Packaging Materials

Xelene · 7 Dec 2010 at 00:11

Hi guys,

I've recently acquired a pair of Dell servers that are reasonably okay and more importantly still under next business day onsite and was thinking of sticking them on a well known auction site. Thing is, i've been googling for a while and can't find anywhere that makes boxes to ship the damn things in. One is like 40kg 2u, the other 1u.

Anyone have any suggestions as to where I could source something like this?

(The models are 1950 & 2970)

Syx · 7 Dec 2010 at 01:56

Just having a quick look for you and found this:
http://www.serverboxes.co.uk/

iaind · 7 Dec 2010 at 08:25

Remember not to underestimate your postage charge!

I've done it, expect to get lots of script kiddies asking you stupid questions. I've done it on collection only before to save the hassle - if it worked in Devon it should work in London!

Xelene · 7 Dec 2010 at 10:52

Brilliant, thanks guys. My googlefu failed badly on this

I'm assuming courier shipping in the UK will be around £50 per.

wij · 7 Dec 2010 at 17:13

sldsmkd said:
Brilliant, thanks guys. My googlefu failed badly on this

I'm assuming courier shipping in the UK will be around £50 per.

Or slap them on a pallet. Have a look at places like interparcel and parcel2go, they normally are pretty competitive on pricing if you don't have an account with someone already.

Xelene · 7 Dec 2010 at 21:50

wij said:
Or slap them on a pallet. Have a look at places like interparcel and parcel2go, they normally are pretty competitive on pricing if you don't have an account with someone already.

I don't mind covering the shipping, it's just a couple of servers and a one off really. They should fetch ~£1k each which is pure profit as I got them for nothing. They are both 8 core, 16GB, with SAS drives - so still pretty decent.

SiriusB · 7 Dec 2010 at 23:01

If you got them for nothing I would be tempted to put a low postage, since you have nothing but profit to absorb the extra cost.

Might push someone to bid that little bit more if the postage is nice and low!

Xelene · 7 Dec 2010 at 23:35

Good plan, i'll just set a decent reserve on them and ship them free to the UK. I'd keep them TBH if had the space in the flat, but will use them to pay for a more house friendly machine.