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Greetings,

I learned the hard way about shipping scopes. Allow me a few recommendations.

Over pack! If you are unwilling to toss your boxed scope, or anything else you are preparing to ship, down a flight of stairs it isn’t packed good enough.

Depending on the item, the heavier it is, or the more expensive and/or fragile the more packing it deserves.

When I ship a portable scope I ensure I have no less than two inches of foam on all sides - more is better. I always use painters tape and tape a good piece of cardboard over the screen and have extra packing on the front of the scope, or any instrument for that matter.

The manual and any accessories should be wrapped in plastic wrap or in a zip-lock baggie and separated from the instrument by a little packing so that as it may shift during transit it doesn’t scuff the instrument. It really is better to separate accessories and manuals from the instrument by additional packing material.

It is also good to add an extra layer of cardboard inside the bottom and top of the box to strengthen the bottom and provide extra support on the top just in case it ends up on the bottom of a stack of boxes.

Fragile stickers and “This Side Up” stickers may help - but if your package encounters someone having a bad day and who is mad at where they work it may also temp them to rough it up.

Over the years it has seemed to me that many people under pack. Never assume that your package will receive the careful handling it deserves. Even if every person along its way behaves properly, bad and rough things can still happen.

Also, check out the weight specifications for cardboard boxes. There are heavier types of cardboard. Cardboard is specified as “Test”, such as 200 pound Test.

Finally, and this is just my preference, I have a wetted fiber tape dispenser that I use to seal boxes for shipping. I like it much better than the wide clear shipping “scotch tape”, but it is an extra expense to by the machine.

I hope my comments are of some value.

Regards,

Ken