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Old Aug 1, 2003 | 10:21 pm
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martin33
 
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by IJK:
Since this is a maximum combined lenght+width+height measurement, there is no specific-sized box
to try to fit it into.
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I have seen the dimensions checked-- usually when they are obviously over. When they do check, they take out a length of chain, with the 62-inch point marked, and run it along the edges of all 3 dimensions. not much in the way of ambuguity or handle-counting.
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