Prepare to chuckle...

At 6:02 PM -0700 3/9/08, Sellam Ismail 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 to me - but arrived in way way too little packaging and with all the corners bashed in and knobs broken off by the time they get to me. Usually I'm so sad about the whole destruction of what was just a few days before a very nice example of 50-year-old technology that I can't even bring myself to leave negative feedback. What's the point, the seller won't learn, and history's been lost in any event. I'm even sad that I participated in the destruction (although I make it very very clear to the seller what I think he ought to do in shipping, usually the seller just takes it to the "UPS Store" and let them put it in a lightweight carboard box with some peanuts.) I'm left not chuckling but pretty depressed.