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Shipping woes and a partial solution

Anyone that buys and sells gear faces the issue of gear ending up with the buyer in a damaged condition, which might not be apparent with damage to the box in which it is shipped.  Good luck getting the shipper to take responsibility for the damage.

I came upon this website which sells stickers that give a clear indication of whether a package has been subjected to more severe g-forces than its set limit.  If I received gear in a box with a set-off g-force indicator, I would point it out to the delivery agent or the shipping outlet where I picked up the gear.  The stickers are inexpensive and might possible bolster your case if your gear arrives damaged.  I am sure that shippers would hate like hell to see these stickers which would make clear that they abused your gear during shipment.  

https://impactograph.com/product/shock-indicator-labels/

 

 

whitestix

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whitestix OP
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Czarivey,

A nod to your comments above, yet I take as hyperbole the notion that a properly boxed piece of gear should be able to survive a fall out of an airplane.  That would be infeasible.  These g-force stickers, if triggered, dispenses with the inevitable assertion by a shipper than they didn't mishandle the gear during shipping.  How compelling the evidence would be is hard to say, but for $1.50, why not employ it?  

whitestix OP
692 posts
 

Right, that logic is why I have a spare room full of gear.  I do imagine it gone.

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