Kewl - a $2 CR-2032 battery in a $5+ padded box with a $10+ shipping bill!
Well, at least that 4-day wait saved you that 15-minute trip to the
grocery store...
This reminds me of the time we ordered 15 MS CALs for NT-4. We got a huge
cardboard box. Inside was lots of bubble wrap. Inside this was 15 MS
software boxes (each about 2" thick). Inside each of these was a
corregated spacer to fill the box. Inside the spacers was an envelope.
Inside each envelope was a card that said something like "Microsoft
Windows NT4 Server Client Access License - One License". (No wonder they
cost so much!)
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James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote on 01/27/2010 08:08:38 AM:
> New BIOS battery from Dell
>
> [image removed]
> 2010/1/27 Andrew Levicki <[email protected]>
> We recently ordered a Cisco ASA appliance and the very next day a
> huge box was delivered which contained only a power cable. The ASA
> itself arrived in a smaller box the next day.
>
> I asked the sales rep about this and it turns out that all Cisco
> equipment ships with only an American power plug so if purchased
> outside the States, the power cable is ordered and shipped separately.
>
> Hmm.
> 2010/1/27 John Hornbuckle <[email protected]>
>
> http://en.community.dell.
> com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/12/17/dell-and-order-delays-
> before-the-holidays.aspx
>
>
> Maybe they still don't have their inventory issues worked out?
>
>
>
> John Hornbuckle
> MIS Department
> Taylor County School District
> www.taylor.k12.fl.us
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 7:16 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Had to share this...
>
> So, in early December we ordered a nice little server from a large
> computer vendor, which shall remain nameless (but whose initials are
> D.E.L.L).
>
> Yesterday we received the shipment - box one of one. It seemed, at
> roughly 26lbs, a tad lighter than I expected, so I stay in the
> receiving department and yes, they did.
>
>
>
> They shipped the rail kit and the CD and all of the packing material,
> but NO FREAKING SERVER!
>
>
>
> I can laugh about it - a little bit - because it's not a time-critical
> piece of equipment, but that's the first time this has happened to me.
>
> Anyone else had this happen to them?
>
> Our rep is on the case, but that's just wrong...
>
> Kurt
>
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>
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