Quoted from flynnibus:Ask HEP why he doesn’t use a box around his loads and builds centered loads on oversized pallets. It’s trying to preempt the dummies and make your preferred way to be the easiest way for them to move your load.
If you look at my pic, you'll see that the load is centered and anchored to an oversized pallet. The pin is shrinked and blanketed so that the box barely slides over the top - every bit as snug as the Stern system, but much better protected. It's certainly not loose like you are imagining.
Again - if you think they won't stack something on top of an unboxed pin - you are very wrong as I just had this happen last week with a palleted game not covered by a box. I actually keep the Stern styrofoam that goes over the coin door and use that along with "do not stack" stickers on the box - but shippers will do whatever they want.
Palleted items are moved with a forklift or hand forks almost exclusively - in over 50 shipments I've never had a guy use a dolly - the most important part is securely affixing the pin to the pallet.
This system works very well for me and I'll keep doing it as I think it's the best way to ship a pin. I've had *0* games get damaged unlike with Stern NIB games and games shipped on legs with STI.
Actually - the box conversation is more useful than this thread had become, but yea - I'm done now. Continue with the he said/she said...