On 10 September 2012 23:24, Tom Knox <act...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I had someone ship me a calibrator several years ago and he assured me he was > a great packer and had a box that fit it perfectly. He was right the box fit > perfectly, no padding required. Is the unit repairable? What parts are > required? > Good Luck > Thomas Knox
It's annoying. I don't know how big/heavy your calibrator was. But I think in future I will discuss with sellers how they intend to ship high value items heavy items. Lots of HP test equipment, which I'm sure many time-nuts own, is quite heavy. Shiping that requires some skill in packing it. This is not something I have given much thought to in the past, but I sure will in future. Not that I expect UPS would pay out on this anyway, but the seller undervalued the goods to $1000, which no doubt reduced the shipping charge, but means it would be impossible to make a claim. Dave > > > >> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:16:55 +0100 >> From: david.kir...@onetel.net >> To: time-nuts@febo.com >> Subject: [time-nuts] Be aware of test equipment seller orzel-enterprises on >> eBay >> >> I hope the list admin does not mind this email, but I think it will be >> useful to any time nut buying test equipment from eBay. >> >> orzel-enterprises sells electronic test equipment on eBay. I would >> advise anyone to think twice before purchasing from him. This is how >> he shipped a vector network analyzer and S-parameter test set which I >> won on an auction for $2750. It was shipped from the USA to the UK. >> >> http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/kirkby/damaged-VNA-by-inadequate-packaging/badly-shipped-8753A-and-85046A.jpg >> >> Note the box is far too small, and so obviously both units suffered damage. >> >> He takes no reponsibility for this, and originally expected me to ship >> it back at my expense, and still pay the shipping charges from the >> USA. So I'd pay for two international shipments, as well as customs >> duties. After I pointed out Paypal would expect him to pay the >> shipping to me, he has agreed to refund the USA -> UK shipping >> charges, but he still expects me to pay the UK -> USA shipping costs. >> I object to this, since it was his total stupidity the thing not >> damaged. I don't see why I should pay for someone elses stupidity. >> >> Dave. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.