How are we supposed to ship our few belongings to our PCS?
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I'm sure your husband got his orders well in advance.  He was supposed to go to an appointment with TMO to set a date for movers to come pack your belongings and move them.  Since YOU didn't do this, it will be impossible for the govt to set you movers in such little time.  You will have to rent a Uhaul, move your belonging and wait to be reimbursed by the Govt.  DO NOT SHIP YOUR BELONGING UPS.  The military will NOT cover this kind of shipment as they are NOT an approved carrier.  YOU NEED TO CONTACT TMO IMMEDIATELY.  How did you go so long without do this?  This must be your first move EVER or you would have known what to do!  Iam very sure that the military told your husband what to do.  We have been in for years and years and have never been left in the dark.  But we are AF, sounds lke you must be Army\n\nIf you really don't have that much stuff and the boxes are of a size that can be shipped by UPS, go ahead and do it!  The military won't reimburse you for it but if these are things you have to have, do it!  The Army can't stop you from shipping your things in the way you choose but they do prefer you do things in a certain just so they can cover thier bases.  My husband received his order in Tech School but he had a month before he had to report.  Once he received his order, I went to TMO and set up the appointment to have our goods shipped (I had a power of attorney).  Since your husband is Active, you will be the one coordinating and doing alot of these things from now on You need to familiarize yourself with EVERYTHING military and make sure you have a power of attorney at all times.  It will make things a lot easier for you all.  It seems like the Army doesn't take care of thier people like the AF does.  Everytime we move, it's almost like they hold our hands and make sure everything gets done.
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Mostly by air mail, and then through the carriers of course. If you have a tracking number on an insured item, any Post Office can track the package on their computer.
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Sure for a small($5000) shipping in handling fee.\n\n:)
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Take it to your carrier, or where you bought it
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You can mail at the post office, the UPS store, or FedEx Kinkos, depending how you want to send it. Most likely you'll want to use the post office, though.\n\nThe post office offers flat rate boxes and shipping envelopes. They're great for things that are relatively small but heavy. If you want to, and your item will fit in one, you can use those and not worry about having to calculate the shipping cost. You can get those at the post office.\n\nIf it won't fit in a flat rate box, or if you don't want to use the flat rate boxes, you need to know weight (with all the packaging), the zip code it's being sent from, and the zip code it's going to to calculate the shipping (you can look up the shipping online at http://www.usps.gov ).\n\nIf you don't have a shipping scale (and I assume you don't), you can take it to the post office. If you're ready to ship, just take it up to the window and they'll weigh it, figure the postage, and put the postage on for you. If you just want to weigh it, my post office has a scale out in the public area for people to use. I assume that's typical. They also have an automated, self-service shipping machine that does all this, too.\n\nDue to increased security, anything over a certain weight or size now has to be handed directly to a postal employee. It can't be dropped in a mailbox. The website should have details on this. (edit: OK, I looked it up: "Stamped packages should weigh less than one pound. Packages with postage printed using Click-N-Ship or another PC Postage provider may weigh more than one pound, but must fit in the collection box").
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Post it so it has to be signed for at the other end too. Better still Fedex it! Thats what I did for my hubby.
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Best solution I can think of would be to get a 5 1/4 drive and install it onto the new computer. If you run into a problem, find another computer that would have a 5 1/4 and USB ports (or install a card).  Use a USB Flash drive to transport the files.
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try http://packing.org
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The cheapest way is to have friends or someone coming from the States bring it. Besides that depending on the weight and how soon you need it, UPS or mailing it book rate might be fastest.
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Get e-mule , you can download things on that, as long as you dont sell them.
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you should put it in a anti-static bag first then put it into bubble wrap or a jiffy bag,then for saftey and transit put it in a box filled with polystyrene
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If you have multiple printers or one that is of any value, you can get something from HP.  It might not be much, but it's more than nothing and it's a solution if there is no place locally to take it.  \n\nhttps://www.hp.tradeups.com/HP_NS_Standard_SelectProduct.asp?catalog_name=TradeUps&category_name=&Page=1
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Remember a lot of stuff disappears in the mail to our troops. At least two of the packages I sent to my son never got to him. Be sure to use insurance if you send anything valuable.
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You may have to go to the post office.  You might require airstamps.
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if you want a carrier or certified carrier go to the customs house and they know who can carry your merchandise. The carrier will probably be bonded and have a good reputation
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Use a floppy disk or a CD(use a burner).You could also send yourself or somebody else an e-mail Whit the files attached and then just retrieve when you have your new computer set up.
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what are the items which you are selling? if they are not too large, can you keep one room to store them. put an advert in your local paper. good luck