HydrogenSulphate
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Bad luck or what?
I recently purchased a 100mL volumetric pipette and a jointed glass funnel (each from different suppliers). Despite both being cushioned in bubble
wrap, they arrived totally smashed. Annoying to say the least!
 
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Fluorite
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Oh god! That's why I hate buying stuff online  sorry
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MadHatter
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Bad luck
H2S, that certainly is bad luck.
It happened to me from a shipper no
more than 40 miles away. In my case,
a 1 litre filtration flask. Some people are
careless. In your case, from 2 different
suppliers ? That really is bad luck. I hope
you can get refunds or replacements.
From opening of NCIS New Orleans - It goes a BOOM ! BOOM ! BOOM ! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !
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MidLifeChemist
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Oh, that is bad luck!
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itsallgoodjames
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Wow, that's incredibly bad luck. I've surprisingly never had this happen. I hope you can get your money for them back.
Nuclear physics is neat. It's a shame it's so regulated...
Now that I think about it, that's probably a good thing. Still annoying though.
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DraconicAcid
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I would hazard that your packages met one of those postal workers who delight in treating packages marked "FRAGILE" as extra fun to throw.
Please remember: "Filtrate" is not a verb.
Write up your lab reports the way your instructor wants them, not the way your ex-instructor wants them.
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Lion850
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I received quite a few glass apparatus from China including condensers; they were very well packaged and no damage yet. I guess it’s all down to
appropriate packaging.
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MadHatter
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Wrong Formula
H2SO4 my bad on your
handle previously on 2020/11/02.
SORRY. I really hope you can get this
glassware problem resolved.
From opening of NCIS New Orleans - It goes a BOOM ! BOOM ! BOOM ! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !
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Twospoons
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I recall sitting in a aircraft at Sydney Airport looking out the window, watching a baggage handler in another plane literally throwing bags out the
door onto the tarmac. Would have been a good 2m drop.
I've also watched a courier tossing packages around in his van as he looked for the one being delivered to me.
I guess they're not paid enough to care.
Helicopter: "helico" -> spiral, "pter" -> with wings
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metalresearcher
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Never had problems with glassware ordered online.
Only once with a thermocouple from Aliexpress. The 0.1mm wires were snapped and the alumina sheathing was broken and I reported it. I got a refund,
ordered a new one from the same supllier and that was perfect.
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