Crushed boxes of eggs

[Toast n Jelly]

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Well, it's a harsh comparison. The USPS covers a vastly bigger area and handles WAY more volume.

Taking pride in doing a good job shoud not have anything to do with which country you do it in. I think that supervisors should be doing their jobs and they obviously aren't.

 

[dancingbear]

It's too bad the USPS can't ship items marked like this:

BIOHAZARD
Handle with care

I bet they wouldn't kick that around.

I know biohazardous items can be shipped, hospitals, labs, and research facilities do it all the time, but I'm sure it's FedEx or somebody that does it. Seems if they ship biohazards, they'd ship ordinary eggs. They ship frozen foods and perishable items.

Anybody know what the cost is to ship eggs with FedEx? That might be the best way to go, if the eggs are coming from an area you can't seem to get eggs sent from without scrambling them. And ask the shipper if they'd please tell the local PO that they've decided to ship FexEx, and why.

I received a box of eggs marked "FRAGILE", with a big dent in the top of the box, right next to the word, "Fragile".
Some were broken, I don't remember if it was 2 or 3, it's been awhile.

My local PO is great, they really do the best they can, and they get very upset about the decline in shipping, because they're afraid the PO will become obsolete and eventually be shut down. That would be a great loss, IMO.

Filing claims/reporting bad handling from both ends of the transaction, as another member posted, might be very effective. Most PO workers really don't want to see their jobs go away. Making noise about it might encourage some internal policing of the problem.

 

[Mahonri]

In the past I have had good luck from Texas and Georgia.

This week I'm expecting eggs from Michigan. (LOVE you Lady Jayne, SC (Dipsy) and TX (pasofino).

Crossing my fingers.

 

[gervais22]

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Yep they should have arrived a couple of day before you post...

 

[ml]

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wow those sure would help us out here. Who sells those?

ML

 

[Pagemaker]

This is an excellent place to buy the foam inserts for shipping eggs
go here:
http://www.bdfarm.com/store/
and click on "egg shipping containers"

Here is a tutorial I made to show how I ship eggs with these foam inserts.
http://www.gamefowlchat.com/shipping/

 

[ladychick]

ML
If you key in your serch engine/ebay, POLYSTYRENE EGG BOXES , and see what comes up. ours are premoulded so no need for extra packing some just put tape around boxes and eggs are safe.
Here in UK it works out £1 for a set ( top and bottom) which is charge to buyer in posting costs.
Pagemaker,
I have not seen foam packing here but you go to a lot of trouble to pack your eggs, I just put eggs in the boxes tape them up, double layer of bubble wrap round and put inside a poly bag with the corners taped down ( seen postie swinging before now) then posted special delivery extra £3.50 on top of first class postage but hand sorted not in mailing drums. Also not put in large bags with heavier items on top of them.
Our post is not 100 % good, if eggs are sent via 1st class next day they go through the mailing drums and air sac's do get detatched some sellers use cardboard boxes inside boxes some arrive crushed.
As for Choc Orps I saw 6 eggs go for £115.00 lovely birds, must be the in bird this season