Jimmy
Veteran Member
I purchased two Apple floppy diskette drives on eBay recently from zekesboutique in Fairmont Virginia. The drives are sold “as is”, I say what the heck I probably can make one working drive from the two.
My mailman knocks on my door and hands me this package and says whatever in inside is sliding around and making clanking noises.
When I open the package it’s the two apple disk drives placed in a large flat rate box from the Postage Service. It contains the two disk drives and two flimsy plastic bags, that I assume at one time the disks were in but were not when they were delivered. The box is 3 ½ inches longer, 2 inches taller and ½ inch wider than the drives. There is no packing material other than the two flimsy plastic bags.
I pick up one of the drives and it rattles with lose parts inside; I admit I am no expert on apple floppy diskette drives but even I know they do not rattle when you pick one up.
I contacted the seller, more than a little unhappy with my recent experience with shipping monitors, he politely tells me they as sold “as is” and his hands are tied. So according to his reasoning if you bought an antique vase from him and he places in in a box several inches two big for the base and was delivered in pieces, well it was so “as it”.
He says they were adequately packed when they left his shop. When I informed him the postage worker probably made a record of the package contents sliding around and possible damage and would probably sign an affidavit he will not respond.
I opened up the drive that rattled and the flywheel was off the spindle. I have no idea if it was jarred lose during shipping or was off before he sold them to me. I would think it would take quite a jolt to knock a flywheel loose.
Here are some pictures of the box just as it was opened and some of me measuring the open space in the box.
I am sure it will be a useless gesture but I do plan on filing a complaint with eBay and PayPal, maybe it will help his next buyer.
My mailman knocks on my door and hands me this package and says whatever in inside is sliding around and making clanking noises.
When I open the package it’s the two apple disk drives placed in a large flat rate box from the Postage Service. It contains the two disk drives and two flimsy plastic bags, that I assume at one time the disks were in but were not when they were delivered. The box is 3 ½ inches longer, 2 inches taller and ½ inch wider than the drives. There is no packing material other than the two flimsy plastic bags.
I pick up one of the drives and it rattles with lose parts inside; I admit I am no expert on apple floppy diskette drives but even I know they do not rattle when you pick one up.
I contacted the seller, more than a little unhappy with my recent experience with shipping monitors, he politely tells me they as sold “as is” and his hands are tied. So according to his reasoning if you bought an antique vase from him and he places in in a box several inches two big for the base and was delivered in pieces, well it was so “as it”.
He says they were adequately packed when they left his shop. When I informed him the postage worker probably made a record of the package contents sliding around and possible damage and would probably sign an affidavit he will not respond.
I opened up the drive that rattled and the flywheel was off the spindle. I have no idea if it was jarred lose during shipping or was off before he sold them to me. I would think it would take quite a jolt to knock a flywheel loose.
Here are some pictures of the box just as it was opened and some of me measuring the open space in the box.
I am sure it will be a useless gesture but I do plan on filing a complaint with eBay and PayPal, maybe it will help his next buyer.