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Re: Lost parts during shipping
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lugnet.market.shipping
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Tue, 21 Jan 2003 05:35:02 GMT
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"Troy's Surplus Lego" <legosales@tcphoto.net> wrote in message
news:H9Jy07.3u7@lugnet.com...
> > I haven't had problems with padded envelopes or priority mail boxes yet,
> > just regular envelopes. Some had added padding arround the items and • others
> > did not. I wonder if they treat padded envelopes differently than those • just
> > appearing to be a regular letter.
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> > James
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> I believe that anything under 1/4 inch is sent through the sorting • machines.
> Regular envelopes with Lego in them would cause a problem for the machines
> becuase they are not uniform in thickness. The "bump" in the envelope • where
> the Lego is probably gets snagged going through the machine.
Packages are packed into bulk mail containers weighing up to 2000 pounds, so
if you are unlucky, your package may end up on the bottom of the container
crushed by motor parts, boxed fruit, etc.
Sortation machines use thick belts and rollers to seperate mail at every
step in the process. If your letter is thick, you can be guaranteed it will
be smashed flat. Mail is mangled all the time, the price of automation.
Frank Filz's advice is the best to follow and keep in mind in eight hours a
single employee may sort 200,000+ pieces of mail on their machine, so the
odds of an employee noticing your specific lego package is slim to none.
And forget labeling your package 'fragile', no one pays attention especially
the singulator that seperates packages for sorting. Double boxing and double
bagging is the best way to go.
UPS and FEDEX are no better. Every delivery service scored poorly during a
Consumer Reports Package Delivery Test a few years ago . I think it was
Consumer Reports.
> Personally, I never send anything in regular envelopes, it's just not • worth
> the risk. Everything goes in padded envelopes or in priority mail boxes.
> And everything inside is bagged in ziplock bags to prevent it from falling
> out should there be damage to the packaging.
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> As to what you can do, be specific when you order that you do not want • your
> items sent in a regular envelope. Specify a padded envelope for small
> orders or a box for larger ones. Just be prepared to pay a little more • for
> it.
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> Troy
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| (...) others (...) just (...) I believe that anything under 1/4 inch is sent through the sorting machines. Regular envelopes with Lego in them would cause a problem for the machines becuase they are not uniform in thickness. The "bump" in the (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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