Originally Posted by
wdaddy
IDE, SATA, and laptop drives are all built the same. I wouldn't suggest shipping them in an envelope... if I got one that way I would be upset. Put yourself on the buyer's end and ship it the way you would want something shipped.
I get all my boxes from recycling bins and box dumps here at work. I get all my packing and bubble wrap from furniture store dumpsters (ask first). Free packing is way better then cheap packing.
I get my tape from staples. 10 ink cart. a month =$20 in free tape.
Antistatic bags are great. Talk with computer builders to save you some. Motherboards are wrapped in them so you can get them free if you can find a buisness that repairs and builds machines... also a good way to network and find more scrap.
So we're both doing the same thing: trying to minimize packing and shipping costs while making sure the packaging is good enough. :-) I also love dumpster diving for boxes and packing material!
I guess where we might differ is in the definition of "good enough".
I suspect is that paper vs cardboard might be more of a factor than with vs without an antistatic bag. I suspect that putting a disk into a zip lock back would already take care of the static problem but I might be wrong.
Thx
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