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    Seller failing to refund after DOA

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    8 minutes ago, Alex@ro said:

    Nope, worst packaging for a cpu, period.

     

    First of all if you only send a cpu without cooler or mobo or whatever you can send it as document. you take three bubble wrap envelopes, you seal the cpu in the plastic cover, put it in bubbled envelope three times, shipp it. It will travel as an envelope with other envelopes, so no bix boxes around or other things to be afraid of. 

    +1

     

    I have sent tons of delidded/relidded cpu in padded (bubble) enveloppe. cpu in its plastic box. box fully rolled with 1 layer of bubble film, put inside the bubble enveloppe such that the plastic box can't move. and Alex@Ro is truly right, it is much safer since they travel with light letters

    Seller failing to refund after DOA

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    Posted · Edited by bolc

    5 hours ago, GtiJason said:

    I was talking more about this

    image.thumb.png.17dd84227bce3d63e53706051148e75c.png

    yeah, either send with ihs sealed, or send naked in the box, well wrapped so it can t move, and the ihs outside opf the box, secured.
    if the ihs is left on the die (with a paper towel layer in between or not, one layer won 't protect much against shocks), and the plastic box containing those can move as whown o nthe picture, the cpu die could get broken.

    but here that looks like a die that died because of too much weight/pressure on the lower side.

    Seller failing to refund after DOA

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    Posted · Edited by bolc

    46 minutes ago, Radi said:

    internationnal rules for shipping insurance is 23/kg ... so for a cpu you will receve maybe 5€ ... i always ship with a real insurance . it's more expensive but if you have problem you are covered 

    by default 23/kg but you can add ad valorem and pay 9 euros extras for getting insured at 500.

    you could make a cheaper option, like Lettre Recommandée Internationale R2, insured up to 150, it costs 8.1 total

    that's beyond the point though.

     

    you French guys making lan / ln2 parties should boycott him once and for all...

     

     

    Seller failing to refund after DOA

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    Posted · Edited by bolc

    What suprises me most is that the shipper, and the buyer, agreed to such poorly insured way of sending a 500 eur good...

     

    I mean Mondial Relay then Hermes... it should have gone International Colissimo + heavy insurance, or Chronopost.

     

    Seller failing to refund after DOA

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    Posted · Edited by bolc

    Hi !
    Really sorry to read that story :(
    was the cpu sent naked, delidded, and unprotected - no plastic box? no bubble film?

    what are the chances for a freely moving cpu inside a box to develop a crack in the die after being thrown away in a box? if you have a dead cpu lying around you could try similar experiments. I can only imagine that a crack would develop in the die if the IHS was put on the cpu but not sealed, hence it could move laterally or/and bang the die surface during a shock. if the cpu was naked, ie no ihs, and wrapped very safely, i can t imagine that a shipping mishandling causes this. same if the ihs was sealed.

    you may wrap a delidded (dead) cpu in its plastic box, wrap the box with plastic bubble film, put it in a small box, jump on the box where the cpu is located, and check the die. or throw the box in the air. I have 2 dead cpu on my desk, i will try tomorrow.


    now what i can say is that Mondial relay is a pain to deal with, but if you have strong evidence on your side, you need to insist and insist every day by calling them. the seller ought to do that if he felt responsible and concerned...

    [FS] DDR3 G.Skill Pi 12800 CL7 3 x 2 Gb kit

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    Posted · Edited by bolc

    On 4/22/2019 at 8:19 PM, Gigelz said:

    Should be psc. But this bin is usually junk :D

    PSC chips indeed, pcb is ST. they came from my 24/7 rig. Nothing special, good for 24/7 x58 or other 115x ddr3, but don't expect miracles indeed ! might be good on AMd but I have no clue for that...

    Gigelz, you can be suprised sometimes. best PSC from Gskill are not Flares or PI sometimes, they can be better in average statistically but no the best :D

    8086k@5.5GHz

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    13 hours ago, Fasttrack said:

    Nope.

    About 2000 screenshots were saved in a usb stick, which my dog thought was tasty and ate it. No joking.

    give him some time, he will push it out :D

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