Just thought I'd let all you egg shipper/receivers in on a USPS secret since I now work for them;
The packages that are marked as fragile/eggs/etc. are not placed into a separate holding/shipping area. They are shipped together with general parcels. When we get our parcels in for the day, they are stacked super high on a pallet. Those badly crushed boxes of eggs could have been unlucky enough to end up at the bottom of that pallet load of parcels and some people seem to ship lead! If I was to ship eggs, I would use something like that solid, thick styrofoam to reinforce the top and sides of the FRB. Along with the bubble wrapping and such. I think they would have a much better chance in route.
I've heard horror stories from my mother who used to work for the USPS years ago that when a package was marked as "fragile" that it was code for "let's play kickball!" I can personally vouch for my location that that is not the case. If I have a parcel marked as "fragile" I handle it with kid gloves. I know what it's like to get a package that been beat to heck
This is why I use the Small box!!!! I really works. the people who are stacking packages USUALLY put the larger boxes on the bottome...I use the little 6x6 priority box and the eggs really seem to do great! I actually had someone complain about the small box but the eggs arrived safely...I didnt get it! But just think about it with that little box no one is going to put a huge box on top of it, the huge box would fall over! LOL JMHO!
The packages that are marked as fragile/eggs/etc. are not placed into a separate holding/shipping area. They are shipped together with general parcels. When we get our parcels in for the day, they are stacked super high on a pallet. Those badly crushed boxes of eggs could have been unlucky enough to end up at the bottom of that pallet load of parcels and some people seem to ship lead! If I was to ship eggs, I would use something like that solid, thick styrofoam to reinforce the top and sides of the FRB. Along with the bubble wrapping and such. I think they would have a much better chance in route.
I've heard horror stories from my mother who used to work for the USPS years ago that when a package was marked as "fragile" that it was code for "let's play kickball!" I can personally vouch for my location that that is not the case. If I have a parcel marked as "fragile" I handle it with kid gloves. I know what it's like to get a package that been beat to heck
This is why I use the Small box!!!! I really works. the people who are stacking packages USUALLY put the larger boxes on the bottome...I use the little 6x6 priority box and the eggs really seem to do great! I actually had someone complain about the small box but the eggs arrived safely...I didnt get it! But just think about it with that little box no one is going to put a huge box on top of it, the huge box would fall over! LOL JMHO!
