Yeah, If they are sent via U P S. I might as well buy locally. I have had to many fights with U P S. heh heh heh! I bet they hate to see my name on a box. They break it, I make them pay for it. Thanks for the reminder. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] external hard drives
> Hi Tammy, > > One thing I forgot to mention is that you should check out what kind of > delivery these places have, and what sort of packaging they do. > > If they have a telephone number, by all means, call their customer service > department to find this out. > > While I know about hard drives in some fashion, I am not a knowledgeable > man > on delivery methods, as most of what I get I get personally at the store, > or > within arms reach, where I can feel what I'm buying. > > That way, I also have control over how it gets to my house from where ever > it is I'm buying it. > > While external hard drives are portable in some way, they are not above > damage. > > I have heard horror stories of people having their hard drives standing on > edge, having the table or desk they are standing on bumped, and the thing > falling over, damaging it beyond measure. > > If a little fall like that can damage it, imagine what a fall onto a van > floor will do if it isn't protected. > > I'm sure these puppies come nicely protected, but I assume the drives > themselves come protected from carry damage, not necessarily shipping > damage, so it might be a good idea to call where ever it is you're buying > the hard drive from, and asking about this. > > Victor > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
