How to ship/mail a MacBook Pro

If you have the original packaging, that's best. That will protect it quite well. I'd go with either FedEx or UPS (both are reliable, and Apple uses both for their shipping), and let them do the secondary packaging.

Hi kengagne,
Use normal Home Owner's Insurance with a 'rider.'
Fedex and UPS only insure for weight, not for replacement. My shipment of 6 lazers ($500 ea.) got waylaid and was valued at $125 total. Check first on replacement value.
Regards,
s

stan wrote:
Fedex and UPS only insure for weight, not for replacement.

They do not 'insure' at all. They are responsible for what you declare as the 'maximum declared value' of the shipment. You need to declare the value and pay the associated costs, or else you just get the basic $100 coverage. You pay something a bit under $1 for every additional $100 of declared value, over the first $100.

From FedEx: +"With respect to FedEx Express Freight services, unless a higher value is declared and paid for, our liability for each piece (single handling unit) is limited to US$100 or US$1 per pound, whichever is greater. When the declared value exceeds the greater of US$100 or US$1 per pound per shipment, an additional amount will be charged for each US$100 (or fraction thereof) of additional declared value. See Rates in the FedEx Service Guide for details."+

If your " la zers " (thinking you mean something out of an Austin Powers movie) got waylaid, but you had declared the value of them at the time of shipping and paid the associated charges, you would have been compensated for that declared value.

I have had good service with FedEx. They are a tad less expensive than UPS. I would never ship something like a MBP using USPS. When you insure it for more than $100 FedEx must inspect and verify the contents.

Hi neuroanatomist,
They've changed their policy since this happened, evidently.
Or maybe their international shipping policies varied.
Thanks for the updated information. I stand corrected.
s
Oh, and thanks also for calling the silly typo. I do that sometimes. : ) - Ex laser jock - senior moment.