bambinod
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Sorry I call BS there packaging should be able to stand up to shipping no matter if its intra national or inter national for the prices they charge ,they should have a money back guarantee of discrete shipping when its requested , just another example of company that puts it's intrest and profit ahead of its customrrs.bambinod said:The boxes they use would probably be "adequate" for domestic shipping and handling, but when it's getting tossed off and on planes or boats or whatever for international freight it just has to hold up to more abuse. One long drop off a plane into the cart gives it a tear, then a trip on the conveyor city at their central distribution snags the tear and makes it longer, then finally the driver unloading the cargo box at the local dock drops it and now the large tear splits and you get what I pictured above.
The biggest part of that box damage was due to dropping several times. As you can see, the bags of diapers inside weren't touched, so nothing "punctured" the box. But when you drop a flexible product that's in a rigid box, it's going to deform when it lands, and "burst out the seams and sides", which is what looks like happened to me here. (these diapers are pretty heavy, definitely got some SAP to them) It had to have been subject to that more than once though. I suppose I'm lucky it didn't split in two and spill out. One more good drop and it probably would have.
If all they're doing is taking a domestic box and inverting it for "discrete shipping, I doubt we can expect better. They're probably not going to rebox it for international shipment, and the manufacturer isn't packaging it for international shipment, so everyone just uses the lighter box. I can hear them now... manufacturer: "we weren't shipping it out of europe, why would we use a heavier box?" saveexpress: "we're just forwarding you the product in the packaging it ships in".