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Originally Posted by Ki
It was packed as professional as we could afford. We got box's and bubble wrap and receipts to prove the weight. I just didn't like when the guy came to pick up the box's, I told them they need to be handled with care. He just carried on to throw them into the back of the truck as if there was nothing important in them. I'm surprised we got everything back in one piece. They didn't even need to be shipped on a plane, so I can't even imagine how hard it must be to drive a truck to it's location (sarcasm)
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Ironically, it would probably be more likely to suffer damage on the road than in the air: no pot-holes in the sky! Going by road there's so much that could happen (slam on brakes, bump over speedramps --- do you have them there? --- swerve to avoid little old lady in little old car, someone tailgating you just a little too close) whereas in the air, well, there's nothing to hit (unless the plane has a mid-air collision) and it's pretty much takeoff okay and landing okay, then there should be nothing much that can happen in the interim.
I would think if you were to run a poll or take a survey you'd find more damage was done during road freight than air. I know when I worked in the freight biz, I was in airfreight, and can't ever remember anyone's cargo arriving damaged.
Oh, except for once, but that was when a plane flew into a mountain, so you can't really count that. I'm serious.