I wouldn't trust Fed Ex.
I work in purchasing. I buy chemicals that need to be
frozen during shipment. We got a box so damaged that
there was no cold ice inside, it had all fallen out.
The product was destroyed. My supplier said that this
happens to them 3 to 4 times a week. So they replaced
$2000 worth of chemicals sight unseen because of the
laxity of Fed Ex.
Kitsune Miko
--- Mark Hill wrote:
I agree with Peter.
I ship EXTREMELY expensive electronics all over
North and South America.
The last time I thought I'd try to hand carry a box
of electronics through
the airport.
A $2,000 tool disappeared at the security inspection
counter.
FedEx has never lost or broken anything.
You might want to consider a commercial shipper like
FedEx or UPS.
When you consider the cost of your tree, the cost of
overnight shipping is
peanuts !!
Mark Hill
-----Original Message-----
From: Internet Bonsai Club
] On Behalf Of
Peter
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:09 PM
To:
Subject: [IBC] Carry on luggage (bonsai) Methods
?
I am a frequent traveler and found that the main
problem in transporting
goods either in the hold or in the cabin is
security. My luggage have
repeatedly been taken apart, carefully packed items
were unpacked and thrown
back together. Security threw my suiseki back into
my luggage unwrapped and
refused to let me wrap it again, even threatened me
if I approach it.
Needless to say one of my expensive stones broke. On
another trip at a
checkpoint in Dallas they lost my wedding ring of 40
years when I was forced
to go through security again after coming from
Mexico and changing planes.
I learned my lesson and last time shipped my staff
on UPS from California.
As they say: Your mileage may be different. Good
luck.
Peter Aradi
Tulsa, Oklahoma
-----Original Message-----
From: Internet Bonsai Club
] On Behalf Of
Helena Handbasket
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 11:42 AM
To:
Subject: [IBC] Carry on luggage (bonsai) Methods ?
I've been doing a lot of air travel lately and on
this last trip I brought
home a very
small bonsai by hand carrying it on the plane. I
had to fashion a very
crude package (I
used a plastic pop bottle with the pot cushioned in
Styrofoam) but I am
planing to fly to
California again in a couple of months and was
contemplating bringing back a
larger plant.
I know about wrapping the pot in a plastic pot,
putting that in a smaller
box, gluing that
small box into a larger box using spray foam as the
glue and insulation and
poking holes
in the larger box for ventilation.
I'd like to hear what kinds of methods that others
use for shipping their
bosai via air
travel. I didn't want to put the tree in the hold
as I wasn't sure of the
condition of
the hold. Any advice appreciated.
--
katie
Zone 6b
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