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Re: Shipping a PCB and Marquee at the same time SUCKS.
11/14/12 08:58 PM


> > Marquee boxes are easy to make. PCB boxes are easy to find as well. Want to ship a
> > PCB and a marquee in the same box? Now you need a fucking refrigerator box. Nobody
> > carries a 24"x 15" x 4", or some other practical size. Nope. 23" is what they
> carry.
> > 1/2" smaller than my needs. I can either move up to 36", or angle the marquee, but
> > now I need vertical height to stand the marquee upright or angle it funny. Now I
> have
> > a giant box with a PCB sloshing around in it...got to fill it with 16 crumpled
> > magazines....Starting to get up near the cost of shipping two boxes...
> >
> >
> > Fuck it, shipping two boxes.
>
> Would it be possible to get a large enough sheet of cardboard, then cut (and fold)
> that down to the size you'd need? Then just tape it...
>
> I did that once with a board I had to ship back and the place that shipped it didn't
> make any fuss. They even provided the packing peanuts.


Yeah, but im still paying for a big ass box...and doing a shitton of work.







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Subject Posted by Posted on
* Shipping a PCB and Marquee at the same time SUCKS. italieAdministrator 11/14/12 06:53 AM
. * One word.... GatKongModerator  11/14/12 05:35 PM
. * Two words.... krick  11/15/12 09:07 AM
. * Re: Two words.... DMala  11/15/12 04:27 PM
. * Re: One better word.... italieAdministrator  11/15/12 07:46 AM
. * Re: One better word.... Hizzout  11/15/12 08:06 PM
. * I'll take your plate, and raise you two cups. GatKongModerator  11/16/12 01:00 AM
. * Re: Shipping a PCB and Marquee at the same time SUCKS. Tomu Breidah  11/14/12 05:05 PM
. * Re: Shipping a PCB and Marquee at the same time SUCKS. italieAdministrator  11/14/12 08:58 PM
. * Re: Shipping a PCB and Marquee at the same time SUCKS. Tomu Breidah  11/15/12 02:32 AM
. * Re: Shipping a PCB and Marquee at the same time SUCKS. italieAdministrator  11/15/12 03:33 AM

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