Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1979 Page: 4 of 6
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UNIVERSITY PRESS April 27,1979*4
Moving home
Students can shop for best way to ship
By JIM GULLO
CCRS Writer
Copyright, Collegiate Consumer Reporting Service
(Editor’s Note: The Collegiate Consumer Reporting
Service, University of Arizona, Is designed to help college
newspapers report consumer news of importance to
students. If you have information or ideas concerning a
specific consumer issue, please write the CCRS at 1070
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If you’re one of the many unfortunates who doesn’t own
a car or whose car is barely large enough to carry two
stout people and a goldfish, take heart—there are many
ways to move and ship your personal items come the end
of this semester.
A Collegiate Consumer Reporting Service survey of
seven nation-wide package transporters shows there are
four aspects of moving that may determine which com-
pany to use: their package size and weight restrictions,
packaging requirements, shipping costs and insurance
rates.
Transporters surveyed included the U.S. Postal Ser-
vice, United Parcel Service, Amtrak, Greyhound and
Trailways busing lines, American Airlines and the Con-
solidated Freightways trucking firm. Large moving com-
panies, such as Global Van Lines, were not included since
they are geared to moving entire households of goods and
not the student mover, whose possessions might add up to
a few hundred pounds packed away in boxes.
It was unanimous among industry representatives that
the biggest problem with shipping personal items is
packaging.
“In most cases, the guy who’s sending his personal ef-
fects off isn’t a professional packer,” says Frank Young of
the Portland-based Consolidated Freightways. “He
doesn't know how to pack, wrap, mark, secure, or tie a
package.”
"It is imperative that the pack be good,” Dan Buckley
adds from UPS’ Hartford, Conn., office. “Although
packages are always handled carefully, obviously when
the vehicle is going down the highway, there is movement
and jolting.”
Students who have delicate and expensive items, such
as stereos or TVs, should be especially careful of the pack
in shipping them.
“You would be insane to ship your stereo without proper
packing and insurance,” claims John Jacobson from Am-
trak's home office in Washington, D.C. “I know there is no
way I would ship my stereo if it wasn’t properly packed.”
“We recommend that you go to a stereo shop and get the
original packing,” Consolidated’s Young says. “Most
shops will have extra cartons available. And go to a store
that sells the stuff and ask them how to pack it.”
Also, make sure the packages are labeled correctly.
You’re asking for trouble by sending packages with
previous writing on them, whether you try to scratch
them off or not. Make sure the only writing left on is your
address.
The seven firms surveyed have different requirements
for packaging and various limitations on the weight and
size of packages. Firm representatives caution that
specifications may differ slightly around the country.
The Postal Service wants boxes to be no more than 40
lbs. each, and no bigger than 84 inches in combined length
and girth (circumference). Boxes must be of heavy-duty
cardboard sealed with strong nylon tape; no string or rope
is allowed on boxes.
UPS limits boxes to 50 lbs. each, with no more than 100
lbs. allowed to be sent in one day. Combined length and
girth cannot exceed 108 inches. Again, no string or rope is
allowed; strapping tape is preferred.
Consolidated Freightways has no limit on size, weight
or number of boxes. But they must be sealed tightly and
rope or string is allowed if the box can be lifted by it.
Greyhound has a 100-lb. limit per box and likes them not
to exceed 24 x 24 x 45 inches in size.
Trailways Bus System limits boxes to 150 lbs. if they are
not going to be transferred en route. If they are, the limit
is 100 lbs. Only 300 lbs. total is allowed per shipment.
Boxes cannot exceed 60 inches in one dimension or 141 in-
ches in total length or girth.
American Airlines limits boxes to 600 lbs. and has no
size limit other than the box being able to get into an air-
plane’s cargo door.
Amtrak likes boxes of no more than 75 lbs. and three-
feet square. They can, however, be sealed and bound with
rope.
