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Peanuts from hell

I like peanuts although it's not my favorite nut.

Now the peanuts that are used to pack audio gear in boxes are the peanuts from hell. Try unpacking your peanut-laden box outdoors in the wind and you have will have a real nightmare with them flying across the yard.

You really don't if you will have the peanut blues until you get inside the box and then you know it is peanut death when you see the little white/green boogers. All over the rug/carpet/floor they go. Try picking them up--real fun it is.

For all you peanut shippers out there, I now will request that when I buy audio gear from you I do not want the peanuts from hell. If you insist then we buyers will tar and peanut you. =8^)

Glory (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

12-04-08

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12-04-08 What else can you do to ship things? i prefer the "goo ... Bearotti

12-04-08 Beernuts, you're nuts. Glory

12-04-08 Bubble wrap! please. thank you. Mcfarland

12-04-08 good sellers will place peanuts in bags or god help them if ... Chadnliz

12-04-08 Mandatory bubble wrap. for all those who i have cursed with ... Glory

12-04-08 A little patience and you can unpack gear from outer box w/o ... Muzikat

12-04-08 The two times that purchases i have bought and shipped to me ... Has2be

12-04-08 Peanuts alone are a terrible packing material, as the gear c ... Viridian

12-04-08 Be careful when vacuuming styrofoam, as this creates static ... Abucktwoeighty

12-04-08 Peanuts is the worst packaging material period. Royy

12-05-08: Commcat
Bought a very rare Receiver. The seller packed it in a box filled with peanuts. UPS managed to rip open the lower corner of the box and all of the peanuts spilled out. I received a smashed, crushed, totally destroyed Receiver. Pieces of metal and glass everywhere. Unbelievable. The seller refunded the purchase price when I asked how would it be possible for peanuts to provide structural support for delicate electronics in shipping. Peanuts were designed as a filler, not as the primary essential packaging.
Commcat (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

12-05-08 Newspaper is the best packing material. Philefreak

12-05-08 Two boxes, with strategically placed foam rubber strips(glue ... Rodman99999

12-05-08 Cat, sending a package to ups for shipping is like sending ... Glory

12-05-08 Peanuts for pack suck. use foam. i can always find some that ... Elizabeth

12-05-08 Foam will absorb energy from vibration and impact. a newspap ... Has2be