Duo/2400 List wrote... >Subject: [Duo2400] PRAM Battery >Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:43:31 -0800 > >Check this place out. >http://www.ebatts.com >PRAM Battery for the 2400, $26.95 > >Dean Amazing. Lower prices on everything, and huge stock. Wish I'd known about them last week! Bob F =========== >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 00:14:07 EST >Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Problems with FedEx UPDATE >In the mean time the tracking informaion on the FedEx website about my >Powerbook package has changed. This morning the website tracking >reported that the package was delivered to Union City, CA Tuesday >afternoon, now it reports that the package was delivered to Fremont, CA >Tuesday afternoon. Also when I requested, on line, a copy of the >signiture of the person signing for the package the message returned >"information about that tracking number is not available. Ah, a familiar tale. Something's happened to Fedex since last Spring, and it isn't good. Of late I've been buying up old LC III's, 575's and P6360's on eBay to refurb and donate to elementary schools. Many of the sellers choose to ship via Fedex Ground. If you think Express is rotten, wait til Ground gets through with ya. Boxes have been left unprotected outside in falling snow, boxes have come with the kind of serious damage I used to associate with other carriers who shall remain nemeless, and so on, but the weirdest thing about Ground is that, according to them, they don't require the sender to attach any label whatsoever to the package being sent. Thus I have many boxes of the same models here without having the slightest idea who sent which. If I call FedEx Ground with a tracking number, all they can tell me is what town it was shipped from and when--but no info whatsoever about the sender's identity. I could waste several hours looking through dozens of emails trying to match up the town with the emailer, but I don't anymore. I asked the the Ground rep if he didn't think it strange that they don't require the slightest identification from senders, and he said yes. I suggested that Ground could very well be the carrier of choice for lots of people shipping stolen goods sold on eBay nowadays, what with the guaranteed shipping anonymity and all. He said yes, that thought had occurred to him as well, and we left it there. Speaking of paranoia, maybe we're really scratching at the surface of a vast criminal enterprise here! Bob F ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
