Shipping equipment (was: Re: Prepare to chuckle...)

[Marden P. Marshall]

On May 8, 2008, at 7:22 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:

> Marden P. Marshall wrote:
>> How's this for a horror story?  A few months back, I bought a  
>> really nice IMSAI dual 8" floppy drive system from someone on  
>> eBay.  It set me back $2000.00.
>
> I think that's the horror story right there (paying $2000 for the  
> drive).
>
> When it arrived damaged, did the seller refund your money?  Did you  
> have the money in escrow?

I'm not going to bother debating the value of this particular item  
with you.  That would be a moot point.  As for the seller ponying up  
to the bar and taking responsibility, the answer is that so far he has  
not.

-Mardy