[rescue] Don't buy from ebay seller carp-o-matic

[Velocityengine]

Sorry Ian, that was 5-6 years ago. I've long since sold off most of my own
SGI since then as well. Big mistake there :(

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:

> My roommates just smashed my mint teal I2 -- any more of those skins
> around?
> On Mar 25, 2011 5:26 PM, "Velocityengine" <velocityengine at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > My teal was shipped via FedEx, wrapped in two layers of bubble wrap, and
> > double boxed.
> >
> > The entire front panel (not the little swing-down panel, the entire big
> > swing-down panel) was utterly destroyed. Luckily, the buyer had extra
> skins,
> > and I ended up picking a replacement set when I went to his place to buy
> > more machines.
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Dan Sikorski <me at dansikorski.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 3/25/2011 8:11 PM, Velocityengine wrote:
> >>
> >>> I don't think I've ever gotten a SGI via shipping that *didn't* have
> >>> cracked
> >>> plastics. I've only ever gotten pristine machines from picking them up
> >>> myself.
> >>>
> >>
> >> My Teal Indigo2 was shipped to me and arrived in perfect condition.
> >> Unfortunately, within a few months of receiving it I cracked the hinges
> on
> >> the front door of it by not paying attention when moving it around to
> access
> >> rear ports.
> >>
> >> -Dan Sikorski
> >>
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