[Elecraft] Wow, Elecraft charges a lot for shipping!

[Alan]

I bought a mic mixer on Ebay that arrived packed with no padding 
whatsoever.  He had basically just wrapped cardboard around the chassis, 
taped it up, and stuck a mailing label on it.

The damage was surprisingly small considering, but of course the seller 
didn't even reply when I contacted him about it.

That's one reason I rarely buy anything on Ebay.  I've had much better 
luck with Amazon.

Alan N1AL


On 08/31/2015 04:14 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Yes, definitely.  I almost never buy anything on eBay, but did purchase
> a Bird Thru-Line with several slugs a few years ago.  It arrived with
> the meter destroyed [pretty hard to destroy the rest of a Thru-Line
> :-)].  It had been packed with two of the double large air bags, 3 of
> the 4 bags were deflated when I opened the package. No relief from the
> seller, I guess it's caveat emptor all over again.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> Sparks NV
>
>
>
> On 8/31/2015 3:33 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>> Bubble wrap and packing peanuts work well for packing, but those large
>> air bags should not be used with anything having substantial weight. I
>> have seen many of those large air bags that have popped and allowed
>> the contents to move after they pop.  Soft foam sheets do not work
>> well either, they 'squish' too much.
>
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