<rant> will have to joy you Jeff. I had purchased a VM-2 to complete my DVI setup (M100 + DVI (2x3.5inFDD) and it was DOA. VM-2 in a cardboard box and the packing material, a bit of tiny bubble wrap with most bubbles popped, did not even wrap around the monitor one time, just kind of thrown in with it. Cracks all over in near every corner, tube neck was snapped. Sent pictures to the eBay Seller with my complaint. "You can keep it," he said, "It's insured." Got my money back on it fine, but had to wait a couple of years for another VM-2 to hit eBay. Just got it last month. Guess I'll have to strip the first VM-2 for spares.
God Bless, GregS <>< </rant> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Birt" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2018 12:18:58 PM Subject: [M100] Got a DVI and rant about shipping Hello all, I picked up a DVI, portable floppy drive (3.5"?), and a couple of Model 100s from a guy on Facebook. One of the 100's is supposed to work and came in a hard-shell case (complete with crumbling foam lining) and the other is in a leatherette sleeve. There was also a small stack of software and manuals. I suspect there was more in the box but alas one corner had some open due to a poor job in packaging. <rant>What the h-e-double-hockey-sticks goes through people's minds when they are packaging stuff up? You take some big, heavy stuff and throw it in a carboard box with some peanuts and think it will magically be OK? Have these folks never unboxed something and observed what makes for good packaging and what does not? Have they ever heard or seen double boxing? How about at least putting small items in plastic bags so they do travel around the inside of the box and get broken? Sigh, worst of all neat old computer stuff gets broken.</rant> Jeff
