Marlton is close enough to make this simple. Over a bridge and out toward King of Prussia is about an hour, and at the other end you hand your drive to the engineer who opens it and collect it from the same person. Not a counter. Not a case number. Not a courier.  While you’re here, enjoy visiting one of the nations largest designer malls and grab some food.

That’s worth weighing against the alternative, because a local address you can also drive to isn’t the same thing. The question is what happens after you leave it there. If nobody at that address opens drives, the hour you saved is spent on a truck instead — along with the transit risk, the queue you can’t see, and a markup on somebody else’s fee.

If driving doesn’t suit you, ship it — but call first and we’ll tell you how to pack it and what shipping service to use, free, whether or not you send it to us. The most common mistake is cushioning a drive without immobilizing it: wrapped loosely in a padded box it can still move, and a drop the packaging survives can move a head across a platter.