Sounds like it's even prudent to use a video camera to unbox new drives ... how sad.
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Matt Simmons <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi Harvey, > > Speaking entirely as myself and not as a Board member, this seems to me to > be an interesting idea. I think that there are definitely changes that a > group like LOPSA can (and should) be able to affect, plus the idea of > having a forum where you can check a particular site's trustworthiness > (beyond shopping.google.com's star count) would be useful. > > Cool idea. > > --Matt > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Harvey Rothenberg <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Dear Ed and the list members, >> >> Besides providing a Heads-up notification regarding suppliers, is there >> anything else that a group like this could do in-order to provide a >> stronger voice for our members in situations like this. >> >> Would "us" members be interested in, this type of service or whatever >> that could be created, to help the membership with issues like this where >> it is clearly a company's department and their execution of their policies. >> >> >> Is there something that could be looked at that could be a suggestion >> "check-off list of tasks to-do" that would help members to have a possible >> somewhat standard process and/or procedure to use ? Then with some type of >> tracking, to do maybe on a bi-annual reporting to membership of the >> currently accumulated results either within a newsletter or on the group's >> site. >> >> What do you, the list and the board, feel about this idea ? This would >> be a way of the membership helping each other in our field, now-a-days. >> [image: *:) happy] >> >> Regards, >> Harvey Rothenberg >> >> “Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.” >> Albert Einstein >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) <[email protected]> >> *To:* "Brodie, Kent" <[email protected]>; "LOPSA Discuss List ( >> [email protected])" <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:34 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [lopsa-discuss] newegg >> >> > From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- >> > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Brodie, Kent >> > >> > I don't have any reason to change companies yet, as my orders from >> newegg >> > are a bit infrequent; but I do appreciate the heads up! >> >> The question you need to ask yourself is not so much the probability of >> receiving a defective or damaged drive... Because that can happen to >> anyone. >> >> The question is how you'll be treated when/if that occurs. >> >> In my case, I received 3 drives. One of them worked for a few minutes. >> One worked for a few hours. And the third one is still working. The >> so-called dents on the damaged drives are so miniscule that I definitely >> wouldn't notice if they were present originally. Even if I had, I would >> have thought nothing of them. They're THAT small, in plastic, around the >> SATA connector. Definitely not relevant to the operation of the drive, >> unless they're an indicator of excessive G forces at some point. >> >> I know I handled them with care, didn't drop them or bump them or >> anything. So while I cannot say definitively whether or not it was prior >> to the original delivery, I can say definitely it wasn't caused by me. >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> >> > > > -- > LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? > COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > -- Joseph A Kern [email protected]
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