@CathyCorlleone Popcorn...no salt or butter? Never did it but if it worked for you...great! Unless a return reciept or delivery confirmation was purchased at the time of shipping it is your word against theirs. Occasionally packages will take days, and in rare cases...weeks to arrive. I had a letter take over a month to travel 800 miles. Postmarked but must have slipped thru the crack somewhere.
First class and priority packages travel together. Really makes no difference if you choose priority over first class except that there's a slim chance it will get there faster. By all means avoid sending anything fragile Parcel Post because people mail their TV's and microwave ovens via Parcel Post. Agree with the box being too small, but fragile stickers do help stuff get there safer. Really. This video does remind of the Anal Retentive Carpenter :) Good advice man.
@BroBryce2009 My own personal experience is that 8 out of 10 boxes marked fragile arrive with visible rough handling. Envelopes marked do not bend...are bent. Even ones with stiff protection. It has happed too much to my packages for me to not ignore it. (Brobryce worked in postal service and has first hand knowledge)
@oldvision The reason envelopes get bent is not because they are marked "do not bend", it is because ALL envelopes -- ALL of them, go through a machine that bends them. Even if you take your letters to the post office to have them hand cancelled, the next thing that happens to them is they get to a machine, where they are sorted through a belt system that bends them in every imaginable direction at 40K letters per hr. Also, I can tell you that 8 out of 10 boxes PERIOD recieve rough handling.
@oldvision also it should be noted that the damage is usually not caused by the individual package being handled a certain way. It is the fact that boxes are stacked like puzzle pieces on pallets and driven harshly through mazes of other pallets, or tossed into HUGE (like HUMMER-sized) containers with hundreds or thousands of other packages that may or may not weigh a LOT more than your package. Most times, the packages as individuals do pretty good.
You need to send this video the the first sender that sent Bambi in the first place. Maybe they will learn something and this won't happen to someone else.
@DearestBecky Perhaps and maybe that will happen. I think the only way maybe avoid this is to explain in detail what special precautions one should take with the item before it is ship. Don't assume because someone has positive feedback that they know how to ship everything properly.
you should wrap it and send it back to them but with used toilet paper...LOL! that would be a hoot. seriously though, that sucks. I had received a few broken things off certain Ebayers! Poor Freakin Bambie.
@TheDarksEmpyrean That is a suggestion which is at least worthy of imagining the senarios. Have had a rash of poor packing and a couple broken items this summer. Guess I will have to request in detail how I want something packed.
@melzaelf Yep, I was mad because it had the original sticker and is not a real common item. The seller charged over 12 dollars to ship. Then sends it first class with just delivery confirmation. Probably cost under $5 to ship. Now I have to ship back ($6) and am out $18 plus my time because someone didn't take the proper care in the first place. They will get a negative plus the link to this video.
@kekikamiller Hi Kekika. I have used shreaded paper. Drawback -It's heavy and packs up too much. You want something that springs back. Like the sponge foam peanuts. I have used balled up newpaper with good results and it can replace the peanut, especially when packing on the sides.
UNFORTUNATLY THIS IS ALL WRONG ALSO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS USE CLEAR PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS AND THAT WILL WORK VERY WELL
gunsppk 8 months ago
@gunsppk Well, pack the way you want but this is NOT wrong. 30 years experience...and even packing with grocery bags begs to differ with you.
oldvision 8 months ago
poor Bambi.
great tips gary.
bugsme10 1 year ago
Bambi didn't make it!
couchpotatotheatre 1 year ago
What do you do when the cell phone company say they never got the pakage
I guess you did not have any ole newspaper to wrap the pakage with
popcorn is good light weight volume filler for fragile items..popcorn is cheaper than packing peanuts
CathyCorlleone 1 year ago
@CathyCorlleone Popcorn...no salt or butter? Never did it but if it worked for you...great! Unless a return reciept or delivery confirmation was purchased at the time of shipping it is your word against theirs. Occasionally packages will take days, and in rare cases...weeks to arrive. I had a letter take over a month to travel 800 miles. Postmarked but must have slipped thru the crack somewhere.
oldvision 1 year ago
Now that is an education ... thanks for the great job and illustration. I bet there is a story behind that Bambi ;)
Jordmate 1 year ago
First class and priority packages travel together. Really makes no difference if you choose priority over first class except that there's a slim chance it will get there faster. By all means avoid sending anything fragile Parcel Post because people mail their TV's and microwave ovens via Parcel Post. Agree with the box being too small, but fragile stickers do help stuff get there safer. Really. This video does remind of the Anal Retentive Carpenter :) Good advice man.
