Shipping weights of carts and other things
The other day I was weighing up some packages for printing labels online and I recalled a question a while ago from a member here, "how much does an NES cart weight". I imagine if you don't have access to a scale, printing labels online would be difficult. So I weighed up a few things. I'm an engineer at an office that has a materials testing laboratory, so I have access to very accurate weigh scales that are calibrated regularily.
So I started to put together the attached excel spreadsheet and want to ask for some feedback. Let me know:
Is this is useful;
What else could be included;
Is it clear and easy to use;
Anything wrong with this.
I don't know what boards belong in what game, so I would need help with that if that was something people could use. Also, I haven't weighed games with batteries or multi-carts yet, but I would think those will weigh more.
Comments
Ya, most of them are right around 102.5 grams. But I'm thinking games like Action 52 are heavy.
Interesting project, although people shipping out of their own home office will still need to know the weight of their packing + label (even if they only measure it once and apply it to all shipments afterwards).
I find it very quick just to slap the whole shebang on my handy little 5-lb desktop digital postal scale, but for those who don't own one / don't have the desk space to devote to one, this could be a good alternative.