Okay, some people should not be allowed to ship stuff...

[spihunter]

If you ship anything UPS pretty much plan on it being thrown across a room or dropped from a 2nd story ledge.

I know people that worked there that can confirm this. They said they used to kick the boxes extra hard if you wrote "fragile" on it.

[koaftder]

This vid shows a UPS guy toss a box a good 12 feet towards a door.

Youtube Video, UPS man throws package

[marcfrick2112]

Ack, I wish I could say I never have had problems with shipping, but.....

Had to send off one of my 4000's for repair. When it came time to send back to me, the guy packed it quite well.... double-boxed, 4000 wrapped in plastic so no 'peanut problems' ample styrofoam inserts, etc.

I should have known what was going to happen when the 4000 took 1 MONTH to go from Kansas to Wisconsin....

When the 4000 finally came, there was a 1 foot hole torn out of the box.... The front bezel of the 4000 was broken off, floppy dead and loose in the bay, and the tray of the CD-ROM was in pieces... This was via DHL... Well, I was able to file a claim (it was insured, yay!) and a few weeks later, I had my 4000 working again....

[weirdami]

@ravnen

I always worry that stuff I ship is going to break. I guess some people just don't care at all. :-(

[TjLaZer]

Here is another one.  Back in 1995 I had my A2000 shipped from Whichita Falls, TX to Tacoma, WA via USPS. (I moved)  I sent it ground and insured it for $600.  It took a month to get to me, (got lost) when it did USPS dropped it off on my door stop and when I opened the door I was in shock! It looked like someone rolled the box down a hill for 1 mile.  Filed a claim and got my money.  Turned around and bought a brand new 2000 from my local dealer for $350.  

[Damion]

Most recent one was an LCD which arrived with the screen scratched from a packing staple... nothing to protect the screen at all.

Cool thing is they gave me store credit for the purchase price, AND let me keep it. (Pretty rare it works out that well.)