[Boatanchors] Packaging

Fri, 3 Oct 2003 06:58:06 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Steve:

I suspect that the reason why the "failure" was that the weight of the

transformers and other components contributed to the "Adventurer

trauma." However, your shipper should be credited with doing a good

job of packing. I had one that charged me $20 bucks for really crappy packaging,

refused to take responsibility for his action, and got mad and gave me

a negative feedback because I complained about his packaging! 

Cal, N6KYR. 

Message: 1Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:56:44 -0700From: [email protected]: Boatanchors <[email protected]>,	Steve Van Houweling <[email protected]>Subject: [Boatanchors] Just to show you can happenHere's proof even the greatest packing doesn't help.  Just had a really nice Viking Adventurer delivered to my front door by Airborne!   Opening up the box showed it was double boxed  with lots of pading everywhere!  I  slowly removed the transmitter from the boxes with a big smile on my face  :-)............but low, what's that rattle?  Taking the cover off showed to my dismay the chassis was bent in the middle..ouch!   Tube tester said the 5R4 and the 807 were both goners, although the 6AG7 (the cheap one of course)  was ok!  How could this have been dropped this hard, packaged this well?   Just goes to show, sometimes, even the best of packaging ain't good enough.  Aarg!

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