And if you think UPS/FEDEX package handlers are bad, just think about how the government post office workers who really have nothing to lose care about your package. Not to mention, the mail is often sent via passenger airline (I fly for one that carries a lot of mail), and baggage handlers don't really care much either. Last stormy morning that I was flying I saw a baggage cart going down a side road on the airport with all kinds of letters just flying out and going everywhere!
Also, with my other full time job, my powdercoating business, people send me brakes with USPS flat rate boxes all the time, even though I advise against it. Those things are very thin cardboard and can't handle any weight at all. EVERY SINGLE FLAT RATE BOX with calipers in it I have received has been torn open at least somewhere, and the worst was someone sent me a set of Rotora calipers and a front 6 piston caliper was just missing. He didn't have insurance either.
If you use those flat rate boxes for anything, I highly suggest encasing the entire box in tape.
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