On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com wrote: <snip> Dave, I'm sure there is some interest in these kinds of parts. These are some of the types of parts I often look for. However... You never did respond to my emails about our last transaction, which I sent over a year and a half ago. I also sent an email to the list here, but without mentioning you name, in hopes you would at least respond off-list. [For the benefit of others, Dave sent me a box of 5.25" floppy drives, some MFM/ESDI hard drives, and some other assorted bits.] Had the drives and parts arrived in good condition, I would not have really minded that the shipping costs came out to be nearly twice what I had originally expected to pay, but that wasn't the case... Because you failed to pad the drives and simply packed them loose in the boxes you sent, a large number of them were crushed and heavily damaged. At least one of the boxes had the bottom fall out during transit, and it had been retaped with USPS branded packing tape. My postal carrier was even surprised at how poorly the items had been packed. Even though you didn't pack the drives properly, I still reimbursed you for postage, but it really bothers me that I paid in excess of $50 for what now mostly amounts to scrap plastic, aluminum, and pc boards. I had plans for some of the drives, especially the large ESDI drives, but those have large dents in their HDA covers, and I would be surprised of the platters were not damaged. Now all I really wanted to hear from you a year and a half was an apology, and maybe some assurance that you would be much more careful in packing items for others in the future, but you didn't even bother to respond. I really hope this email or even the last one I sent to the list will cause you to be more careful in the way you pack items for others. Caveat Emperor. -Toth