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!) ---------------- /\_/\ /*--.__/ o o \ / Richard ="= / \ `-. ( "--._)"-._m)m) James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> wrote on 01/27/2010 08:08:38 AM: > New BIOS battery from Dell > > [image removed] > 2010/1/27 Andrew Levicki <and...@levicki.me.uk> > 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 <john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> > > 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:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > 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 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written > communications to or from this entity are public records that will > be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail > communications may be subject to public disclosure. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > -- > Kind regards, > > Andrew Levicki MCITP MCSE CCNA > and...@levicki.me.uk > www.andrewlevicki.eu > > > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put > into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I > am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that > could provoke such a question." > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~