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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheOLdGuy, post: 165848, member: 878&quot;]<b><i><u><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">This post will not be fully displayed until you register or login! </span></font></u></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I learned twice how not to pack with styrofoam peanuts. First when I shipped several pieces of glass I had purchased at auction in Kansas. Had it &quot;professionally&quot; done by the UPS store. They used a lot of peanuts by holding the box under a chute from a huge container on the ceiling.</p><p><br /></p><p>When that shipment was received - in my office - I found a few pieces chipped and broken. A UPS lady came to check. Her first comment was &quot;#(@&amp;**a&quot; I TOLD THEM TO ALWAYS PUT PAPER SEPARATING THE PEANUTS FROM THE INSIDE BOXES.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The second was a $400 piece I received from someone I know. Double boxed but only peanuts surrounding the inner box. Smashed to shreds.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I learned twice that peanuts shift, move, and relocate themselves in several ways.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I use them they are inside bags that are forced between all sides of inner box.</p><p>By inner box I mean a piece of cardboard which is wrapped around a bubble wrapped piece of glass. If glass is hollow it is stuffed with peanuts or soft paper.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s enough room on each open end of cardboard to stuff in 2 or more inches of newspapers. That cardboard piece is then squeezed into the box and contained peanuts allowing no wiggle room on any side, top or bottom.</p><p><br /></p><p>The main purpose, no matter how you wrap, is to keep the glass two or more inches from the sides, top and bottom. And from moving within, even an 8th of an inch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t blame the shipping company for breaking it. Unless they run the truck over it a few times.</p><p><b><i><u><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></font></u></i></b></p><p><b><i><u><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">(Cited from: <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/another-noobie-ebay-seller-disaster.11490/page-3" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/another-noobie-ebay-seller-disaster.11490/page-3">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/another-noobie-ebay-seller-disaster.11490/page-3</a>)</span></font></u></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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