Thoughtless packing

[Scott Stevens]

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.