I took a bunch of wine cases from a wine superstore to use as packing material. Wine boxes are great shipping containers; they pack a sturdy 32 lbs/sq in. cardboard. This comes with no surprise, since wine is heavy. The sides come with substantial padding that is great for packing electronic equipment.

However, apparently you cannot ship wine (or parcels in wine packaging) through UPS without a license. Doh! Fortunately the guy at the UPS Store was kind enough to repack my boxes in a discrete cardboard box for a nominal fee.

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