In the past I've very successfully shipped test equipment. Unfortunately, to pack it right takes strong boxes and good packing materials and these aren't always available for free. The extra size and weight also adds shipping cost. Ebay kind of demands immediate shipment so I found I was paying a lot for materials and nobody was willing to pay. A company which receives gear would have a lot of materials to ship with, but not an individual. I pretty much stopped selling on ebay but would consider it if a buyer would pay to have a local pack-and-ship that I dropped off an item at do the work (haha, good luck with that!).
I think that large, high end test equipment is close to unshippable by the general population. To think otherwise means you're taking a gamble, so bid accordingly, as they say.
Peter
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On 2/20/2016 10:55 AM, daniel@... [hp_agilent_equipment] wrote:
The next bit, about buying from US sellers to avoid the hassle is just not true.
Here are some examples of the stupidity of Americans.
So out of a country of 310 million people, you managed to find a few people who have no clue how to pack stuff. Big surprise. That's what you get for buying from people who aren't professional packers and shippers. Buy from people who are professionals and you probably won't have that problem. But you're probably not going to find professionals selling old test equipment, so we're really talking about different things.
