23 Feb
2002
23 Feb
'02
8:18 p.m.
On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Mike wrote:
That's a pretty good idea. But it can add significant weight to the
package, whereas foam peanuts do not.
First of all,
never use paper (crumpled or shredded) to pack something.
I disagree here. I pack and ship continuously these days. I *always* use
paper and I routinely ship things as big as a TRS-80 6000 and monitors etc.
and they pretty much always arrive alive.
Forget crumpling and shredding paper. But 2 - 5 full spread newspaper
sheets can be folded-crumpled-rolled (patent pending ;)) into quite a sturdy
pillow more protective than that peanut or bubble crap. Takes time and alot I never ship UPS now if I can help it. They sometimes
suck and FedEx
Ground rocks, is gentler, and cheaper!
Fedex Ground is cheaper (by a significant margin in many cases) but make
sure they don't charge you a pick-up fee when you drop off the package at
a Fedex drop-off point (this happened to me).
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