It seems that a number of sellers I've bought from recently are relying on paper as suitable packaging for electronic goods, or […]
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It seems that a number of sellers I've bought from recently are relying on paper as suitable packaging for electronic goods, or basically stuffing up somehow 😢 Latest purchase - an AT case, with this classic fascia:
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The case was wrapped in brown butcher's paper, padded with newspaper, and placed in a box. Admittedly it was a long journey from Russia to Australia, and the paper/newspaper must have kept a reasonable amount of impact damage at bay. The only problem was that the seller only secured the cover with one screw ... which meant that a bump somewhere along the way twisted the cover off enough to slam forward into the top of the bezel, bending the chassis slightly and knocking off pieces of the bezel corners and cracking the plastic. The reset button also fell off and won't stay in properly any longer.
I don't feel angry, just a bit sad that the seller didn't have any foresight to secure the item properly for shipping. Won't be leaving feedback for this one, and deliberating on whether to lodge a dispute for a partial refund - but the damage is probably just a bit on the small side to warrant this. Will have to get cracking on some plastic repair.
On the upside, a Mac Performa 476 shipped over from the US in perfect condition, with decent packaging. Also managed to salvage some great parts from this smashed up laptop (Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today) - 486DX4/75 motherboard and other parts (including the hard disk!) all still work, transplanted them into another Acernote laptop which arrived intact by some miracle as it was also very very badly packed - it was sent to me in a thin bubble-lined envelope!