ebay seller mailed me a "new" scsi drive for a dell server, in a flat rate cardboard envelope, that's it.. not even a little bubblewrap showed up sticking half way out one side of the envelope..
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 4:55 PM Lee Olivares <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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" > <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> 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> > > > >
