First let me say as I have said before: Hayes Instrument is the hands down best company to buy from. Good prices and awesome product support. Just good people all around.
Now for the dirt.
I ordered a big shipment of supplies the other day. Field books, markers, tapes, flagging, and nails. When the box came today it was filled to the brim with all of my new supplies and packing peanuts. Really? Packing peanuts to protect field books and boxes of flagging?? Now these dadgum things are stuck to everything in my office. What a mess. On my next order I will specify NO PEANUTS!
I agree.
Had the same thought a few weeks ago when my box of goodies showed at the door. TG the wife was out. Did not completely get away with the mess cause, SWMBO did ask why I had the shop vac out.
Packing peanuts with packing peanut dust is the worst package filling ingredient there is.
Hard to find a place to open it safely. Once it is set loose, its everywhere.
All that stuff and bubble wrap was original made for insulation and darned good for that application, but deemed unsuitable for some reason and it found its way into shipping boxes.
Bubble wrap is way better packing for many reasons...........
I ran the shipping dept. for about 5 years and its an issue that has come up many times. We have to use something to fill the void in packages. UPS on very rare occasions, has been known to forget to handle our packages with the utmost of care and delicacy. we have several customers who specify no peanuts. Recycled newspaper grade paper works well to fill voids and cushion, but takes longer to wad into shape and is more expensive in the quantities we use. Plus the more delicate items we ship must be shock protected and often we will use bubble wrap and peanuts but again, bubble wrap is more expensive and we try to keep shipping costs as low as possible.
> I ran the shipping dept. for about 5 years and its an issue that has come up many times. We have to use something to fill the void in packages. UPS on very rare occasions, has been known to forget to handle our packages with the utmost of care and delicacy. we have several customers who specify no peanuts. Recycled newspaper grade paper works well to fill voids and cushion, but takes longer to wad into shape and is more expensive in the quantities we use. Plus the more delicate items we ship must be shock protected and often we will use bubble wrap and peanuts but again, bubble wrap is more expensive and we try to keep shipping costs as low as possible.
No problem Daniel. I brag on you guys so much I had bust on you a little. You are still tops in my book.
Hayes sent me a 30 lb box of traverse nails packed in peanuts once.
That TOTALLY happen to me over the winter. Our 2 cats LOVE cardboard boxes. Can't remember what we got around christmas time, but box 10 times bigger then the item, filled with the cheap lightweight peanuts. Next thing I know, box is on its side with peanuts everywhere and the cat freaking out running around the living room, totally coated in peanuts. Took me a hour to clean it all up. Just got a new couch on Tuesday, so the old heavy one was moved out, you guessed it, peanuts under there too.
probably a standard operating procedure
"anything we ship, we put this."
that would be my guess.
I'll gladly herd some packing nuts if it saves me moll's, Hayes is tops in my book.
