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Originally Posted by performerrpm
i took it to the pack and ship center told them exactly how it needed to be packaged so it wouldnt crack the front if dropped. guess what soon as i left they boxed it how they thought
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why would entrust someone at a pack and ship to box up the console? Because you are paying them and assumed they would do it right? I wouldn't trust anyone at those places to box something fragile unless I stood there and watched them. After all, it's you that somehow would be hassled with the headache if it was damaged.
Luckily your buyer wasn't too concerned.
This does need to be kept in perspective. I worked 20 years for UPS. 10 as a loader/sorter/supervisor and 10 as a truck mechanic. While it is very true that certain individuals had very poor package handling skills and generally don't give a crap there were those who did the job as they were trained. The daily volume UPS handles is HUGE! Packages do fall off conveyors, get dropped,tossed, break open, crushed in belt jams etc. But to say packages marked "fragile" get singled out for "special" abusive handling is a crock.
I don't care who you use for shipping. Package sorting procedures are all the same be it UPS, Fedex, USPS etc. Lots of conveyor belts,slides,rollers and human handling. Take the time and pack it well and the odds are it will arrive just fine.