Folks, Following the Peter Gottlieb post, it seems that a number of list members have been "victims" of carriers that mishandled badly packed gear. I now too often the heart ache of a broken handles and the handle through the box wall, not to mention that rattling sound as a something rolls around in the cabinet.
May I suggest that we pool our ideas on minimum packing requirements to be posted as an article on say "ebay". Simple thing like no loose beans, bubble wrap size for instrument weight, box wall thickness, preparedness to pay for better packing ( there is no free lunch) etc. Forget insurance, bad packing voids most policies and who can value the loss anyway. There may be appropriate MIL standards? May be even a feedback score on ebay if we all ask for it? I notice that the experienced sellers can still pack test equipment with recycled packaging and get the items from Europe, USA and Asia in the condition it was advertised. Conversely I also note that the newer ebay list-ers are more likely to have packing problems. Regards Geoffrey Smith Mobile: 0412 299 922 E-Mail geoffsmit...@tpg.com.au _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.