16 Apr
2002
16 Apr
'02
1:33 p.m.
Jeff Hellige wrote:
A large percentage of all monitors shipped to/from
me in the past
have been either heavily damaged or destroyed by UPS and they were well
packed. I had a Mac blue/white G3 shipped to me last year when I
decided to change machines and UPS shattered one of the plastic side
panels. It was in the original shipping carton and styrofoam inserts.
They also banged my DECmate II around enough in transit that the drive
rails broke apart as well as destroying the VR201 that shipped in a
seperate box.
Don't get me wrong, they've delivered a lot of stuff undamaged as
well but when it comes to the things they do manage to damage, the
packing used has little to do with it. I've gotten a number of things
that looked like it fell off the back of a truck. Even with the form
fitting high-density foam that surrounded the heavy packages that
arrived today, I doubt if they would have survived something like that.
Jeff
Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've never seen anything like that. The
terminal I mentioned had been literally wrapped in a form-fitting shell
of flattened boxes, with zero padding or insulation other than a couple
of odd sheets of newspaper. The CRT was busted off the base, several
cracks in the case, and keys all over the place. Bits and pieces that
should have been there if it had been intact to start with were missing,
but it's possible they slipped out an opening in the packaging, I guess.
I used to live next door to a gal who delivered for UPS. Maybe she put
in a good word for me or something.
jbdigriz