[R-390] Good Shipping Experience on eBay

[Cecil Acuff]

Greetings,

        I think the bottom line is if it is packed properly, it won't matter
who the shipping carrier is...it should arrive in good shape!  You helped
assure you new radio would arrive in nice shape!  That's a good approach!

Cecil...
----- Original Message -----
From: <ToddRoberts2001@aol.com>
To: <r-390@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 9:35 AM
Subject: [R-390] Good Shipping Experience on eBay


> <PRE>Recently had a good experience with shipping an R390 from an eBay
auction. I
> sent to the seller several heavy cardboard boxes that were fitted to pack
an
> R390 with thick pieces of styrofoam sheet cut to size. Inner box fitted
> inside outer box with more polystyrene sheeting. Two inner boxes placed
> inside a 24" cube with noodles filler for triple-boxing. It cost less than
> $10 to ship the empty boxes cross-country to the seller. It made things
> easier for the seller who didn't have to make trips across town to find
> packing materials that may have been less than optimum. It made things
easier
> for me since I didn't have to worry how the radio was going to be packed.
> Result = radio arrived in perfect shape from FedEx Ground. Unless the
seller
> really enjoys packing/shipping heavy radios it really does make things
easier
> for him if you send him the boxes you want your radio shipped in. Plus it
can
> save a lot of money if the seller was planning to take the item to one of
> those commercial packer/shippers  like mailboxes, etc. and you still don't
> know how good of a packing job you will end up with. Hope this good
> experience may encourage others to get similar results. 73 Todd Roberts
> WD4NGG.
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