Let's end the thread for now, as it looks like its been pretty much beaten to death. Lots of posts! Time to give the rest of our readers an email overload break ;-)
73, Eric Moderator etc. elecraft.com _..._ > On Aug 31, 2015, at 4:36 PM, Alan <n...@sonic.net> wrote: > > I bought a mic mixer on Ebay that arrived packed with no padding whatsoever. > He had basically just wrapped cardboard around the chassis, taped it up, and > stuck a mailing label on it. > > The damage was surprisingly small considering, but of course the seller > didn't even reply when I contacted him about it. > > That's one reason I rarely buy anything on Ebay. I've had much better luck > with Amazon. > > Alan N1AL > > >> On 08/31/2015 04:14 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: >> Yes, definitely. I almost never buy anything on eBay, but did purchase >> a Bird Thru-Line with several slugs a few years ago. It arrived with >> the meter destroyed [pretty hard to destroy the rest of a Thru-Line >> :-)]. It had been packed with two of the double large air bags, 3 of >> the 4 bags were deflated when I opened the package. No relief from the >> seller, I guess it's caveat emptor all over again. >> >> 73, >> >> Fred K6DGW >> Sparks NV >> >> >> >>> On 8/31/2015 3:33 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >>> Bubble wrap and packing peanuts work well for packing, but those large >>> air bags should not be used with anything having substantial weight. I >>> have seen many of those large air bags that have popped and allowed >>> the contents to move after they pop. Soft foam sheets do not work >>> well either, they 'squish' too much. >> >> __ > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to eric.swa...@elecraft.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
