3 Nov
2011
3 Nov
'11
5:58 p.m.
Well I bought a HP 9845B from a German seller, the m**** putted the whole
thing in a box with some airbags.
And of cause (TONY DON'T READ THIS) the monitor came loose of the case and
destroyed the monitor posts ;-)
Sh** why can't they pack classic computers in a decent way.
I'm getting very disappointed in epray, every time I find a nice bargain the
destroy it by shipping it the wrong way.
-Rik
3 Nov
3 Nov
6:17 p.m.
On 11/03/2011 05:58 PM, Rik Bos wrote:
Well I bought a HP 9845B from a German seller, the
m**** putted the whole
thing in a box with some airbags.
And of cause (TONY DON'T READ THIS) the monitor came loose of the case and
destroyed the monitor posts ;-)
Sh** why can't they pack classic computers in a decent way.
I'm getting very disappointed in epray, every time I find a nice bargain the
destroy it by shipping it the wrong way.
Surely eBay isn't to blame for that?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA
6:50 p.m.
On 11/3/11 5:17 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 11/03/2011 05:58 PM, Rik Bos wrote:
They are, at least partially. I recently received a motorcycle
front-end assembly that was thrown loose into a box with brake rotors
and bolts tossed in as well, forks undrained, and the fork caps loose in
the threads. Hilarity ensued.
http://www.docsbox.net/Damage
Per Ebay's complaint "resolution", I ended up having to properly pack
and ship at my own expense to obtain a refund - for the sale price, not
including the original shipping charges.
I ended up netting about a $425 refund on the initial $560 expense.
In a lot of cases the cost of return shipping, plus the time to properly
pack and ship, would make the "refund" a negative-sum proposition. You
can bet your sweet bippie that the Ebay seller knows that.
Doc Shipley
Well I bought a HP 9845B from a German seller,
the m**** putted the whole
thing in a box with some airbags.
And of cause (TONY DON'T READ THIS) the monitor came loose of the case
and
destroyed the monitor posts ;-)
Sh** why can't they pack classic computers in a decent way.
I'm getting very disappointed in epray, every time I find a nice
bargain the
destroy it by shipping it the wrong way.
Surely eBay isn't to blame for that? 
4 Nov
4 Nov
2:11 a.m.
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 11/03/2011 05:58 PM, Rik Bos wrote:
Anyone who buys from me can be well-assured of good packing. I've sold
stuff to several people here.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
Well I bought a HP 9845B from a German seller,
the m**** putted the whole
thing in a box with some airbags.
And of cause (TONY DON'T READ THIS) the monitor came loose of the case and
destroyed the monitor posts ;-)
Sh** why can't they pack classic computers in a decent way.
I'm getting very disappointed in epray, every time I find a nice bargain
the
destroy it by shipping it the wrong way.
Surely eBay isn't to blame for that? 
3 Nov
3 Nov
6:29 p.m.
Well I bought a HP 9845B from a German seller, the m**** putted the whole
thing in a box with some airbags.
Ouch!
And of cause (TONY DON'T READ THIS) the monitor came loose of the case and
destroyed the monitor posts ;-)
How am I supposed to know not to read soemthng before I've read it nad
interpretted the instruction :-).
I beleive it's a good idea to remove the monitor when shippign one of
these machines.
Remidns me of the time a friend had a PERQ 1a shipped to him. This
machine has a Shugard SW4000 hard idsk nad it's a good idea (to put it
mildly) to fit the head locking clip and spindle locking screw before
moving the mahcien any distance... We told the seller how to do this, he
said he would. The machine arrived, and the seller then claimed he
couldn't find the locking clip (ARGH, I would have lent him one..) and
that he hoped it would be OK. It wasn't!. And to make thigns worse, the
lockign clip was inside the machine.. He just couldn;'t be bothered, I
had a couple lf very late nightsd as a result.
Sh** why can't they pack classic computers in a decent way.
I'm getting very disappointed in epray, every time I find a nice bargain the
destroy it by shipping it the wrong way.
I must be very lucky. Everything I've boguht on E-bay has been
well-packed, or at least well enough packed to avoid damage.
-tony
6:31 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Rik Bos <hp-fix at xs4all.nl> wrote:
Well I bought a HP 9845B from a German seller, the
m**** putted the whole
thing in a box with some airbags.
I'm getting very disappointed in epray, every time
I find a nice bargain the
destroy it by shipping it the wrong way.
I feel for you.
I even offered a seller extra money to pay for better packing material
and the time to package it correctly. Her response, which showed up
about the time as the box, was "..., and I had my husband to pack it
carfully with plenty of packing peanuts. Praying it makes it to you
safely." Arrgh! The thing didn't seem to incur any more damage than
when it left them, but there were more peanuts inside the computer
than outside. The bottom panel was missing, which I didn't know when I
bought it. Between all of the boards, in the open frame power supply,
in the slot for the tape cartridge, in the fans, everywhere. If I
hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have thought you could do such a thorough
job of filling a computer with peanuts. What a pain.
-Jon
6:32 p.m.
Go after him. Through eBay, for starters, and try to get your money back.
Once the auction ended and you paid, the merchandise became your property, which the
seller destroyed through negligence. You have a strong case.
.tsooJ
--
Wherever you go, there you are.
--
Joost van de Griek
<http://www.jvdg.net/>
On 3 nov. 2011, at 22:58, "Rik Bos" <hp-fix at xs4all.nl> wrote:
Well I bought a HP 9845B from a German seller, the
m**** putted the whole
thing in a box with some airbags.
And of cause (TONY DON'T READ THIS) the monitor came loose of the case and
destroyed the monitor posts ;-)
Sh** why can't they pack classic computers in a decent way.
I'm getting very disappointed in epray, every time I find a nice bargain the
destroy it by shipping it the wrong way.
-Rik
6:41 p.m.
That sucks. Course that has nothing to do with ebay itself, I suppose maybe there should
be a nice wiki on packing vintage computers to point people to or discuss it with the
buyer ahead of time.
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