So after spending more than I wanted to, I finally got my Voodoo5 5500 PCI.
But the seller didn't think it was a good idea to ship a fragile piece of electronics equipment in an actual box. S/he must have saved all of 35 cents using an envelop. What's inside was some felt-like stuff that protected less than bubblewrap and even real foam.
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The force of the trauma this package suffered getting here was enough to shatter the driver CD!
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The PCB itself is very warped. It should lay flat against this table!
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The card looks like it almost snapped in half! I've never seen anything like this.
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I'm so pissed off, I haven't even tested it yet. Technically USPS was the one that damaged it, but in my mind his/her decision to ship in an envelope made the damage possible. I also know from shipping with USPS that they are required to ask you if your package is liquid, fragile, perishable, hazardous, etc. There wasn't even a "fragile" stamp on the box; s/he didn't even tell them! Finally, there was no pcb warping evident in the pic s/he showed on the auction.
I will test it soon, but even if it works, do you think I'm entitled to my money back? More importantly, what recourse do I actually have here?