[R-390] Good Shipping Experience on eBay

[Todd Bigelow - PS]

ToddRoberts2001@aol.com wrote:

> <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.

Good points made, Todd -

This way you can select the boxes and material yourself and know precisely what
you're getting. I used this approach a few years back when purchasing some nice Clegg
VHF gear from a fellow in Minnesota. Great price, but he just wasn't all that
motivated to pack the rigs, muchless properly. After a month I built boxes with
styrafoam protection and sent them out to him, and had the gear within two weeks. All
three pieces arrived in excellent shape, with a few scuffs and tears on the boxes.

Another thing that works well is placing a piece of � inch plywood in the bottom for
extra support. This adds to the overall weight a bit, but really adds to the rigidity
as well, stiffens up the entire mix nicely. The goal of course is the get your prized
radio from point A to point B in the same condition, cutting corners or overlooking
the obvious merely invites disaster.

73 de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ  (The other Todd,  wondering if eventually we'll have to
come up with a numbering scheme like the Barrys use?)