Shipping Question!

[m4dioses]

Hey Guys,

I just sold a Samsung 226BW on eBay (brand new, in factory box) and I have to ship it to Ohio from Florida. It's going UPS ground, if anyone has experience with a similar shipment, do you think it'll be okay?

Should I add any sort of additional packing? I want the item to reach the buyer in as good as possible condition, and working for an electronics store some time ago - I do know that the back of a UPS truck looks like a shit hole, depending on the place it was loaded from. ;p

Would FedEX be better? I know DHL ships pretty fragile as well, but eh.. they're a bit pricier.

Any sort've information would help as I've never shipped a monitor before.

Thanks in advance!

 

[joemama]

Did you buy online or from a B&M store? If you bought online then just ship it in the same box/packing materials that it came in. If you bought in a B&M then the box may be meant to be shipped on a pallet with a number of other boxes....and you may want to consider packing that inside a larger outer box cushioned with newspaper, bubble wrap or packing peanuts.

 

[j0j081]

the boxes are probably the same regardless of where brought from but I think it should be okay. I work at UPS part time at an air hub and believe me sometimes what I see makes me worry about stuff I get sent through UPS but I haven't received anything damaged yet including two lcds I bought myself. They know what they are doing when they package these products so unless the box gets pierced somehow it should be fine.

 

[joemama]

the boxes are probably the same regardless of where brought from but I think it should be okay. I work at UPS part time at an air hub and believe me sometimes what I see makes me worry about stuff I get sent through UPS but I haven't received anything damaged yet including two lcds I bought myself. They know what they are doing when they package these products so unless the box gets pierced somehow it should be fine.

Not always...I had a Panasonic dvd recorder that I ordered absolutely destroyed by UPS by simply dropping it hard on a corner. (cracked the front bezel near the power button) The styrofoam inserts cracked on impact also..