I’ll share mine: Rare Samsung N501 DVD player, one of three machines released in the states that are “Nuon” game systems. (Watch your local thrift stores!)
Bought, lost in the mail, tracking number never resolved, got money back through eBay but the hardware is simply lost in space. :( Mailing a CRT though? Yikes. The typewriter guys also have some gnarly shipping stories: throw a 50lb Selectric in a cardboard box and hand it to USPS, see what happens. Which reminds me, there’s probably a niche market for plywood cut to be shipping bases for old Selectrics; nobody has packing material but that’s how the factory did it. What ever happened to those wood shipping crates filled with asbestos shavings like where those “top men” keep the arc of the covenant? - Lee Olivares - (909) 437-0250 - The Future or Bust. On Jul 14, 2018, at 14:47, Fugu ME100 <b4me...@hotmail.com> wrote: Sounds familiar I bought an M600 off eBay a few months ago. The outer box was really sturdy however the seller had just placed the unit on top of two pieces of foam packing - it was free to move around the box. The M600 is really heavy with the internal NiCd battery pack. FedEx appear to have them bounced it around all over the place, it arrived as a 3D jigsaw in about 70 pieces or so, mixed with chips and battery. The seller offered me a discount if I bought something else from their eBay store. Ironically the LCD screen appears to be in near perfect condition it was not damaged at all. On 14/7/18, 1:46 PM, "M100 on behalf of Greg Swallow" <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com on behalf of gswal...@mchsi.com> wrote: > <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>
