9900 CPU was:Re: Rescued Items

Allison wrote: Most sellers and buyers are perfectly honest. What hurts me (more emotionally than financially!) is when I buy something heavy and fragile, and the seller is so naive that he packs it poorly and it arrives banged up, damaged, or broken. Usually it's obvious that there was insufficient packaging - e.g. 70 lb items put in lightweight cardboard boxes filled with just styrofoam fuzzies. But I feel bad going after the seller, because he honestly thought that shipping insurance would cover his carelessness. Clearly he was mistaken. OTOH not going after the sellers who are careless like this encourages them to continue shoddy packaging. The big-time test equipment sellers I've dealt with have always done exceptionally good packaging jobs. These guys are always up-front about the cost of packaging materials, because they've done it hundreds of times before and know how to make it survive the hazards of UPS guys kicking the box off the back of a moving truck. I have no qualms at all dealing with such sellers! Tim.