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Originally Posted by kennyrh
Here's a timely example that illustrates some of your points . . .
. . .my AC Revelations Animus Edition turned up on Friday via UPS all the way from Germany and, when I saw the packaging, my heart sank. The box was almost completely wrecked at one end - so much so that it must have been mistreated in some way en-route.
However, a closer look revealed that the (I have to say) rather flimsy looking cardboard had a little pocket inside that housed the Animus and, thanks to the packers at the far end, it had been secured crossways with plastic strips and some selloptape which had stopped it falling apart completely.
So, thanks to German efficiency, it hadn't wound up in some depot seperated from the packaging - which, I suspect, would have been the case had it been posted from within the UK.
There we have it . . .the good and the bad seen in one packaged item. The CE was fine but no thanks to UPS  |
That does indeed illustrate how a package can go through the wars and back and still survive intact if a little care and attention is applied when packaging. When dealing with CE's which cost upwards of £100, they should be packed to survive a nuclear explosion! Yet it still surprises me why many are still shipped inside flimsy boxes.
In a way it's very reminiscent of how certain food products are packaged - I often see shop employees opening some products such as dry dog food or paper goods which are packed more securely than, say, eggs or biscuits. Ites which don't need protecting as much are better packed than the products which do require it!