A hidden hazard of eBay

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

A few days ago, this arrived for me. It’s my £250 Challenge PC, as packaged up by the seller and delivered to me by Parcelforce.

If you look closely (click on the picture for a larger view), you may notice that it didn’t actually arrive in pristine condition. The box was clearly battered and crushed in transit, developing a big split up the side through which the contents could easily have fallen out. (more…)