Big Bad Binaries (was: Shipping delicate test equipment....)

Hey! Aren't you the one who's always busting our chops about not sending
attachments?!

I don't really care, but you whined about my attaching that 2k text file,
so...

>From the looks of the picture, I'd say some duct tape should fix you right
up.
Especially those custom widened edge connectors!

-Mark

> I don't know what you folks experience is in shipping stuff, but I just
> bought one of the Ariums on eBay and when it arrived it was a bit broken
up
> inside - see small picture - so I sent the following note to the seller of
> the next Arium I won:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Might I ask you to pack this securely? I just received another Arium that
ey!
> I had won in a previous auction and the two circuit boards inside the unit
> had broken their pc card edge connectors due to shock in transit. Plus the
> handle snapped one of it's lock buttons and the rear of the unit was bent
a
> bit. This WAS packed in a big box with lots of chunks of foam...
>
> If possible I would ask you if you could please remove the two (or three?)
> small PC style circuit boards that are in the center of the unit and pack
> them with the pods. Then could you pack the Arium in it's own box, filled
> with peanuts, then place that box in a larger one, then the pods (and
> possibly the two/three boards) would be packed in a second smaller box and
> placed with the boxed Arium in the single bigger box that is also then
> filled with "peanuts"? I hope that is not inconvenient for you. But I
> really would like this to arrive in working condition. And it is somewhat
> fragile as I have found out to my dismay. I won't hold you responsible at
> all for shipping damage, we all take our chances, as long as it is well
> packed - that is reasonable, isn't it?
>
> We have shipped many items using this method including Pachinkos ( lots of
> plastic bits to break off) and old pinball backglasses and none have
broken
> in transit."
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Comments? Any one else have nasty surprises when they opened a box? I've
> had the points snapped off of probes, pins mangled on pods etc, so I am
> careful to describe recommended method of packing to sellers of equipment.
> for example - the Fluke Pods, it is IMPERITIVE that the plugs are taped
> after locked into the self test socket on the pod. Shipping tape works
very
> well.
>
> John :-#)#
Received on Tue Apr 23 03:02:08 2002