Trading Pet Peeves

This is arguably the most ridiculous pet peeve I have seen. I find broken beer that is difficult to replace (and clean up) and pisses off the delivery person and/or having my beer shipped back to me significantly more annoying that any hack packaging job I have ever had to deal with.

 

Bubble wrap good. Packing peanuts bad!

 

Can we expand on this?

 

Sure, as long as you work for peanuts.

 

No way! Those things are super annoying!

Reasons People Hate Packing Peanuts:

1. They take up a ton of space to store
2. Some of them crumble off shitty Styrofoam crumbs everywhere
3. Any crumbs or loose.peanuts that escape are hard to clean up.because the breeze of an ant walking by will carry them 12 ft
4. It says they're peanuts, but at best they taste like paper flavored cheetos
5. They're super.inefficient for protecting dense items like beer so they mean you need to use a much bigger box to safely package the same amount of beer

 

In my hundreds of trades, they’ve never really bothered me. But you are free to be annoyed by whatever you want.

 

I'm often disappointed to find previous shipping labels under the one that was used to reach me. I only know this as I always remove the labels before I reuse a box and often find another label. Remove the labels people, it's very easy.

 

I must admit that I am sometimes (although only rarely) guilty of this. Nearly every time, however, I have blacked out all the information. I assume that is your pet peave (mine as well), and so I think if it has been blacked out it isn’t *so* bad. That’s really my frustration with it. Think it is also a little different if it is an old, say, REI label that is “glued” to the box vs an old UPS label that is taped on. You can’t remove the glued on labels well, but you can remove taped labels easily.

If I have misinterpreted, feel free to correct me.

 

Blacked out I can certainly live with. I haven't seen a blacked out label as of yet when I do find one. The taped on labels are very easy to remove but I do understand the labels adhered fully may need to be blacked out instead.

 

Taped on by the individual with clear packing tape, not the one applied by the carrier. Those are almost impossible to remove.

 

Yeah I definitely try to remove them. Quick cut with a small blade and label comes right off

 

Someone who contacts you that they’re interested in your trade offer. Then when you start discussing ratios they fall off the face of the earth.

If you don’t like it, then counter it. Negotiate a little. You’re the one who contacted me about doing the trade.

This happens a lot of Ba, not so much of FB.

 

Yeah like it's your fault your trade doesn't suit them haha