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What a bummer, Brazenkaine! Ive been told by UPS that the insurance on a package is no good unless the instrument inside has at least 3" of padding between it and the outside. Maybe it was 4".

When I ship my wood flutes, I pack them in a plastic food storage container (microwave safe) and then float that in popcorn chips. (Making me hungry...)
By the discription of the damage, I will bet that the %#&*'s at UPS, put a forklift blade through the package, when they were lifting the palate of boxes!
I don't know what would save a flute from that. Maybe shipping it in PVC tubes.
Hope everything works out for your poor flute!
Jon

Doskocil gun cases are cheap and great for shipping wooden flutes in.

Also, I agree with everyone here USPS has never failed me.

Eric

Whistlin'Dixie wrote:Hi-Jack Alert!

Cat, I love your puppy!
Is that a picture of your pet?

M

Thanks, Mary! That would be my Miss Polly. She's an Australian Cattle Dog, rescued in Ohio by a kind soul at an organization called Cattle Dog Rescue who literally reassembled her face.

Apparently she was hit by a car .... or shipped UPS. <dodges tomato and runs>

But scarred face and broken teeth not withstanding, she's a sweetheart who does a very good job running my farm (that is, when she's not rolling in horse poop, herding songbirds, or climbing on the furniture).

I do love the little cuss. So thanks for the compliment!

She looks very intelligent, Cat. Companionable and pleasant. If I were going to have a dog, it would be one just like that.