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Bubble wrap?

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Is it possible to fry a video card by shipping it in bubble wrap? 5970 2gb card
 
I would suggest putting it in an antistatic bag first and then bubble wrapping that.
 
or you can use anti-static bubble wrap, it usually looks pink
 
Already shipped the card in non static bubble wrap. Buyer claims card is dead bc of it. Worked fine before I shipped it. Is he being honest?
 
Which site was this on? If it's ebay, it's probably just the selling lying to get a free card. Ask them to ship it back to test it.
 
No, that cannot fry a card. These are the kind of BS claims that make me put all kinds of disclaimers all over my sales. "No refunds, no returns, no warranties and sold as-is. Buy at your own risk." It's scared off buyers as a result, but I've never had an issue with bs claims.
 
Tell them you will give a full refund (less shipping) on return of the card. Ebay is full of buyers like this, and you really have 0 protection as a seller. Probably best to use a different site from now on (like this one).
 
You said you shipped it in non static bubble wrap, do you mean non antistatic bubble wrap or you're saying that it is no-static bubble wrap?

I've seen videocards go through a lot of abuse, sitting on carpet for a long time, manhandling it in and out of cases with no wrist straps and socks on carpet, and I've never seen a fried video card because of this.
 
Siriusmuzik said:
You said you shipped it in non static bubble wrap, do you mean non antistatic bubble wrap or you're saying that it is no-static bubble wrap?

I've seen videocards go through a lot of abuse, sitting on carpet for a long time, manhandling it in and out of cases with no wrist straps and socks on carpet, and I've never seen a fried video card because of this.
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^^ me and a couple friends tried to fry a card by scooting back and forth on carpet and shoking the card......we did this 4-5 times instaled the card and it still worked...so it is rather hard to screw one up and bubble wrap sounds like bs
 
The buyer probably just had buyer's remorse or found a better deal and wants to return it. But ebay doesn't consider that a valid reason for a return. So people just say something is broken. You'll most likely get the same card back in working condition. That's been my experience with returns. Stuff always comes back working. One time I sold a new ps3 controller and dude said it was broken. Jerk actually sent me a different ps3 controller with different serial number but it worked fine so whatever.
 
most of the time though its usually just ignorant buyers from the midwest that dont know what theyre doing. i.e they dont use the pci express plugs and wonder why it isnt working. just tell the buyer it worked fine when you sent it out and that the problem is between keyboard and chair.
 
I don't like when people send me electronics without either an anti-static bag or anti-static bubble wrap. Its not like anti-static bubble wrap is expensive.

I doubt that the card died because of that though. I've never heard of a video card dieing due to esd from bubble wrap either.
 
It is actually completely possible that the bubble wrap could cause enough static discharge to damage the card, that is why they make low-charging bubble wrap (usually pink). Just like walking across the carpet can. These failures usually don't manifest as "dead" gear though, and with something as complex as a graphics card what you might see is lockups/crashes when one particular circuit is activated. This might be very rarely, so most people just assume incorrectly that damage can not/does not happen.

On the other hand, the chances of it killing the card completely through shipping is unlikely at best. As the guys above said, he probably decided he didn't want it and wants his money back.
 
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