I’ve been buying pellets from Pyramid and love the way that pack pellets in foam before shipping. I was curious if any other vendors do the same?
Any other vendors pack pellets in foam?
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Just received my pellets from PA and for the first time they did not put them into foam rings, just wrapped paper around the stacks of five...several tins dented but so far no damaged pellets found
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I will agree that PA does it very well. I ordered some from Sportsman Outdoors a while back and the packaging was sad to say the least. 20-30% of my pellets were damaged in shipping.
My only complaint about PA’s packaging is that it’s not environmentally minded. I would like to see them use starch products like some of the peanuts out there. For some of you who may not know, run those beige peanuts under warm water. If they melt, they are starch. Or, maybe they would take back the “pellet foam” to reuse if we all agreed to ship them back.
Anywho, I don’t know of any vendors who package pellets as well as PA. I am curious to see the results from your post though.
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My only complaint about PA’s packaging is that it’s not environmentally minded. I would like to see them use starch products like some of the peanuts out there. For some of you who may not know, run those beige peanuts under warm water. If they melt, they are starch. Or, maybe they would take back the “pellet foam” to reuse if we all agreed to ship them back.
Anywho, I don’t know of any vendors who package pellets as well as PA. I am curious to see the results from your post though.
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Trenier Outdoors puts them in individual foam envelopes and then stacks them nicely in a shipping box. I get the nicest pellets from him. PA and Amazon has sent some with deformed skirts.
Bonus, Trenier always has the best prices.
Bonus, Trenier always has the best prices.
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I just looked at Trenier Outdoors site. Do they offer free shipping with a minimum order like Pyramid? Or is the shipping a wash by the time you compare the prices?
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It sure makes a big difference when they pack in foam both in terms of dented tin containers and damaged skirts. Most of the time Pyramyd wraps in foam. I just got 2 shipments (a total of 20 tins) and they were all packed well AND I was even more happy that they all came from the same lot/dye/manufature date!
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I’ve bought pellets from everywhere and I can tell you with certainty it doesn’t matter. Eventually you will get deformed pellets. Some places are better than others. I don’t care about the way they ship, I just care about what they will do to fix the problem when it inevitably arises. From my experience Utah air, pa, and trenier are all awesome and will fix any problem that arises. When people say they have never gotten a tin of bad pellets it makes me wonder how few people actually sort pellets.
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Are Airgun Depot and Pyramyd Air the same? Yes and no. I've heard from reliable sources, they are two separate companies owned by the same Holding Company. It appears that PA get priority as guns like the Avenger go to PA first, with AGD second, but that's speculation.
I also believe they cooperate as I've ordered pellets from pyramyd that were shipped from the Airgun Depot address in Draper, UT. Considering I live in Salt Lake, that made it about a 2 day delivery, which I liked.
Not sure if that's all good or bad, it just is.
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Trenier is very consistent in packing EACH tin in a padded envelope that is sealed. Ordered many tins from them and never received a dented one.
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If you are interested in slugs, NSA packs foam sheet around the bag of slugs and puts them inside the box... then those boxes are wrapped with more foam/bubble wrap and into a bigger box.
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They are two companies operating together under the same owner. Inventory and pricing is identical on items and they will ship from eachothers warehouses when needed. Usually one has a few extra items that the other doesnt sell. Exactly the same as bass pro shops and cabelas.
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Just received my first shipment from PA that wasn’t fully packed in the usual foam. 2 tins were in the foam, and the 2 sleeves were in the sleeve boxes with paper in the box to keep things from bouncing around too much. They all look good. It was odd however that the sleeves of tins were not original. My two extra tins were knockouts and each sleeve had one tin of knockouts in them, and the two tins packed separately were JSBs that should have belonged in the sleeves. It was odd.
Treniers packaging has been the same all the time, and all but one time, they were in perfect condition. One package looked like it had been dropped and several tins were dented up, but they turned out ok.
The pellet prices those two offer are hard to beat.
Treniers packaging has been the same all the time, and all but one time, they were in perfect condition. One package looked like it had been dropped and several tins were dented up, but they turned out ok.
The pellet prices those two offer are hard to beat.
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