In article <5147A016.3020308 at gmail.com>,
mc68010 <mc68010 at gmail.com> writes:
[...] Experts on
the gear being shipped will pack it better anyway.
Not true. On at least two occasions, I have gotten stuff from
"experts" that had insufficient packing and was damaged. For instance
a bunch of Sun lunchbox machines and their associated keyboards.
Every single keyboard had damage when it arrived, because it was all
packed in too densely with a bunch of heavy items with no padding
around it.
I can't recall the specifics of the other item, but it too was from an
"expert" and arrived damaged.
In each case the person skimped on the padding/protection in an
attempt to save me a few measly dollars.
I can't repeat this often enough:
It's not saving me money to have goods arrived damaged.
Or, as your Mom probably used to say:
Better safe than sorry.
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