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| Alex Eisenhut:
Horrible packaging. I had the same thing happen to a Commodore 1551 disk drive shipped from Germany to Canada. These drives are well known in the community to be very fragile because the plastic is brittle for unknown reasons. The seller assured me they knew that and will pack it correctly. Of course he didn't and the drive arrived in the same condition as your unfortunate scope. Oh and that kind of IC packaging is from the 1960s. http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/sharp_qt-8d.html Captain Pedantic, out |
| TerraHertz:
Edavid, I received your PM, thanks for the offer. But when replying I get "User 'edavid' has blocked your personal message." Do you have all PM's blocked? I'll be afk for the next day. --- Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on March 20, 2022, 02:47:32 pm ---Oh and that kind of IC packaging is from the 1960s. http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/sharp_qt-8d.html --- End quote --- Just barely, if I'm getting dates right from a skim-read. They got production working in Dec 1969? The VERY FIRST commercial application of MOS chips in a calculator? So I'm not surprised HP wasn't using ICs in their 1971 181A scope, and began using those 24 pin things sometime quite a bit later in the 70s. |
| m k:
I got a Fluke 8505A from CA and what was left from its bottom legs were peeking out. The box was a normal thickness cardboard and no stuffing. Luckily the device is otherwise like a tank, excluding old plastic. ebay has still couple replacements and Peaker Pattinson is selling cases, lots of. So all you need is a friend in London and some more cash. (the USA replacement is in Vegas) I guess you should just sell those plugins and start over. |
| andy2000:
I have zero tolerance for bad packing. I would file a request with the ebay seller. He may offer a partial, or full refund. I know the international shipping complicates things, but that wasn't packed well enough to survive a trip to the next town. If ebay fails to help, then I would do a credit card charge back. You'll still be out the international shipping cost, but at least you'll get some money back, and send a message to the seller. |
| Ian.M:
See https://www.eevblog.com/forum/repair/how-do-people-pack-delicate-instruments-properly/ for a discussion of what's 'good practice' for packing. |
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