24 May
2006
24 May
'06
6:04 p.m.
In article <200605231736400505.4E29E27F at 10.0.0.252>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
[...] Normally, this wouldn't be too awful, but
the plastic used on the Overland seems to age badly and break easily. I've
had two not survive eBay shipping--no external signs of damage on units
packed in styrofoam blocks, but one broken to smithereens and the other
badly damaged (but repairable).
I hate it when people send stuff to me packed in styrofoam blocks.
Those things do *nothing* to dissipate high g-shocks to the box (like
when its tossed off a truck). In this respect I think packing
peanuts do a better job because the forces are diffused across many
small moving items that compress easily, while the styrofoam blocks
are less compressive and tend to transmit the forces directly to the
unit.
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