Can't do this one by bike : comments [damerell]

As mentioned earlier I can do it, but I don't have any free weekends until mid-May at the earliest.

What about sending them via courier yourself?

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Ah read post properly. I could do it Friday/Monday, but would need plenty of notice to request holiday from work.

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I believe their supposition that couriers are useless bastards who will drop unpackaged tubes is likely to be correct.

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So how do they get it bacck to you then?

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A big box and lots of foam packaging.

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Hmmm.... So why can't you do that to send it? I'm sure you could get it insured for a reasonable amount.

Also have you thought of asking

battlekitty/Aden whether they have any spare monitors they want to get rid of?

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Because I don't have a big box, let alone the liquid setting foam equipment. I could scrounge up boxes and chunks of solid foam from computer shops if any of them sold monitors anymore.

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liquid setting foam eqipment> *need*

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Bubblewrap.

Lots of bubblewrap.

It's possibly to mostly courier-proof packages, but I can see why they wouldn't want to expect customers to have the packaging materials or the know-how to do it.

Also, on the return trip they'll have reliable record of the unit's condition to beat the courier's insurer with.

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Also, would something like http://www.taxi-vans.com/ be worth investigating?

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