Thread: new harddrive came in today :\

Hey, I don't blame you one bit for being concerned, it almost looks as though it had some weight sitting on it for a while, or even some weight dropped onto it. Hope it works.

Originally Posted by jojo

Anyone else thinking if the box is perfectly ok that someone packing boxes for newegg just couldn't resist the urge to pop a few bubbles not realizing it would nearly cause the person receiving it to have a heart attack in fear of damaged goods?

Because that happens all the time. Its also not like its common for harddrives to be damaged in shipping or arrive broken. The box had the tape at the bottom broken on the sides and the sides of the box had creases on them. The entire side where the harddrive was had all the bubbles popped; nobody does that or just happens to grab a sheet of already popped bubble wrap and then wrap it perfectly so that the popped ones are all on one side of the harddrive and on the outside.

Originally Posted by TPLefever

Hey, I don't blame you one bit for being concerned, it almost looks as though it had some weight sitting on it for a while, or even some weight dropped onto it. Hope it works.

Thankfully its working. When I made the order I wanted to ship it by FedEx because UPS is pretty notorious for delivering broken harddrives and even on their site it says that all packages are subject to at least a 6ft vertical drop, but it was going to cost $45 to ship a package from newegg in NJ to MD with FedEx and $9 to do it UPS.