Computers are a large part of my every day life, from my day job to my hobbies like music production. For over a decade now, I have been selling parts I no longer need on services like eBay. I try to maintain a good and professional status and rating for the times where I do sell things on the internet.
This past week, I needed to sell several parts out of my previous powerhouse desktop computer on eBay, as I have built a new system. I no longer had the original boxes nor antistatic bags for any of the hardware. I've heard from some old timers about wrapping sensitive computer components in tinfoil (aluminum foil) to act as a faraday cage.I've done a lot of research on that. I could not, in good conscious, wrap sensitive computer components in tinfoil and ship them off to people in this dry winter air. I've also read that tinfoil can act as a conductor between capacitors on components like a motherboard.
I decided to go on Amazon and found this bulk-pack of ESD shielding bags. This is a great and very affordable assortment of bags. The smaller ones are press-and-seal. I love that the sensitive electronics stickers were included as well.
I would definitely recommend this product to anyone who gets into the business of selling used computer components. In this day and age with chip shortages, I don't think computer components (even old) should get tossed to the curb. Sell or donate them, and do so using this ESD shielded bagging.
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