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Old Oct 8, 2010 | 11:04 am
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Braindrain
 
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Originally Posted by BulaRae
I have two iMacs I need to transport. I have the original boxes from Apple, as well as the plain brown sleeve boxes that the white graphic ones go inside, so they won't be advertised as computers, and will be double-boxed with their original molded packing inside the white boxes.

Is it safe to check them?
The answer, as always, is "it depends".

If you're leaving and arriving outside of the US, yes, it's pretty safe.

If either starting point or destination is the US, no, don't do it and take the advice of using UPS or FedEx.

It's like the stock market. If you're going to play, make sure you can afford to lose it.
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