- Joined
- Jan 4, 2001
- Location
- Northern VA
Well, I had a Seagate Barracuda IV die on me, so I decided to RMA it. It hadn't even been OC'ed and was less than a year old.
So I get my RMA number and everything is fine. So, I'm on my way to mail boxes etc. to pick up some "foam rubber" which they pretty much demand you ship it in.
I had some at work, in a box. But someone found it, and threw it out thinking it was garbage!
I have now learned that foam rubber is more like foam gold!
I drove all around town looking for foam rubber with no luck. Here's where I went:
Mail Boxes Etc (now The UPS Store)
Staples
Another Packing Store
Office Depot
Finally I decided to stop by the two computer stores here in town. I managed to get some free foam rubber from each place. Enought to cut and tape and have my drive packed the way it needs to be.
Now that doesn't sound so bad once I wrote it all down. Ofcourse, after I got the foam I needed, I drove back to Staples to pack and ship it.
The problem is, I began my search for foam rubber at 11am after running other errands all day. I finally had the package ready for shipping AFTER 130pm. Between that time was foam rubber searching.
I can't believe how big a pain it was to find that stuff. The one computer store told me they'd give me some only after they checked how much they had. They said they keep it around becuase it's so hard for them to find it.
So half a day and shipping costs later, I'm soon to be the proud owner of a [most likely] refurbished Seagate Barracudda IV.
So I get my RMA number and everything is fine. So, I'm on my way to mail boxes etc. to pick up some "foam rubber" which they pretty much demand you ship it in.
I had some at work, in a box. But someone found it, and threw it out thinking it was garbage!
I have now learned that foam rubber is more like foam gold!
I drove all around town looking for foam rubber with no luck. Here's where I went:
Mail Boxes Etc (now The UPS Store)
Staples
Another Packing Store
Office Depot
Finally I decided to stop by the two computer stores here in town. I managed to get some free foam rubber from each place. Enought to cut and tape and have my drive packed the way it needs to be.
Now that doesn't sound so bad once I wrote it all down. Ofcourse, after I got the foam I needed, I drove back to Staples to pack and ship it.
The problem is, I began my search for foam rubber at 11am after running other errands all day. I finally had the package ready for shipping AFTER 130pm. Between that time was foam rubber searching.
I can't believe how big a pain it was to find that stuff. The one computer store told me they'd give me some only after they checked how much they had. They said they keep it around becuase it's so hard for them to find it.
So half a day and shipping costs later, I'm soon to be the proud owner of a [most likely] refurbished Seagate Barracudda IV.