On Oct 14, 2009, at 12:05 AM, Vitaliy wrote:

> how about just requiring that the package be shipped to a school
> address and addressed to a Prof.


What part of "profs don't want more work" didn't you understand?

Actually, a couple of manufacturers (National?) have said (at some  
time in their sample program) that they'll only ship samples requested  
from a valid .EDU email addresses (and .com); no more using the  
generic email providers like gmail, yahoo, etc...  That sort-of works,  
but has its own set of issues...

BillW

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