Yesterday I received a package of 9 tins of pellets from a so-called Reputable rather large airgun retailer I thought I would tryout. As you can imagine this was a pretty heavy package weighing over 9 lbs in a very small space. All but one tin was shrink rapped together, than surrounded by a couple very thin foam rings from a pellet shipping block center 1/3 of the way from each end. To protect either end they reused some very thin bubble wrap on one end and a proper pellet shipping foam block on the other end. On the sides there was almost no protection at all. By the time the packaged arrived the bubble wrap was all but flattened. The pellets could move at least 2 inches freely crating enough momentum to round the cardboard box. In 50 years of airgunning this was the worst packing job I personally have ever experienced. Needles to say I will never use this retailer ever again. What is the worst packaging experience you've had mail-ordering pellets? My fear is that since this package was bouncing around so severely in shipping without proper protection I'm going to be fighting bent skirts for the next 4,000 rounds. Not what a competitive HFT Shooter really wants! Tell us your story. It's ok not to name the retailer. My experience was NOT with Pyramyd Air or Airguns of Arizona or Airgun Depot or Baker Airguns. What's your story?
What is the WORST experience you've ever had mail-ordering pellets?
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I ordered two tins from amazon and I could swear they were playing hockey with them, they shipped them in a small box with a couple little air bags that deflated. Good thing about amazon I returned them without a problem.
Jim
Jim
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"My experience was NOT with Pyramyd Air"
I would be surprised if it was PA because all my pellet tin orders from them was like this............
My latest PA purchase did have an oddity. When resizing the AA pellet heads to 4.50mm I noticed one of the pellet tins was dented and a few pellets were deformed..........
Anywhoo...hardly a bad experience, however it is obvious that the dented tin was damaged before packing.
I would be surprised if it was PA because all my pellet tin orders from them was like this............
My latest PA purchase did have an oddity. When resizing the AA pellet heads to 4.50mm I noticed one of the pellet tins was dented and a few pellets were deformed..........
Anywhoo...hardly a bad experience, however it is obvious that the dented tin was damaged before packing.
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Without a doubt it would be Amazon. Before I quit buying pellets from the I once got a medium sized box, large enough for a stereo reciever, that had 2 tons of pellets in it with no packing. Needless to say the pets were 90% toast.
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I ordered 1 tin each of H&N pile drivers and rabbit magnums from Amazon to test in my .22 slug barrel. Both looked like they had been kicked and stomped every foot of the way to my house. The pellets inside the tins looked fine but both were the worst shooting ammo I've ever tested... you could probably close your eyes and throw a handful to make a tighter group with either of them.
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Same here a while back. A handful of tins loose in a large box. I've can't recall ever receiving a poorly packed shipment from PyramydAir.
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Amazon here too. When I wrote a review that stated that the packaging was poor, it was taken down, for some bogus self serving reason. Then there was the 3 attempts to send the pellets I ordered, the wrong size and caliber were sent, but the cans had an amazon sticker on them that showed why, put wrong stickers on and warehoused them, and nobody noticed sticker and can were different. If you ever do use amazon for pellets, make sure they are thick skirted pellets, and have an undamaged can ready to put them in after you inspect them...
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Another vote here for Amazon.
Last Christmas I ordered a couple of tins Prime, and they shipped them loose in a cubic-foot-sized box with nothing else in it, didn't even have air cushions in it. The tins weren't horrible, but about ever 1 out of 3 pellets inside of them had bent skirts. I left feedback with them on their shipping methods with pellets.
I also noticed for some time that Amazon is/was selling discounted name-brand tins as "Amazon warehouse surplus, USED but LIKE NEW." I can't help but think they were trying to resell the returns that people sent back.
This year however, I took another chance on a ridiculously low-priced sale that H&N was having for a time on Amazon. I ordered a couple different kinds of tins from them (Prime) as well as a 500-pc tin of Crosman Premier domes, all in .22. They shipped all of them USPS. Two things I noticed that was every single tin came in a blister-pack (H&N FTT's, Baracuda Hunter Extremes, and the Crosmans). All the other Crosman and H&N tins I have bought in the past just came in sealed tins, no blister-pack or display packaging. They packed and shipped the blister-packs in a tight (but not TOO tight) padded/bubble-wrap envelope. All tins and pellets looked good to go.
It might have been a fluke, but I'll give them another shot if they continue to pack them better like last time. If they start again throwing them loose in a box that you could park a Humvee in, I'll pass on them for good.
PT
Last Christmas I ordered a couple of tins Prime, and they shipped them loose in a cubic-foot-sized box with nothing else in it, didn't even have air cushions in it. The tins weren't horrible, but about ever 1 out of 3 pellets inside of them had bent skirts. I left feedback with them on their shipping methods with pellets.
I also noticed for some time that Amazon is/was selling discounted name-brand tins as "Amazon warehouse surplus, USED but LIKE NEW." I can't help but think they were trying to resell the returns that people sent back.
This year however, I took another chance on a ridiculously low-priced sale that H&N was having for a time on Amazon. I ordered a couple different kinds of tins from them (Prime) as well as a 500-pc tin of Crosman Premier domes, all in .22. They shipped all of them USPS. Two things I noticed that was every single tin came in a blister-pack (H&N FTT's, Baracuda Hunter Extremes, and the Crosmans). All the other Crosman and H&N tins I have bought in the past just came in sealed tins, no blister-pack or display packaging. They packed and shipped the blister-packs in a tight (but not TOO tight) padded/bubble-wrap envelope. All tins and pellets looked good to go.
It might have been a fluke, but I'll give them another shot if they continue to pack them better like last time. If they start again throwing them loose in a box that you could park a Humvee in, I'll pass on them for good.
PT
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