Using popcorn is a good idea though I must admit I have never received
anything packed in it.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Packaging materials
| At 09:26 PM 1/3/01 +1100, you wrote:
| >Dear all,
| >
| >I bought a Zuiko lens from an interstate private seller a few weeks back
and
| >it arrived well packaged, lens in plastic bag sealed with tape, inside
| >cardboard box also sealed with plenty of strong tape, and in the box to
| >cushion the lens pop-corn ! Is this a "standard" pakaging material ?
|
| Many shippers use it. Cheap, biodegradable. If not carefully stored,
| however, it tends to attract insects and rodents. But it works at least
as
| well as styrofoam "popcorn," and you can always make another batch. ;-)
|
| Garth
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