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K karmalaundry Member Stumptown, USA Joined: Sep 02, 2006 Posts: 29	K karmalaundry Posted posted on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 9:25 AM On 2006-09-27 21:33, Berdoo John wrote: Aloha, for those that were concerned earlier about the packaging, UPS gave a noble effort to destroy TCOH # 43, but alas they have failed... So sitting here tonight looking at the smashed corner I thought- I wonder how far that thing had to fall to cause that? So seeing as how we watch Myth Busters I decided to do an experiment. I decided the phonebook was close enough in weight to the OH and placed it in the box. I dropped it from about 2 feet up...popcorn all over the kitchen floor...oops. So I taped the box shut and dropped it from higher, barely a ding to the corner. And higher, and higher. I dropped that box from the ceiling, about 7', and it barely dented the corner! So I think they must have run my box through the UPS corner-smash-o-matic. Having been in the operation for 3 years before moving to IT, I know about smashed boxes. And that didn't come from your box being dropped. That came from someone either dropping a package on it or setting a package on it too hard when they were stacking stuff on top of it. I can think of some other ways, but I don't see any footprint on the box, nor is it in "peak" season where you box can be subject to getting "jammed on a belt" and crunched that way. In any event, it's a testament to Stuckie's packing smarts. I'm sure that he learned early on that with any shipper, you have to pack the hell out of whatever you want protected. :)

On 2006-09-27 21:33, Berdoo John wrote:
Aloha, for those that were concerned earlier about the packaging, UPS gave a noble effort to destroy TCOH # 43, but alas they have failed...

So sitting here tonight looking at the smashed corner I thought- I wonder how far that thing had to fall to cause that? So seeing as how we watch Myth Busters I decided to do an experiment. I decided the phonebook was close enough in weight to the OH and placed it in the box. I dropped it from about 2 feet up...popcorn all over the kitchen floor...oops. So I taped the box shut and dropped it from higher, barely a ding to the corner. And higher, and higher. I dropped that box from the ceiling, about 7', and it barely dented the corner! So I think they must have run my box through the UPS corner-smash-o-matic.

Having been in the operation for 3 years before moving to IT, I know about smashed boxes. And that didn't come from your box being dropped. That came from someone either dropping a package on it or setting a package on it too hard when they were stacking stuff on top of it. I can think of some other ways, but I don't see any footprint on the box, nor is it in "peak" season where you box can be subject to getting "jammed on a belt" and crunched that way.

In any event, it's a testament to Stuckie's packing smarts. I'm sure that he learned early on that with any shipper, you have to pack the hell out of whatever you want protected. :)

Post #257544 by karmalaundry on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 9:25 AM