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Registered Member #2628
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has anyone here received any items in the mail, be it from a person or a company, and has found out that they sometimes go COMPLETLY overkill as in packaging?
In my case, a while back Ive ordered a pair of 3.5CM ferrite cores for my DRSSTC, all good, no biggie right?
and today, this just took the cake...
for some reason that is only known to a higher power, they have desided to wrap the ferrites in bubble wrap, paper wadding, carboard, foam, and more cardboard before finally putting it in a gaint box...
Id love to hear your stories, and pictures if possible.
Registered Member #2123
Joined: Sat May 16 2009, 03:10AM
Location: Bend, Oregon
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Military component packaging is pretty wasteful. I've seen itty bitty trim pots packaged wrapped in kapok, two seperate hermetic foil/polyethylene bags, with a big bag of silica dessicant stuffed in for good measure. The final box was the size of a toaster for a component the size of a breath mint. The cost of packaging had to be at least 5X the cost of the component.
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If the shipping department only had1 size of small box for shipping they would use if up the weight/size limit. Little packages, envelopes, tend to get lost/stomped.
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here is the wierd thing,
this is not the first time ive ordered things from laird, and they used to send me things in simular quantaties (if not more) and they came in a nice 4" by 4" by 4" box, my last order came in a box slightly bigger, but not by much
and this most recent order came in that beast... and for these tiny little cores... hell, I wont be suprised if next time I order these cores a damn semi truck will back up to my house and drop off a 6 foot tall crate
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I find over kill packaging is common for inductors. They always ship inductors in the case boxes, so you have the packaging in the boxes with compartments to hold 100 pieces, and they just put one in for you.
Registered Member #2040
Joined: Fri Mar 20 2009, 10:13PM
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I ordered, among other things, a single soldering flux pen from Newark. What I got in the mail was a 12" x 6" x 6" box full of something like kitty litter to absorb the fluid if the pen broke, with just the pen in the middle. I checked with them and they ended up charging me an extra $20 to ship the $3.50 flux pen. I dont think it was worth it!
Registered Member #1792
Joined: Fri Oct 31 2008, 08:12PM
Location: University of California
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I recently ordered some USB extension cables from Amazon, cables which were to come in their environmentally responsible "frustration free" packaging. Each cable came in its own fairly large box, and the two boxes were in a larger box with the big air bubbles in it. To be fair, Amazon may have found it's more efficient to ship everything in a few standard sized boxes, but I have to wonder.
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It all depends. If you're shipping a priceless item which is fragile there's no such thing as too much packaging.
This is my personal theory on packaging: If you wouldn't feel comfortable drop kicking the box down the stairs it probably isn't packed properly. Those shipping companies aren't exactly gentle with your things.
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I once shipped a brand new Meyers Universal Valve, just as fresh as the day it was made 85 years ago (from my private stash) and got a reply back that the container had been crushed en route.
However, inside the package was a rigid protective box that could have survived an elephant stepping on it. The customer was elated.
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