Yeah, I once had a huge switch (8U-10U I think, very heavy item) that some guy threw in a thin cardboard box using only foam peanuts and those small foam packs. The box was coming apart at the seams leaking peanuts as the driver carried it to the door. The little foam packs were smashed flat, totally worthless because of the weight & loose packing. What a nightmare that was! It looked like someone took a baseball bat to the thing and went psycho. It's so sad people will sell thousand dollar pieces of equipment and not spend a penny on proper packing.
On the other hand, one person from eBay I bought a couple items from "surplussupplyal", holy cow they rock! I bought a couple time displays and paid only like $10 for UPS ground shipping (that had to be at-cost for just shipping). They came in heavy duty oversized cardboard boxes and were packed tight in that expanding foam! Complete overkill for such a small item, you could literally of dropped them off a second floor building and I bet they would have been okay. Jason > I'd be careful what you wish for! I had a lambda power supply shipped, and > the guy wrapped it in at least 2 inches of bubble wrap, and both rack handles > were completely broken off in shipping. Sharp corners, and protrusions pop > bubble wrap, and leave the sharp corners and protrusions unprotected. > > Bubble wrap is ok for light little things, but not for heavy pieces of test > equipment. They need carefully fitted dense foam, and double boxing. > > -Chuck Harris _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