BroBryce2009 1 year ago
@BroBryce2009 My own personal experience is that 8 out of 10 boxes marked fragile arrive with visible rough handling. Envelopes marked do not bend...are bent. Even ones with stiff protection. It has happed too much to my packages for me to not ignore it. (Brobryce worked in postal service and has first hand knowledge)
oldvision 1 year ago
@oldvision The reason envelopes get bent is not because they are marked "do not bend", it is because ALL envelopes -- ALL of them, go through a machine that bends them. Even if you take your letters to the post office to have them hand cancelled, the next thing that happens to them is they get to a machine, where they are sorted through a belt system that bends them in every imaginable direction at 40K letters per hr. Also, I can tell you that 8 out of 10 boxes PERIOD recieve rough handling.
BroBryce2009 1 year ago
@oldvision also it should be noted that the damage is usually not caused by the individual package being handled a certain way. It is the fact that boxes are stacked like puzzle pieces on pallets and driven harshly through mazes of other pallets, or tossed into HUGE (like HUMMER-sized) containers with hundreds or thousands of other packages that may or may not weigh a LOT more than your package. Most times, the packages as individuals do pretty good.
BroBryce2009 1 year ago
You need to send this video the the first sender that sent Bambi in the first place. Maybe they will learn something and this won't happen to someone else.
DearestBecky 1 year ago
@DearestBecky Perhaps and maybe that will happen. I think the only way maybe avoid this is to explain in detail what special precautions one should take with the item before it is ship. Don't assume because someone has positive feedback that they know how to ship everything properly.
oldvision 1 year ago
Those are good tips for packing things and if the person you're sending it to is out of toilet paper you've sent them mana from heaven. :O
VirtuallyAddicted 1 year ago
@VirtuallyAddicted oh ya! With the crappy packing it does seem appropriate.
oldvision 1 year ago
you should wrap it and send it back to them but with used toilet paper...LOL! that would be a hoot. seriously though, that sucks. I had received a few broken things off certain Ebayers! Poor Freakin Bambie.
TheDarksEmpyrean 1 year ago
@TheDarksEmpyrean That is a suggestion which is at least worthy of imagining the senarios. Have had a rash of poor packing and a couple broken items this summer. Guess I will have to request in detail how I want something packed.
oldvision 1 year ago
Aww I would have been so mad if I would have got that sweet Bambi broken.
I know first hand that you are a excellent package packer! *lol* So your way must be super great.
melzaelf 1 year ago
@melzaelf Yep, I was mad because it had the original sticker and is not a real common item. The seller charged over 12 dollars to ship. Then sends it first class with just delivery confirmation. Probably cost under $5 to ship. Now I have to ship back ($6) and am out $18 plus my time because someone didn't take the proper care in the first place. They will get a negative plus the link to this video.
oldvision 1 year ago
@oldvision Uhgg so maddening I read tons of complaints about packages purchased off ebay not being shipped very well.
I know when I ship I try my best to pack the darn thing extra careful even if it does cost more in shipping materials.
melzaelf 1 year ago
awww poor bambi... u did a great job wrapping and packing it :-)
lostmymindinwv 1 year ago
@lostmymindinwv thanks! Funny...you make a how to vid with bambi...I make a how to vid with bambi. cool!
oldvision 1 year ago
i was readin ur mind earlier today thats why..lol
lostmymindinwv 1 year ago
Very useful video OV. I would never have thought of putting a smaller box into a bigger one, :-(
catbrush123 1 year ago
@catbrush123 It's an extra step that makes a big difference. Of course if a truck runs over it that won't help. haha:-)
oldvision 1 year ago
That was a good packing tutorial. You could be a professional boxer.
scottsadventures 1 year ago
@scottsadventures Thanks. Perhaps that is an idea as some people do not want to bother with packing things.
oldvision 1 year ago
Oh dear! This is good info. What is your opinion of newspaper, or scrap paper run through a paper shredder? Maybe in place of the peanuts.
kekikamiller 1 year ago
@kekikamiller Hi Kekika. I have used shreaded paper. Drawback -It's heavy and packs up too much. You want something that springs back. Like the sponge foam peanuts. I have used balled up newpaper with good results and it can replace the peanut, especially when packing on the sides.
oldvision 1 year ago