[Milsurplus] Tape on shipped item horror

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 6 Oct 2015 at 0:48, Hue Miller wrote:

> learn from my experience. From now on, I specify to seller - NO TAPE on the
> item, or I will leave max negative feedback! What inspires this, is today I
> unpacked an electronics unit shipped to me with styrofoam boards taped to the
> unit. What fun I now look forward to, cleaning off the sticky residue.

Hue: there is a fairly commonly available product, produced by (I think) 3-M 
which is specifically designed to remove tape residue, supposedly, without 
damaging the "taped to" item, even paper. For the moment, I have forgotten 
the name of the stuff, but I have used it with good results in the past. As 
soon as I can, I'll find my can of it and will report here. Maybe you already 
know of it...

> You might
> not think there be souls so ignorant out there, but I'm sure you all have your
> own astounding science-fiction shipping stories.

Oh, yes! In my case, an HRO-50-R1, formerly an FAA receiver, including the 
speaker/coil-cabinet full of coils, which arrived, miraculously, completely 
undamaged despite the poorest "packing job" I have ever seen. Fortunately, 
also, I got it for an unusually low price.

>But then - you still see at the hamfest electronics equipment with the
> price written on it with marker pen. That level of ignorance in a homo sapiens
> puzzles me. I shouldn't be puzzled at this age, should i? -Hue Miller 

Well, at my age, 73 (so far), I am becoming more and more amazed at the 
level of general stupidity shown by various denizens of the human race. 
Such stupidity seems to be increasing, and I can't attribute all of that to my 
increasing age and general disgruntlement.

vy 73,

Ken W7EKB