8 May
2008
8 May
'08
7:38 a.m.
--- On Thu, 5/8/08, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at wmata.com> wrote:
That's not bad at all compared to some of the
stuff
I've bought over Ebay. I've been pretty
disappointed
at some of the 50 or 70 pound lab instruments that look
to be in perfect pristine condition before they're
shipped
My business makes and sells a 70lb medical device that when packaged correctly is around
20"x20"x20", so it's quite big and cumbersome. We've seen some
truly horrible packaging when units are returned to us from the field including pillows,
bits of upholstery foam and old rags. Peanuts are the worst though and I am constantly
tempted to levy a 'recycling' charge to anyone who ships to me using peanuts.
Frankly, after analyzing shipping methods and the state of packages sent out and returned,
we no longer ship outbound units ground apart from in-state or adjacent states. The
handling is just too unreliable.
-Dave