[RIPE Atlas Ambassadors] How to avoid double shipping?

On 2018-04-16 21:10:37 (+0800), Anurag Bhatia wrote:
> I have come across a case multiple times where someone requests for 
> RIPE Atlas probe and by the time I reply back to them (say 2-3 days), 
> they mention that they have requested for probe directly from RIPE NCC 
> as well.

This has only happened to one of my hosts.  He asked RIPE NCC for a 
probe in Singapore.  Amusingly, it showed up in the post two days after 
I gave him one.  Several months after he asked RIPE NCC for one though.

I think the solution of this is either for RIPE NCC to only distribute 
probes through ambassadors or to provide better tracking on probes sent 
directly to hosts.

My preference would be for probes to only be distributed through 
ambassadors.  Maybe that way fewer disappear, never to be seen again.

Philip

-- Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Ministry of Information