19Jan2011 (UTC +8) On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:04, Holden Hao wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Michael Janapin wrote: >> A friend of mine is donating a Dell 1600 to our school. However, >> shipping it from the US would be costly. > > If you can wait a month or 2 look for somebody in your school who has a > relative and request them to include your server in their balikbayan box. > You can also have your friend send the item to facility that ship goods in > bulk to the Philippines. E2Door and LBC comes to mind. The cost should not > be significant as these are typically shipped by sea freight.
A bit off-topic but I think you guys all ought to hear the news: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20110116-314766/Homeland-Security-inspections-raise-concern-in-balikbayan-box-industry "The balikbayan box industry is facing a huge challenge this year as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ordered the inspection of every container of balikbayan boxes before being loaded onto ships." Check out the list of shipping restrictions and required documentation: http://www.manilaforwarder.com/restrictions.html Drexx Laggui -- CISA, CISSP, CFE Associate, ISO27001 LA, CCSI, CSA http://www.laggui.com ( Manila & California ) Computer forensics; Penetration testing; QMS & ISMS developers; K-Transfer PGP fingerprint = 0117 15C5 F3B1 6564 59EA 6013 1308 9A66 41A2 3F9B _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
