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    You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    It seems not the case anymore. I received one today and it was in two boxes.

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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH View Post
    It seems not the case anymore. I received one today and it was in two boxes.
    I just can't get this image of 2 very well protected boxes, full of bubble wrap and styrofoam, each with broken bits from the same HDD inside

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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    Quote Originally Posted by ajones View Post
    I just can't get this image of 2 very well protected boxes, full of bubble wrap and styrofoam, each with broken bits from the same HDD inside
    The first box had the sealed HDD in with a thick of layer of foam,so it would not move around.

    The second box was five times larger and packed with brown paper,meaning the first box could not move about.

    Packing seemed decent.
    Last edited by CAT-THE-FIFTH; 02-12-2013 at 03:41 PM. Reason: Typo!

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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    Quote Originally Posted by cat-the-fifth View Post
    the first box had the sealed hdd in with a thick of layer of foam,so it would not move around.

    The second box was five times larger and had packed with brown paper,meaning the first box could not move about.

    Packing seemed excessive.
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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    Quote Originally Posted by scaryjim View Post
    ftfy
    With HDDs,I think excessive is better than less TBH! Moreover,I can reuse the packaging for other things!!

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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??
    You mean some bloke on the internet from 1997 said it, so it must be true?

    All mine have been fine from there for years *shrug*
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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    Quote Originally Posted by Agent View Post
    You mean some bloke on the internet from 1997 said it, so it must be true?

    All mine have been fine from there for years *shrug*
    http://www.zdnet.com/why-you-might-n...on-7000006993/
    http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/a...-for-hard-dri/
    http://gizmodo.com/5505641/amazons-p...ial-hdd-killer
    http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/...of-dead-disks/
    http://www.zdnet.com/yet-another-ama...nt-7000016633/

    There was a big song and dance about it on many tech websites last year about Amazon not packaging their HDDs well enough. Even on some recent Amazon.co.uk reviews there is noise about bad packaging of hard drives,especially it seems for WD drives.

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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    I've never bought an HDD from Amazon but I've received a few items that were poorly packed, the most recent example was a pair of bare sunglasses that were stuffed in to a flat cardboard sleeve which arrived crushed to smithereens.

    I question the work ethic of the people employed in the Amazon.co.uk warehouse.

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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    As far as I can tell, they are all in the US. Just took a quick look at my history on Amazon UK and have had 3 over the last 2 years. All have been in a cardboard box with a fair bit of padding.

    Duno then
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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    Quote Originally Posted by Agent View Post
    As far as I can tell, they are all in the US. Just took a quick look at my history on Amazon UK and have had 3 over the last 2 years. All have been in a cardboard box with a fair bit of padding.

    Duno then
    If you look at some of the hard drive reviews on Amazon UK,there are complaints of poor packing,and even mention of avoiding Amazon for HDDs on some forums. I was just posting my experience which was contrary to that!!

    Edit!!

    Having said that most seem to be about WD drives.

    Interesting.

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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    The best way to package a Hard drive is to have in the plastic cakebox that they used to come in sometime ago during the Spinpoint era.

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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    Scan / OcUK arn't the best for their HDD packing imho - tend to just be in a anti static bag with bubble wrap around it then in 'jiffy bag' or thats how the last few have come.

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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    When my HDD was delivered it was loose in a thin white box, only about a month ago. Luckily it didn't do any damage. It was a big surprise when i started it up.

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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    I got my Samsung 840 EVO in the similar packaging I got my eye mask in. No bubble wraps, nothing. The postman just dropped the small cardboard package through the door....
    Last edited by theanalyzer; 06-12-2013 at 07:07 PM.

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    Re: You know all those people saying Amazon don't package their HDDs well??

    mine was squished by scrunched up paper at the bottom of the box.

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