Sorry COA = Certificate of Authenticity (the little holographed sticker most PC's have stuck to them stating it's a pukka copy of XP/Vista etc.) This is serial numbered and scanned by the manufacturing floor control system as being consumed and thereby triggers the MS royalty payment.
I used to work in the fulfilment arm of HP's major competitor. We had a situation where an enterprise license COA sticker worth $50k was shipped in a jiffy bag. Package was so small it got lost,Customer refused to acknowledge receipt, mother of all witch hunts afterwards. At least not much chance of this package going adrift. Also their fulfilment system would probably have these licenses as line items in the order, so they have to be individually boxed/labelled/scanned anyway, so I would think it was a good idea to use a bigger carton plus overpack to minimise the chance of the package going astray. Balance the cost of saving the planet against the reaming you would get if it got lost.
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Sorry COA = Certificate of Authenticity (the little holographed sticker most PC's have stuck to them stating it's a pukka copy of XP/Vista etc.) This is serial numbered and scanned by the manufacturing floor control system as being consumed and thereby triggers the MS royalty payment.
I used to work in the fulfilment arm of HP's major competitor. We had a situation where an enterprise license COA sticker worth $50k was shipped in a jiffy bag. Package was so small it got lost,Customer refused to acknowledge receipt, mother of all witch hunts afterwards. At least not much chance of this package going adrift. Also their fulfilment system would probably have these licenses as line items in the order, so they have to be individually boxed/labelled/scanned anyway, so I would think it was a good idea to use a bigger carton plus overpack to minimise the chance of the package going astray.
Balance the cost of saving the planet against the reaming you would get if it got lost.
I know what I would do.
Er.. the magazine's actually called Private Eye. Pressdram is the publishing company.