govliq: LG01 DEC printer (San Antonio, TX)

At 09:49 PM 4/15/2007, you wrote: I also purchased something from Norfolk, the experience was good. I was happy to get an expensive piece of laboratory equipment for $50. However, the whole process is not set up for the middle-aged amateur electronics hobbyist. I purchased a laboratory spectrometer that I picked up myself. The auction description said it weighed 350 lbs, I thought I could deal with that. It turned out that it wasn't lbs, it was kg!!!! I had rented a minivan to haul this home, but I remember standing outside the warehouse in the cold and mud wondering how in the hell I was going to get this thing in the minivan, and if I did how was I going to get it out once I got home.... The crew at the warehouse was not willing to help, they were pretty worthless. They were there to run the fork lifts to load the bulk lots onto tractor trailers that were coming to pick up. There was one fellow there who was a shipper who helped though, he pointed out the asian fellow who ran the warehouse and he was willing to come out and use the fork lift and some muscle to help me get the instrument into the minivan. I was very relieved. The spectrometer is still on my car port, it will take some doing to get it in the house. [Ramps, pulleys, dolleys, etc - lots of physics - simple machines] I was impressed with the efficiency of the paperwork handling, very well organized. Doug