...but this video explains how it still might not be enough:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nv28lunRSY

That's almost hypnotic.

Craig

Isn't this how some courier companies test the destructiveness of their delivery procedures -- keep flipping the carton until it is adequately mangled?  ;)  Nonetheless, one must admire the persistance of the package trying to climb up the conveyor belt -- a bit like Sisyphus trying to push the boulder up the hill for eternity. :)

That's one of them go go hamsters in that box isn't it

Amazon, huh?

There is an explanation for everything!

burantek:

Amazon, huh?

There is an explanation for everything!

Well spotted Jaff.

Craig

Very amusing but there's quite a shocking serious side to this. This sadly highlights an endemic lack of any pride with shipping companies. The video was obviously taken by an employee who though it far more important to get a cheap laugh watching & videoing someones goods being mangled than taking any action to prevent it.

Chris.

Medogsfat:

Very amusing but there's quite a shocking serious side to this. This show highlights an endemic lack of any pride with shipping companies.

I knew a fellow that worked for a major anonymous shipper. His exact words: "FRAGILE" translated to "KICK"!

burantek:

Medogsfat:

Very amusing but there's quite a shocking serious side to this. This show highlights an endemic lack of any pride with shipping companies.

I knew a fellow that worked for a major anonymous shipper. His exact words: "FRAGILE" translated to "KICK"!

Someone once told me pretty much the same. They said the worse thing you can do is mark an item a fragile.

Craig

Yes I once packed some porelin figurines with delicate arms and other snappy bits but didn't mark as fragile for that reason and they all arrived without problems!