Re: GS monitors -- made of eggshells?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Blake Patterson writes ...
> 
>    I made my first eBay purchase towards getting a GS and getting it
> expanded in December when I threw down $150 for a pretty full basic
> system w/ monitor.  The monitor was cracked and dead in shipping.  So, I
> ordered another one.  It, too (despite being well packed) was cracked in
> shipping.
> 
>    Never send a package using the US postal service.

     I've sent and received lots of stuff through the US postal service with no
problem. Unless the monitors you're getting have very delicate cases, maybe you
should consider filing a USPS service complaint.


>    That aside, are GS monitors constructed of plastic that weak? Or is it
> age that does it to the plastic?  I am borrowing a friend's GS monitor,
> and I don't expect him to come asking for it back, but I'd still like a
> spare.
 ....

     Our monitor dates back to the early days and it shows no signs of
brittleness. Plastic does become brittle if exposed for long periods to
sunlight and/or heat. (For a monitor case to become exceptionally brittle from
sunlight it would probably show discoloration.) To become very brittle from
heat would probably require running the monitor in cramped quarters for a few
years.

     Where are these monitors coming from?



Rubywand