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topcat989
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For those that don't understand the "City Packing" reference in the title.....
I don't know what the hell is happening with my luck with traders lately. I have 157 good experiences (more actually as both parties forgot heat on some trades) and all of a sudden the last two I have absolute craptastic packing by the sellers. First one the seller stepped up to it 100%, it's not an issue anymore. I am still trying to get in touch with the seller of this cpu/mobo/ram combo since it arrived Tuesday. PMs and emails both. He hasn't logged in since tuesday morning before I got the package. Still, no replies to emails either. Since I don't have his side of the story or what he's willing to do or not do yet, no names as of now.
I'd like to hear people's opinion on this packing job, maybe it's just me? Wait, no, it's not. It's an absolute shit job for what it is, how much it cost me, and with the smallest of efforts it just could have been much better. I'm really scratching my head on this as I referred this seller to my hard drive packing fiasco and asked him to please don't do that- *wink*. His response? "No problem lol, I wouldn't do that, *wink*".
I haven't tested it yet because I would have to break my only system down and install it in the case (it's a replacement for current system), and I don't know how seller wants to handle it. I wanted contact before I handled/installed it to avoid any "Well I bet it was fine but you broke it installing it!" type deal should it be DOA/faulty.....
Now, would you trust this setup after receiving it like this:
Seems like a plenty big box to pack right, I'm not worried until I pick it up. It rattles/shifts back and forth quite a bit. "Awe fuck me, not again"
Folks, you need to pack well enough to IMMOBILIZE- SECURELY! Surely that is self evident?
Folks, the point of double boxing to give ALL sides an area to add cushioning. Here's what is wrong in this pic:
1) Mobo box is against one side of box= no room for packing material to provide impact protection.
2) On one side the air bags were almost completely flat, allowing over 2 inches of travel for some great rattling. If they were full going in, they were not sometime during the trip. Choose a material that has a less likelyhood of failure. The blister packs were so big that just one going out would have severely compromised protection. (There were 3 on that deflated side- one completely deflated, the other two more then halfway gone).
3) The mobo box is sitting on bottom of CDW box (hard to see in this pic but it is) so no protection there.
4) Also, the top of the mobo box you see here is about 1 inch from the top of the lid (when it's closed). More space would be better, but at least it's something. Unless, that is, you don't put any packing material there so it shakes, rattles, and damn near rolls as UPS does it's "Soccer Time!" routine from seller's house to mine I have not removed any packing material, what you see is all that was there.
Well, shit. Maybe he's got the mobo,cpu, ram, and hsf packed good enough in there to mitigate the above, right?.......Well.....it turns out he used two mobo boxes and taped them together, but something is holding them apart on one side........
Ok time to open up- I don't see how but maybe in some way he packed really good in here-
Really? Seriously? With everything loose and rattling around inside and on top of the mobo, as well as the mobo box itself rattling around? Felt it needed a twofer? Well it worked, as there was so much jostling it knocked the fan off the hsf....unless for some reason seller put it in there loose to rattle around while still plugged into the mobo-
clearing the loose stuff off the mobo you see the RAM installed- which is fine if it's protected- but obviously it wasn't. Having other shit like the fan, metal backplate, cables, and even the cardboard box that was not secured bounce around on top of it from IL to CA can't be wonderous for it's health.......much less on other mobo componets. As far as the HSF, it was in no way secured except by being mounted to the cpu/mobo. The top mobo box used as a lid was just taped, loosely, to the bottom mobo box. The hsf kept it from closing all the way as seen in the 3rd pic. So all that stuff in there had plenty of room to rattle around...on top of the mobo and ram.
Well folks there you have it. How would you handle this? One of the reasons I ask is because although I've been a long time trader, I have been fortunate enough not to have to deal with this stuff- I've always packed well and my sellers have always done the same to me. Until now. I spent a good deal of money on this, well over a $100, but it was less then what seller originally asked for. However, seller PM'd me and offered it at that price if I paypaled that day. I paypaled within 15min of reading his pm. If seller accepts a lower price then asking, is that a justified reason for shit packing? I had no worries paying because he's been a member here nearly 6 yrs, only a dozen heat but all positive and some received from great traders. Oh and yes I read it- some quotes are:
The above heat evals, on top of my half jokingly pleading to pack better then the HD guy, I honestly thought there wouldn't have been a packing issue. Am I out of line at going W...T...F!? upon opening this package? If you had paid what is a good amount of money for you, and received this package they way I did, how would you feel?
CLIFFS:
1) "mobo box" rattled like hell in the CDW box.
2) Loose shit rattled like hell on top of the mobo/ram in the makshift mobo box.