None of the companies surveyed said it would handle
large furniture, such as sofas or stuffed chairs. “We won’t
handle furniture, period,” confirms Frank Young of Con-
solidated Freightways. “That stuff is handled by moving
vans or storage companies.”
You must have a minimum of 500 lbs. in goods before
moving and storage companies, such as Global Van Lines,
will touch the job. Another alternative is to rent a trailer
or truck and move yourself. But that may be more ex-
pensive.
Of the services surveyed, the Post Office, UPS and Con-
solidated Freightways will deliver to your door, while the
others do station-to-station moves only.
Delivery times are pretty even, with the exception of the
airlines, which can deliver things in a matter of hours.
Insurance costs are important, because as John Jacob-
son of Amtrak says: “You’d be crazy to send your stereo
without having it insured properly.”
All firms but the Post Office include limited insurance
coverage in their shipping costs, with additional coverage
available.
Students needed for testing
Twenty to thirty students
are needed Thursday to
participate in a trial run of
Lamar's new mini-base
system, according to Jack
Martin, director of
placement.
The system, to be in-
stalled at Lamar this sum-
mer, will contain an
automated self-contained
video library listing com-
panies and their present
facts and employment in-
formation.
Each company will have
a number which students
can dial to receive eight to
ten minute briefings.
There will be only a few
companies on the trial tape
Thursday, according to
Martin, but Lamar hopes to
eventually have 50 to 150
companies on video.
Lamar is one of eight
universities to pilot the
program at no cost. The
others are the University of
Texas at Austin; Texas
A&M, College Station; the
University of Houston;
Rice University, Houston;
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge; Tulane
University, New Orleans;
and Texas Southern
University, Houston.
Those interested in
taking part in the trial run
and giving their reactions
are invited to drop by the
placement office, 102
Galloway Business
Building, and sign up.
Answers
to
puzzle,
page 3
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Coffeehouse
The Coffeehouse Committee of the Setzer Student
Center Council will present Gove Scrivenor, singer-'
guitarist, at 9 p.m. Friday in the Perch.
Admission to the performance is $1 for Lamar
students and their guests, or the donation of one.
plant to the Perch.
Hall-Wood recital
The Lamar University Department of Music will
present Jeanette Hall-Wood, Lamar graduate, in
concert at 8 p.m. Friday, in the recital hall.
The concert will include works by Scarlatti,
Gluck, Mandel, Liszt, Bellini, Faure, Verdi, and a
selected group of folk melodies arranged by Robert
J. Lind.
Jerry Berthiaume, staff pianist, will accompany
Hall-Wood.
A reception will follow the concert and is open to
the public.
The concert is free, according to Joseph Truncate,
associate professor of music.
Spanish award
Zelma Milgram, Beaumont freshman, has been
selected as the recipient of the Stine-Zellner award
for Spanish, according to Dr. M. LeRoy Ellis, head
of the modern languages department.
Spanish majors who have been counseled in the
Department of Modern Languages and who intend
to pursue a career of teaching Spanish are con-
sidered for the cash award, Dr. Ellis said.
The Spanish teachers of the modern languages
department select the recipient based on excellence
in the area of Spanish, according to Dr. Ellis.
The award was established by the late Dorothy
Stine Zellner, former Spanish teacher and head of
the modern languages department from 1951 to
1970, in honor of her husband, Dr. Albert John
Zellner, and her parents, Walter Pearce Stine and
Ethel Looker Stine.
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sscc EVENTS
t Performing Arts Committee presents
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j May 2
^ 8 p.m.
A String Quartet
Free
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€ 3 p.m. Free SSC Games Area €
Prizes — 1st - $20, 2nd - $15, 3rd - $10
[ Recreation Committee presents
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The Fourth Annual
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^ booth. For more information call 838-7214.
Happy Eighth Anniversary
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The Aces
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Shockley, Tara. Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1979, newspaper, April 27, 1979; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth500333/m1/4/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.