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I've had my fair share of stuff shipped to me, and so far have had pretty good luck with it all, only a few minor damages to report. But one story bears telling - I had bought something on ebay, a Zenith Z-19 computer terminal (I collect old computers too). This is one of those all in one, monitor/keyboard mounted together computer terminals. It's kinda heavy, probably about 30 pounds. I was at home when I heard a loud >WHAM!< at the front door. I open it, only to find a battered Viewsonic monitor box, upside down, on the doorstep. I opened it, and lo and behold, the terminal had made it through intact. It was packed very well, with hard foam and carpet padding, and bubble wrap to boot, and the terminal itself was inside a heavy garbage bag, taped around to keep out foam crud. I was glad it was so well packed, but amazed at the amount of noise that it made when it was delivered - they really must have thrown the thing at the door! There was even a smudge on the door where the box must have hit it. Amazing. That was UPS. United Parcel Smashing, I think.
Also - a question for El Predicta - what did you say the postal service has been doing to predictas? Are they actually opening the packages or do they just have the knack for dropping them at the right angle to knock the CRT socket loose? Please elaborate - this could be some postal service plot to control our television viewing habits. Or not. But it sounds interesting...
-Ian
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