[Boatanchors] [Test-Equipment] packing these treasures

[Pete Lancashire]

The thing to remember is the fine print the shippers have for being able to
file a claim.

Big Brown say the contents has to survive a 6 foot drop on to concrete.

How many packages have you seen that can ?

I'm a collector/restorer of 40's to early 70's test

This items I asked for extra packing and offered to pay extra

The 'special' packing I got

https://plus.google.com/photos/111617808980322733757/albums/6013465094712851345

And this was one of the better shippers !

I also 2nd the peanuts, unless the are put into multiple bags, they are
useless. Oregon tried to ban non biodegradable ones but the packaging
industry spent a bundle to defeat it.

-pete







On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Charlie , W5COV <cvest at cox.net> wrote:

> I have a couple of horror stories and the worst ones, were from the
> shipper not packing it properly and not the way it was handled. ( I do have
> a couple of those too )
>
> A couple of years or maybe more, back I bought an Ameritron tube amplifier
> and the guy selling it was in the shipping business. When the bent up
> broken pieces arrived, there was no outside damage to the SINGLE box, but
> the tinkle as soon as I picked it up told the story which just got even
> worse when I opened it up.
>
> The ONLY packing material in a box much larger than the amp, was 4 pieces
> of crumpled up newspaper. That was the last day I bought anything except
> from a dealer, when it came to other than parts and misc.
>
> Guess I never really needed QRO over 100 watts anyway.
>
> Charlie, W5COV
>
>
> On 5/14/2014 8:04 PM, n2lxm at juno.com wrote:
>
>> Good Evening Ron,
>>
>>          I tend to agree with your assessment on what to pack with. One of
>> the perks of my job allows me to Foam in place any thing heavy I need to
>> ship. But I to have received items that were not packed correctly. And I
>> can tell you horror stories about some of the High Power supplies I get
>> in for service and the packing some people use.
>>
>>
>>                                  Jeff N2LXM
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>>                                  AMERICAN
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