging, was fine (Special Delivery).

I would bubble wrap it, then use packing peanuts to fill out a box with it in.

kPATm · 16 Jan 2012 at 22:13

Nuff said

EGuitarStar · 16 Jan 2012 at 23:29

Just ensure you pack it well enough to be able to withstand the a few bumps and knocks and you should really send it out insured just in case.

Pate · 17 Jan 2012 at 01:48

As long as no bits of the laptop are near the edges (suspended in nuts, foam or just padding) it should be fine.

Gilbert89 · 17 Jan 2012 at 01:55

Not sure regarding Courier but packaging? .. Suppose this is common sense but plenty of bubble wrap, tissue paper etc and pack it so the laptop won't be able to slide around keep it all snug tight! Should do the job in a decent box.

Pate · 17 Jan 2012 at 02:01

Gilbert89 said:
Not sure regarding Courier but packaging? .. Suppose this is common sense but plenty of bubble wrap, tissue paper etc and pack it so the laptop won't be able to slide around keep it all snug tight! Should do the job in a decent box.

Indeed. Those big air bubbles things are great as well.

Gilbert89 · 17 Jan 2012 at 02:05

Pate said:
Indeed. Those big air bubbles things are great as well.

Indeed, or Polystyrene..

Plenty of Padding
Snugly Packed
Decent Box

Can't go wrong unless you'r courier decides to use it as a Football!

fidget · 17 Jan 2012 at 08:09

Does it have to survive all the way to Nigeria?

Guru · 17 Jan 2012 at 08:36

Thanks for the advice

Anyone any idea how much they might cost to post? Just roughly? I've not listed any on the bay yet because I don't know what it fair to put on the postage.

Last thing I sent I put a fiver and it cost a tenner so I don't really want to get it wrong on 10 laptops.

Thanks,

G

pull2808 · 17 Jan 2012 at 08:38

Surely weigh one and get a quote from a parcel company?

Try parcel monkey

martynbez · 17 Jan 2012 at 08:47

I posted one to northern ireland via parcel2go before Xmas for £25 and yodel was the cheapest at that point. So that shop be the max to pay I guess.

arknor · 17 Jan 2012 at 08:49

ive had UPS and DHL pickup laptops from me for RMA's and they had their own packaging, one was a box with a laptop sleeve made out of 1 inch diameter air filled plastic tubes (it was ofcourse moulded as one , it looked sort of like a radiator in a U shape)

D18241 · 17 Jan 2012 at 14:15

I sent my laptop last october with RM Special Delivery Next Day (By 1.00pm the next working day) and it cost me £23.60 with cover upto £600 which was price of lappy.

Price at a guess would be about £25 from the posts in here for other couriers if they charge a lot more would avoid them

King Damager · 17 Jan 2012 at 14:16

Go down to the post office. Grab one of their parcel boxes, and then wrap the laptop in bubble wrap until it fills up the box. Sorted.

kd