9900 CPU was:Re: Rescued Items

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 shoppa_classiccmp at trailing-edge.com wrote:

> Allison wrote:
> > I don't do Ebay.  It involves more trust than I am able to muster.
> > From what I've seen more monies lost than I care to loose.
>
> Most sellers and buyers are perfectly honest.  What hurts me (more
> emotionally than financially!) is when I buy something heavy and
> fragile, and the seller is so naive that he packs it poorly and it
> arrives banged up, damaged, or broken.  Usually it's obvious that
> there was insufficient packaging - e.g. 70 lb items put in lightweight
> cardboard boxes filled with just styrofoam fuzzies.  But I feel
> bad going after the seller, because he honestly thought that shipping
> insurance would cover his carelessness.  Clearly he was mistaken.
>
> OTOH not going after the sellers who are careless like this encourages
> them to continue shoddy packaging.

By default, whether the item arrived in good condition or otherwise, I
always leave negative feedback for poor packaging.  Some people need
incentive for correcting their bad habits.

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