..........
No fucking profit
I don't know what the hell is happening with my luck with traders lately. I have 157 good experiences (more actually as both parties forgot heat on some trades) and all of a sudden the last two I have absolute craptastic packing by the sellers. First one the seller stepped up to it 100%, it's not an issue anymore. I am still trying to get in touch with the seller of this cpu/mobo/ram combo since it arrived Tuesday. PMs and emails both. He hasn't logged in since tuesday morning before I got the package. Still, no replies to emails either. Since I don't have his side of the story or what he's willing to do or not do yet, no names as of now.
I'd like to hear people's opinion on this packing job, maybe it's just me? Wait, no, it's not. It's an absolute shit job for what it is, how much it cost me, and with the smallest of efforts it just could have been much better. I'm really scratching my head on this as I referred this seller to my hard drive packing fiasco and asked him to please don't do that- *wink*. His response? "No problem lol, I wouldn't do that, *wink*".
I haven't tested it yet because I would have to break my only system down and install it in the case (it's a replacement for current system), and I don't know how seller wants to handle it. I wanted contact before I handled/installed it to avoid any "Well I bet it was fine but you broke it installing it!" type deal should it be DOA/faulty.....
Now, would you trust this setup after receiving it like this:
Seems like a plenty big box to pack right, I'm not worried until I pick it up. It rattles/shifts back and forth quite a bit. "Awe fuck me, not again"
Folks, you need to pack well enough to IMMOBILIZE- SECURELY! Surely that is self evident?
Folks, the point of double boxing to give ALL sides an area to add cushioning. Here's what is wrong in this pic:
1) Mobo box is against one side of box= no room for packing material to provide impact protection.
2) On one side the air bags were almost completely flat, allowing over 2 inches of travel for some great rattling. If they were full going in, they were not sometime during the trip. Choose a material that has a less likelyhood of failure. The blister packs were so big that just one going out would have severely compromised protection. (There were 3 on that deflated side- one completely deflated, the other two more then halfway gone).
3) The mobo box is sitting on bottom of CDW box (hard to see in this pic but it is) so no protection there.
4) Also, the top of the mobo box you see here is about 1 inch from the top of the lid (when it's closed). More space would be better, but at least it's something. Unless, that is, you don't put any packing material there so it shakes, rattles, and damn near rolls as UPS does it's "Soccer Time!" routine from seller's house to mine
I have not removed any packing material, what you see is all that was there.
Well, shit. Maybe he's got the mobo,cpu, ram, and hsf packed good enough in there to mitigate the above, right?.......Well.....it turns out he used two mobo boxes and taped them together, but something is holding them apart on one side........
Ok time to open up- I don't see how but maybe in some way he packed really good in here-
Really? Seriously? With everything loose and rattling around inside and on top of the mobo, as well as the mobo box itself rattling around? Felt it needed a twofer? Well it worked, as there was so much jostling it knocked the fan off the hsf....unless for some reason seller put it in there loose to rattle around while still plugged into the mobo-
clearing the loose stuff off the mobo you see the RAM installed- which is fine if it's protected- but obviously it wasn't. Having other shit like the fan, metal backplate, cables, and even the cardboard box that was not secured bounce around on top of it from IL to CA can't be wonderous for it's health.......much less on other mobo componets. As far as the HSF, it was in no way secured except by being mounted to the cpu/mobo. The top mobo box used as a lid was just taped, loosely, to the bottom mobo box. The hsf kept it from closing all the way as seen in the 3rd pic. So all that stuff in there had plenty of room to rattle around...on top of the mobo and ram.
Well folks there you have it. How would you handle this? One of the reasons I ask is because although I've been a long time trader, I have been fortunate enough not to have to deal with this stuff- I've always packed well and my sellers have always done the same to me. Until now. I spent a good deal of money on this, well over a $100, but it was less then what seller originally asked for. However, seller PM'd me and offered it at that price if I paypaled that day. I paypaled within 15min of reading his pm. If seller accepts a lower price then asking, is that a justified reason for shit packing? I had no worries paying because he's been a member here nearly 6 yrs, only a dozen heat but all positive and some received from great traders. Oh and yes I read it- some quotes are:
The above heat evals, on top of my half jokingly pleading to pack better then the HD guy, I honestly thought there wouldn't have been a packing issue. Am I out of line at going W...T...F!? upon opening this package? If you had paid what is a good amount of money for you, and received this package they way I did, how would you feel?
CLIFFS:
1) "mobo box" rattled like hell in the CDW box.
2) Loose shit rattled like hell on top of the mobo/ram in the makshift mobo box.
..........
No fucking profit
