Ship-It

[Al Gordon]

On 9/26/05, david <nux at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> The Hoary Cds I ordered from Ship-It never turned up. Have just placed
> an order for Breezy CD's. I hope these turn up - I've had to install
> Ubuntu on to new users PC's from a copied CD. No nice CD cover to
> show/give people.
>
> I suggest the shipit system needs tweaking at some level.
>
> regards
>
> nux

I just got mine today... finally.  I had mentioned disappointment with
Ship-It and potential tweaking in a discussion thread a couple of
months ago, and got jumped on for it.  I'm glad to see that you got a
better reception than I did. ;)

My most sincere thanks to Canonical and the Ship-It team (really), and
all of my worst curses to anyone who works in customs and/or the
postal service between The Netherlands and CT, USA.

The box was open when I received it, the contents were scattered all
over the place, the CDs were almost all scratched to the point where
they probably won't be useable, the display box was ripped into two
pieces, and most of the CD sleeves were bent.  Overall, any CD that
I'd hand from this box to a potential new Ubuntu user would probably
have exactly the opposite effect that it was intended to.  This is a
shame.  I hate to see Mark throw his money away, regardless of how
many bajillions he has.

I'm hoping that some tape and time with a CD polisher will help to
make the CDs serviceable again.  I'm also hoping that the next CD
shipment I receive arrives more promptly, and less destroyed.  I
really do want to advocate Ubuntu Linux with these CDs.

Oh, and the box also contained a set of negatives from someone's
vacation.  So, if you work for Ship-It, and lost some negatives, let
me know and I'll mail them back to you.

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  -- AL --