On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:33:07 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Ignoramus22709 fired this volley in
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You cannot rely on intelligence to avoid packing mix-ups.

No, Ig, you can't. But you CAN count on stupidity _causing_ them.

I'll hold. Get as smart a shipping clerk as your budget will allow. No
matter the safeguards, a stupid clerk will bollux up all your best efforts.

And figure out the net shipping weight before packaging and have him
put the packaged weight on a shipping chart for you so you and (s)he
have a visual confirmation of correct boxing. Simple, inexpensive, and
damnear foolproof.

"Um, why does a loaf-of-bread-sized Inverter TIG welder weigh 324 lbs
in a box, kid?"

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Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight
very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands.
It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
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