Just a word of caution for everyone out there that's buying equipment for
their home labs.
Yesterday I had a Catalyst 5002 delivered to my home by UPS. It was
packaged in a Dell computer box and left at my door. The driver didn't wait
for a signture or even to see if anyone was home. The box was left plain
view from the street.
Apparently, that's UPS's policy. Unless the shipper indicates "adult
signature required", UPS can just drop your package at the front door and
leave. There's the fact that since it was in plain view of the street and
since it was in a box that would be very enticing to anyone passing by, that
was my first concern... but the other fact is that it had just finished
raining - and it was very likely we could get another storm shortly (since
it's supposed to rain all week). Just what I need -- a soggy investment!
If you're going to be buying equipment, I really don't recommend shipping
via UPS. When I called UPS to complain, I was told that UPS gets more
complaints that packages aren't left because they require signature than
complaints over packages being left without getting a signature so they're
not likely to change their policy any time soon (however why would they get
complaints about packages not being left if their policy is that they can
leave packages without signature?)
Guh.
-- Leigh Anne
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