[R-390] Fair Radio R-390A Question?

[Barry Hauser]

Don wrote:
>Fair Radio is incredibly lucky shipping heavy boatanchor stuff, and
> they can and do right any wrongs.  I shudder to think of the total tonnage
> wrapped in nothing by crumpled newspaper that has come my way from Fair
> Radio over the last 30 years.  <grin>

Heh, heh -- never fails to amaze me too.  I suspect it's more than luck,
though.  There's crumpled newspaper, and, then again, there's crumpled
newspaper.  Fair also shores up the cartons with added sheets of cardboard,
lining the inside of the carton, cut and wedged just so. The newspaper is
very thoroughly and tightly crumpled -- any tighter and it would approach
critical mass and turn into wood. ;-).  They don't spare the tape either --
lots of reinforced gummed paper tape.  I've never had any damaged shipments
from them either.  A good part of it for sure is the technique, but also a
good part of the "total tonnage" was the paper and cardboard.  Yup -- adds
some weight, but there's something to their old-fashioned
no-peanuts/no-nonsense way of packing.  I'm tempted to add "Don't try this
at home". ;-)

Barry