Thoughtless packing

From: Scott Stevens <chenmel_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat Feb 12 14:57:02 2005

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:00:38 -0500 (EST)
John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com> wrote:

>
>
> I once ordered some very expensive special PC-mount batteries for a
> piece
> of audio gear (Lexicon 480XL) that I was fixing.
>
> It was a rush job, and I prepaid the order and asked for overnight
> FedEx.
>
> At 10:00am the next day, they showed up. They were packed quite
> nicely -
> a little *too* nicely, actually - whoever picked the order had very
> carefully put each battery assebly firmly into conductive antistatic
> foam.
>
> Of course there wasn't a microwatt left in them at that point...
>
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
We found batteries 'protected' that way on the production floor once.

Also, one time, receiving shipped back some SRAM the vendor had
mis-shipped (they shipped the 'normal' part not the 'low power' part)
stuck into plain-white styrofoam. They got into a bit of trouble over
it, needless to say.
Received on Sat Feb 12 2005 - 14:57:02 GMT