A really long time ago I sent someone a laptop using the USPS. The screen had completely been broken off on the left side, when I went to the company I had flipped sh*t but apparantly some legal documents they make you sign covered their a** against -any- damages. Anyways, I sent them -another- laptop but this time packed it in a huge f*ck*ng box (too big to throw) right the fu** full of feather and down quilts - no problems that time, just be sure to tape everything together or else the space between the quilt(s) and the weight of the laptop will cause it to fall through to the bottom, landing a mere nothing from the cement (truck, airplane, etc.).