I ship and receive a lot of boatanchors (up to 100 lbs) and always request and specify double-box -- first with two layers of large bubble wrap and then use 1" or 2" blue R5 hard foamboard from Home Depot for all 6 sides of the second box. I offer to pay for the extra packaging material as I figure If it's not worth the cost of extra packaging then it's not worth buying.
Jerry K1JOS -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of li...@lazygranch.com Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 8:07 PM To: Tom Miller; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Be aware of test equipment seller orzel-enterprises oneBay Items can "swim" through peanuts. You can put the peanuts in bags so the items in the box don't reach the outside. -----Original Message----- From: "Tom Miller" <tmil...@skylinenet.net> Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:18:15 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement<time-nuts@febo.com> Reply-To: Tom Miller <tmil...@skylinenet.net>, Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Be aware of test equipment seller orzel-enterprises oneBay For me, the link does not work. About a month ago I received a 8566B with both the handles broken off. So I feel your pain. It was packed in a box filled with foam peanuts. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 6:16 PM Subject: [time-nuts] Be aware of test equipment seller orzel-enterprises oneBay 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-packa ging/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. _______________________________________________ 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.