Shipping Computers Help

[Guest DollarPC]

So I was going to start a business where I build custom computers for people and they pay for stuff and extra charges such as

7% of cost of build is labor cost and you must pay 25% of selected OS blah blah blah....

I know how to get payments and that's through paypal but how do i send it to someone else with everything already installed..

I mean I don't think I want take out the air cooler and send them instructions to put the air cooler on themselves cuz you know, 

 

 

[Laputacake]

Soft foam or Linus wont be happy

[Jade]

Pack it well.

 

Also, that belongs in a thread for itself, not to mention needing more details regarding use.

[jnmbhj]

Keep in mind during transport or shipping take out the graphics card. The cpu cooler can be left in.

[Jarsky]

Leave everything in, and fill the cavity with expanding foam packs such as instapak http://www.uline.com/BL_7701/Instapak-Quick

You can mould it around the cooler and card to keep stuff in place.

 

In my country there is no business in building PC's for people. We already have enough retail shops like NCIX that will do it, and boutique builders for more custom work.  

Goodluck

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

So I was going to start a business where I build custom computers for people and they pay for stuff and extra charges such as

7% of cost of build is labor cost and you must pay 25% of selected OS blah blah blah....

I know how to get payments and that's through paypal but how do i send it to someone else with everything already installed..

I mean I don't think I want take out the air cooler and send them instructions to put the air cooler on themselves cuz you know, 

 

 

 

Ask them if they want to install GPU. If they don't then tell them there will be a risk of broken GPU on arrival. Simple. GPU out, soft foam on the outside of case, maybe even inside but I'm not sure if it's ESD stuff.

[ThatAngryGnome]

Sorry for the late response, but check out this guide from an experinced PC builder:  

 

[BurgerBum]

So I was going to start a business where I build custom computers for people and they pay for stuff and extra charges such as

7% of cost of build is labor cost and you must pay 25% of selected OS blah blah blah....

I know how to get payments and that's through paypal but how do i send it to someone else with everything already installed..

I mean I don't think I want take out the air cooler and send them instructions to put the air cooler on themselves cuz you know, 

 

 

i would say start buying massive cubes of soft closed cell foam and cutting them by hand to fit inside the computers.

or you could leave in most things and just have the required cables pre-routed and stuff but remove the GPU.

[ThatAngryGnome]

i would say start buying massive cubes of soft closed cell foam and cutting them by hand to fit inside the computers.

or you could leave in most things and just have the required cables pre-routed and stuff but remove the GPU.

What about heatsinks? Honestly, they'd scare me more than GPU's

[BurgerBum]

What about heatsinks? Honestly, they'd scare me more than GPU's

its screwed into the motherboard. 

its a pretty static object. 

if its a pretty big one, or... more tall really... hieght>size...

then i would put some foam around it. but like, stock intel cooler or stock AMD cooler, or some of the shorter coolers should be just fine otherwise.

[Syntaxvgm]

bout a centimeter of hard foam and make sure to leave the GPUs plugged in. Helps to take the hard drives out and set them on top loosely in the box.
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[vanman69]

Keep in mind during transport or shipping take out the graphics card. The cpu cooler can be left in.

 

Depending on your CPU cooler, you may want to take that out too. If you have the stock cooler, a similarly-sized air cooler, or an AIO, you could probably leave that in. You might want to take out any tall air coolers though, as they could put unnecessary stress on the mobo. Also, packing peanuts are your friend. Put as many of them in as possible wherever they will fit.

[emachado99]

Take a look at how iBuyPower and CyberpowerPC pack there PC's up. That might help you a bit? Maybe you could add those air bag things, inside the case to make sure things stay and place and are protecting. Other than that I would say, lots of foam

[docterkiwi]

dont ship UPS!!!!! THEY HAVE BROKEN ONE COMPUTER COMPLETELY AND I MEAN SMASHED AND IT WAS PACKAGED BY THEM USPS or Fedex are create 

[Sandvich]

closed cell foam is the best

[XxKINGxX40]

Good luck to you. I sell PC hardware (and other random stuff like phones, electronics, exc.) on eBay regularly and buyers can be a pain in the ass.

I've been scammed 3 times already (In the 5 years i've been selling)