How not to ship a hard drive.

[minendo]

http://pics.apartment808.com/users/minendo/IMAG0033.JPG

This just arrived today. I am disappointed in the packaging of the drive and feel as though there is no reason to test it. The drive slides around at will and I do not want to even open this.

 

[conjur]

:frown:

From where did it arrive?

 

[Kaervak]

That's just sad. How damn hard is it to put it in a box with some packing material?

 

[agnitrate]

Unbelievable.

-silver

 

[Bv3]

The same thing happened to me. I got a hard drive shipped to me in a cardboard envelope and of course it didn't work. Then the seller ignored all my attempts to contact him. Fortunately it was under warranty so I just RMA'd it.

 

[nick1985]

its probably ok

 

[Lvis]

It might work, give it a try.

At least it wasn't shipped in some guys gym shorts....

 

[m2kewl]

was it from someone on AT FS/T?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: m2kewl
was it from someone on AT FS/T?

Yes. I have contacted him already stating that I refuse to accept the drive.

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Wow, what an idiot. People need to learn to pack stuff properly

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: m2kewl was it from someone on AT FS/T?

Yes. I have contacted him already stating that I refuse to accept the drive.

sheesh, who was it so he'll go on my DNT list

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: m2kewl
was it from someone on AT FS/T?

Yes. I have contacted him already stating that I refuse to accept the drive.

ROFL just bring it back to the post office
They'll right Refused and send it back to the seller ..

Lets see how he likes it back shipped the same way.

REMEMBER don't open it.

 

[Eli]

WTF? What a moron.... Are you going to tell us who? Or do you think they learned their lesson?

There is a pretty good chance it still works, however. Drives can take something like 40g's when they're not turned on... but I would be upset, too.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Eli
WTF? What a moron.... Are you going to tell us who? Or do you think they learned their lesson?

There is a pretty good chance it still works, however. Drives can take something like 40g's when they're not turned on... but I would be upset, too.

40Gs? That's weaker than a postal worker's dropkick.

 

[wyvrn]

Yeah sadly I have had that happen to me too.

 

[zsouthboy]

wow. just.. wow.

 

[CrazyPerson]

wow :brokenheart:

 

ahhaha

 

[Kevin]

Damn, that sucks. I use packing peanuts for DVDs. If its something very valuable, I'll use air bags and foam...

 

[McMadman]

Thats no excuse, that drive should not have even left the sellers house in that condition, I'd take it to the post office and have it sent back as refused, and contact the seller stating this and get a refund on your purchase, I wouldn't be surprised if the drive has been damaged at this point.

I had a drive send usps maybe 9-10 months back, shipped in a smallish box, but a nice couple layers of bubblewrap surrounding it, it was solid in there and worked fine.

 

[crazygal]

Looks like it'll work fine. Only the bottom looks a little messed up.

 

[zsouthboy]

Originally posted by: crazygal
Looks like it'll work fine. Only the bottom looks a little messed up.

The envelope is not made out of very sensitive read and write heads sitting a few microns from fragile glass platters, though.

 

[Provider]

Ouch...
Yeah i would send that sucker right back where it came from.

 

[crazygal]

Well I'd bet money that it still works. HD's are pretty tough.

 

[zsouthboy]

Originally posted by: crazygal
Well I'd bet money that it still works. HD's are pretty tough.

Uh... perhaps you are confused?

Hard Drives are extremely fragile.

EDIT: On second thought, it's not that I don't believe it won't work(sure, plug it in, hell it'll probably be recognized by your BIOS and everything)... just try to use it though...