Potential risk of shipping CPUs in plain letter envelope.

[FDIV]

One thing to remember when shipping in a box is the brittleness factor. I have found that dvd cases are quite resiliant and do not crack. In addition to having some lying around from aol and such they are cheep at the computer store. Bring on the autosorters. A well padded chip in a dvd case with antistatic foam inside and envelope is one tough cookie.

[debs3759]

yeah, the brittleness was made apparent when I saw the pic that Mikko posted. That showed me that the boxes I thought were the best for protecting a chip are not enough on their own

At least it didn't cost a lot to buy extra packaging materials to help protect the boxes, and if adding bo#ulk is all it takes to stop them being put through franking machines or letter sorting machines then that should prevent the damage that's been talked about here. I will however take on board the suggestion about DVD cases and other ideas I've seen mentioned as I don't want chips I sell to arrive in a condition I wouldn't be happy to receive them in. Might be a while before I can get more than I bought today by way of different packing amterials, but hopefully bulking them up with bubble wrap and padded envelopes will prove to be adequate protection (as well as providing a safe way for the buyer to store the chips until they get them sorted into their regular storage media)

[jd]

Ya ...I've made a few mistakes like that when I first started shipping CPU's.
Now I use lots of Bubblewrap and boxes.

For single CPU's, I use Bubblewrap/Piece of cardboard wrapped around to help prevent crushing/then a Bubble inerpadded envelopp.
For a multiple order of CPU's ,I found this works ok:
Go Pin to Pin(2 cpu's). then cut a long strip of bubblewrap.Roll the first set about two turns,then put the next set ontop,roll again two turns...etc...I do this for a max of 4cpu's per strips of bubblewrap.Then you either tape the package together or use elastics.Now put a generous piece of bubble wrap inside the box overlapping the sides.Pack all the CPU packages you made inside tightly, then use the overlapping remaining bubblewrap and tuckin' all the remaining areas with it.This should result in a very tight,bubblewrap admosphere inside the boxes!

And Vola! It's done !
Should'nt be any worries from there,except for the extra $2 you'll pay for the weight, but what's $2 when you have piece of mind right?




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