I have gotten very tired of responding to people who think I have gained a "reputation" for "bad packaging" which is why I would like to address it here once and for all.
If you are unfamiliar with what I am talking about, a user here received a package from me that was admittedly under-packed for the value of the item and apparently shared his dissatisfaction with the rest of the community while I was traveling last month. I would however like to share my story:
The item in question was an OTD PCB and plate for a switch swap. After receiving a new soldapump to work on the project the owner asked me if I could be quick and get it finished and back to him 2-3 days later. I was scheduled to be traveling 2 days from then so I worked fast one night to do the swap. Because I began traveling very early in the morning I had to ship the item out on the road and I had no packing materials on hand to use at the time. As a result, I had to stop in a post office that was in the middle of nowhere and ship the item. This post office had extremely limited amounts of packaging materials. Because I was in a rush and on an extremely tight budget I shipped it with the basic materials I could find.
The package arrived to the user pretty beat up however the PCB and Plate were FINE. I am well aware that that doesn't excuse the fact that the packaging was not good enough and in hindsight I should have told the user to wait till I had access to better materials, even if it meant slower shipping.
What this does mean: I made a mistake, a potential expensive mistake.
This doesn't mean that I am frequently careless packaging items I send out! I have shipped dozens of packages in the past year on GH and on very few occasions been warned that my packaging was insufficient or borderline insufficient. I have also learned from my mistake and will take more caution to ensure that everything arrives safely. I am not stupid, I can tell when things are packaged well, I don't need pestering or lessons on the science of good packaging. I promise that anything you get from me whether it be a Mira, something I am selling, or otherwise, it will be packaged with an abundance of caution in the future. If anything is damaged, I will help you replace it just like I offered to make things right with the user who received his PCB and Plate potentially damaged.
None of this is me trying to make excuses, I own up to the fact that the board wasn't packaged well. Just please stop making me feel bad for it. Its borderline bullying at this point and I really don't appreciate it.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, I apologize to the user who was at the tail end of my mistake. I hope you take this sincerely.
