8 May
2008
8 May
'08
9 a.m.
der Mouse wrote:
That's just plain old stupidity. Any of the shipping companies will
tell you in no uncertain terms not to do that, if you would care enough
to ask.
Peace... Sridhar
On a side
note, I once worked someplace where we dealt with computer
equipment coming off lease. [...send out boxes and packing, get back
wrecked hardware...]
Some years back, I did a gig overseas. They had a pile of old laptops
which they were giving out to anyone who wanted them because they were
old ("here, take two, they're small"). I brought one back with me.
The relevant part is that there was a bunch of stuff which I left with
them to ship back - mostly fairly indestructible stuff like cables and
such, but including some three or four more of those laptops. When
that stuff arrived, it proved to have been just tossed into a box and
shipped. Box not even close to full and no packing material at all.
The only laptop in working shape was the one I brought back with me.
(I kept the rest as parts machines....)