Not sure why you say that.... was there something tiny or unbreakable in that box which made packing peanuts a ridiculous option?
BTW, this boiled-peanut-lovin' Southern boy and the http://nationalpeanutboard.org/ take great umbrage at your blanket statement encouraging hard-working American people from enjoying such a savory treat, Suh (sir)!
Not sure why you say that.... was there something tiny or unbreakable in that box which made packing peanuts a ridiculous option?
From a purely shipping point of view, packing peanuts was the perfect option. But I believe they are environmentally bad and now I will have to haul them off to the recycle center.
Tom, you're right up the road from us. I could almost throw your package out the car window as I drive by on I-80 and make it to Cool. I guess if I miss it'll drop into the South Fork American River. . .
I guess driving to us is more wasteful than disposing these peanuts, even worse for the environment.
But seriously, next time you place an order feel free to specify "no peanuts please" on the comments when you submit the order. Your suggestion to avoid using them is a good one, but I can't promise that we can switch them out for something else quickly. Usually, depending on the order, we use these air-pillow products that compact to a 1/50th oz of plastic when popped.
There are bio-digestible packing peanuts. Made from soy, I believe. Similar to the new materials car makers are using for wiring harnesses and insulation. Rodents love it! Mice have eaten through the wiring harness on my wife's car and eaten about a square foot of sound insulation from under my hood!
The biodegradable stuff is a pearl white, I believe and tends to dissolve in water. It really makes a mess when UPS leaves a box out in the rain!
I have a whole waste can full of peanuts, but I don't use them for shipping as long as I can recycle used bubble wrap in the stuff that goes out. Still, I guess peanuts are better than nothing if you're shipping something that could break. One time I got a hard disk drive from NewEgg. It came in a large box with one air pillow cushion. Both the drive and cushion were rattling around in the box. It's amazing the drive even worked after that trip. The only company I've seen that's worse at packaging shipments is McMaster-Carr. They don't even bother with the air pillow.
Tom, you're right up the road from us. I could almost throw your package out the car window as I drive by on I-80 and make it to Cool. I guess if I miss it'll drop into the South Fork American River. . .
Usually, depending on the order, we use these air-pillow products that compact to a 1/50th oz of plastic when popped.
Ken Gracey
That's why I was so surprised at a box of pink peanuts. Ken, it would be the North Fork, but anytime you want to drop off an order yourself, we would be honored.
There are bio-digestible packing peanuts. Made from soy, I believe. Similar to the new materials car makers are using for wiring harnesses and insulation. Rodents love it! Mice have eaten through the wiring harness on my wife's car and eaten about a square foot of sound insulation from under my hood!
The biodegradable stuff is a pearl white, I believe and tends to dissolve in water. It really makes a mess when UPS leaves a box out in the rain!
bio-'digestible' is a new word for me. If rodents find it tasty I would bet bacteria and mold do also.
There are bio-digestible packing peanuts. Made from soy, I believe. Similar to the new materials car makers are using for wiring harnesses and insulation. Rodents love it! Mice have eaten through the wiring harness on my wife's car and eaten about a square foot of sound insulation from under my hood!
The biodegradable stuff is a pearl white, I believe and tends to dissolve in water. It really makes a mess when UPS leaves a box out in the rain!
Yes. A brilliant idea Mercedes Benz had between 1993 and 1995. Biodegradable wiring harnesses. Good for the environment! Sadly they biodegrade even in the darkness and dry heat of an engine compartment. As long as you do not move the harnesses everything seems ok. The insulation of the wires is already crumbled off on about 90% of the wires but the remaining 10% still keep them blank wires apart. Until you move them. Then you start frying expensive onboard computer units. To make sure you do not notice the problem, all harnesses are enclosed in plastic and shrink wrap so you can't SEE the crumpling insulation.
To check for the problem you need to move the harnesses while cutting into the outer insulation to check. And if you find a faulty harness don't even think about starting the car again. Better to remove the battery before checking the harness anyways.
How do I know? Well - one of my MB roadsters is a 1993 500SL and the other one a 1995 SL500. I honestly can state that I do not like biodegradable wiring harnesses. I have some other words for this, but don't want to get banned for @#$%$$#@.
Biodegradable. BS. How about bags filled with @Chips Tortilla Chips? Just run his production line full time. At least we could eat them...
Well, I had a big garbage bag full of them in a corner of my old rottiing shed. They just sat there for years until I finally gave up and bought a new shed.
Just as I got out of the door with the bag, it disintegrated from old age (the bag's, not mine). On a very windy day.
Peanuts, peanuts everywhere.
I'm still finding them from time to time in my bushes.
tomcrawford
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Maybe a smaller box with less peanuts would be okay?
Ken Gracey
BTW, this boiled-peanut-lovin' Southern boy and the http://nationalpeanutboard.org/ take great umbrage at your blanket statement encouraging hard-working American people from enjoying such a savory treat, Suh (sir)!
From a purely shipping point of view, packing peanuts was the perfect option. But I believe they are environmentally bad and now I will have to haul them off to the recycle center.
I guess driving to us is more wasteful than disposing these peanuts, even worse for the environment.
But seriously, next time you place an order feel free to specify "no peanuts please" on the comments when you submit the order. Your suggestion to avoid using them is a good one, but I can't promise that we can switch them out for something else quickly. Usually, depending on the order, we use these air-pillow products that compact to a 1/50th oz of plastic when popped.
Ken Gracey
The biodegradable stuff is a pearl white, I believe and tends to dissolve in water. It really makes a mess when UPS leaves a box out in the rain!
-Phil
That's why I was so surprised at a box of pink peanuts. Ken, it would be the North Fork, but anytime you want to drop off an order yourself, we would be honored.
tc
Yes. A brilliant idea Mercedes Benz had between 1993 and 1995. Biodegradable wiring harnesses. Good for the environment! Sadly they biodegrade even in the darkness and dry heat of an engine compartment. As long as you do not move the harnesses everything seems ok. The insulation of the wires is already crumbled off on about 90% of the wires but the remaining 10% still keep them blank wires apart. Until you move them. Then you start frying expensive onboard computer units. To make sure you do not notice the problem, all harnesses are enclosed in plastic and shrink wrap so you can't SEE the crumpling insulation.
To check for the problem you need to move the harnesses while cutting into the outer insulation to check. And if you find a faulty harness don't even think about starting the car again. Better to remove the battery before checking the harness anyways.
How do I know? Well - one of my MB roadsters is a 1993 500SL and the other one a 1995 SL500. I honestly can state that I do not like biodegradable wiring harnesses. I have some other words for this, but don't want to get banned for @#$%$$#@.
Biodegradable. BS. How about bags filled with @Chips Tortilla Chips? Just run his production line full time. At least we could eat them...
Mike
I believe Mike is onto something
For my next order, just pack everything in Doritos please
Well, I had a big garbage bag full of them in a corner of my old rottiing shed. They just sat there for years until I finally gave up and bought a new shed.
Just as I got out of the door with the bag, it disintegrated from old age (the bag's, not mine). On a very windy day.
Peanuts, peanuts everywhere.
I'm still finding them from time to time in my bushes.
Walter