Model kit packing is something I always half expect to see damage on given fragile contents and thin cardboard boxes, often lucky to have a single thin sheet of polystyrene each side. Had a lot come all the way from China with no damage as yet.
Even had a 15kg high pressure compressor sent air from China with bugger all packing and it still survived.
When something is made of balsa parts it behoves them to pack it well and mark it suitably.
In days of yore it did.I see stuff like that almost every day, it's just very poorly packaged.
Amazes me the amount of people who send something wrapped in nothing more than brown paper or a thin bag but write FRAGILE all over it, like that's going to protect it!![]()
I am in the countryside too, Hermes have been worse: managed to lose a Saab Crankshaft and took forever to get compensation.Both DPD and Hermes have been fine out here in the countryside. I do feel for them when they deliver to me at 7:00pm and still have several more drops to do.
A random guess.Can anyone explain this to me? LED bulbs.
Someone took time to wrap like that baffling me
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It is so you can make your own DIY hatCan anyone explain this to me? LED bulbs.
Someone took time to wrap like that baffling me
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PlasticA random guess.
The contain the glass if it was fractured.
Maybe they glow under xray? But can't see that with led.It is so you can make your own DIY hat![]()
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If an item is fragile then it needs to be packaged accordingly, simple as that.In days of yore it did.
But today, no it is jsut a word the forign lads don't understand.
: Although I'm pretty sure it's only some specialised ones - remember those odd old ones that used to glow faintly for a while even when off? Can't see any modern ones having the same compound on a quick search. Maybe just a nutjob in packaging
In days of yore it did.
But today, no it is jsut a word the forign lads don't understand.
The LEDs that used to glow were usually down to stray inductance or capacitance not radioactivity.Maybe so they still get through shipping if the glass is broken - LEDs have some faintly radioactive compounds. Although it's so low I wouldn't think it mattered, even the box would stop it.
edit: Although I'm pretty sure it's only some specialised ones - remember those odd old ones that used to glow faintly for a while even when off? Can't see any modern ones having the same compound on a quick search. Maybe just a nutjob in packaging
Lol beat me to it!Nothing to do with radio activity and everything to do with induced power and the fact that LEDs are very low power.
So lack of dislipine and respect then.You must be joking, I did some time at Parcelforce while I was at Uni, it was 99% british lads working there at the time and they all used to play "See who could kick the fragile parcels the furthest down the warehouse"
Nothing to do with race or origin, you pay peanuts you get monkeys.
I'm sure it still would - engage one courier/driver to transport one package to its destination - and pay the fee for it which I would guess would be a bit more than a couple of quid.In days of yore it did.
But today, no it is jsut a word the forign lads don't understand.