F*ck usps!
I can assure you that you've either been lucky or have never shipped something that was truely delicate. There is NO AMOUNT of packing that will protect some sensitive electronics from being thrown, dropped 10 ft off a dock or other similar.
As an amateur radio operator, and as a person who spent the last years of my working life working for a Motorola service shop, I've seen plenty of consequences of ALL the major shippers.
Couple of 'xamples. Brand new HP computers, "back then" were Winhozed NT4, were packed in HP factory boxes and then THOSE boxes were packed in outer boxes. One must have been dropped AT LEAST 10-15 ft. The hard drive mount had been ripped completely out of the case, and of course the hard drive then beat the XXXX out of the motherboard
IFR service monitor. Google them. This was an IFR 1000 or 1100 which was sent to IFR for service. Now IFR knows how to pack stuff. Came back with the CRT broken, and one of the control knobs looked like it'd been hit with a ball pein hammer. "Back then," these were worth 10, 15 grand U.S.
We always poked at the supplier for water protection, but you cannot expect a shipper to pack for complete immersion in a pool!!!!
I can assure you that you've either been lucky or have never shipped something that was truely delicate. There is NO AMOUNT of packing that will protect some sensitive electronics from being thrown, dropped 10 ft off a dock or other similar.
As an amateur radio operator, and as a person who spent the last years of my working life working for a Motorola service shop, I've seen plenty of consequences of ALL the major shippers.
Couple of 'xamples. Brand new HP computers, "back then" were Winhozed NT4, were packed in HP factory boxes and then THOSE boxes were packed in outer boxes. One must have been dropped AT LEAST 10-15 ft. The hard drive mount had been ripped completely out of the case, and of course the hard drive then beat the XXXX out of the motherboard
IFR service monitor. Google them. This was an IFR 1000 or 1100 which was sent to IFR for service. Now IFR knows how to pack stuff. Came back with the CRT broken, and one of the control knobs looked like it'd been hit with a ball pein hammer. "Back then," these were worth 10, 15 grand U.S.
We always poked at the supplier for water protection, but you cannot expect a shipper to pack for complete immersion in a pool!!!!