31 Jan
2016
31 Jan
'16
6:20 p.m.
On Sun, 31 Jan 2016, Pete Lancashire wrote:
On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Henk Gooijen
<henk.gooijen at hotmail.com> wrote:
Seconded. The machines the USPS uses for automated sorting of mail are not
gentle on parcels. That said, even a box isn't foolproof, I had one small
box containing 2GB registered ECC DIMMs packed in clamshells arrive that
had clearly been run over by a forklift (none of the memory modules
survived).
I would also strongly advise anyone who uses printed shipping labels with
barcodes to always use a box or mailer large enough for the label to fully
fit flat on one side. If you wrap a label around a parcel, the automated
label and barcode scanners in the processing machines cannot read them and
those parcels tend to get delayed, sometimes for a significant amount of
time (the record so far for stuff sent to me with an improperly applied
label is a little over 3 months). The absolute worst thing you can do is
wrap a label around a round tube horizontally...the barcode readers can't
read it and the OCR scanners can't read the address. Such parcels end up
having to be sorted by hand.
OK, if nobody in the USA steps up, I will check
where I have stored
that little box. At least, I am pretty sure I have that chip. I can do
that this week. Insured shipping would not cost much is it is tiny
enough to be shipped in a "bubble envelop".
Spend the extra few dollars (or what your currency is) and pack it in a
very strong box. I've actually had EPROMs show up cracked in half