Beware! Of Packing Peanuts?

woodsman10b
woodsman10b Posts: 408
edited February 2009 in Speakers
Them damn packing peanuts, arent they annoying? Well this is how annoying they can be. I purchased a used Mirage sub a year ago off ebay, and was very happy with my purchase(somebody selling for a friend didnt know how to list it and I got it for $52 and thats with shipping included!), anyhow I had noticed a couple times at low volume there was a somekind of rattle coming from it.:eek: Very annoying to someone who hears everything! So I just dismissed it and turned it up so I couldnt here it:D, like any annoyed listener might. Well yesterday while watching Nascar it was there again, so after the race I decided to venture inward and to my delight I found the problem, Packing Peanuts had come in through the port on the back of the sub during shipping! They were lodged everywhere inside, thus with the thumping of the sub they would cause the annoying little rattle I was hearing. Ive been listening all day and no more rattles.:rolleyes: So everyone BEWARE of the packing peanuts!
Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes:
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited February 2009
    Great info, thanks.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited February 2009
    Back in the day I had a JVC vcr shipped out for repair, when I got it back and tried to use it sure enough packing peanuts in the tape bay...What a pain!
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited February 2009
    Never use them in shipping either.....they are totally useless if you ask me. I would rather use newspaper than those things.

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited February 2009
    I wonder if the static caused by those things could damage the electronics on the boards in gear. I would think solid state components would be more susceptible to static.
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  • adam2434
    adam2434 Posts: 995
    edited February 2009
    I've used them in the past, but only in a double-boxed context or when the item was completely sealed in several layers of bubble wrap.

    Using them in a manner that allows them to get into the innards of gear is just plain ignorant or lazy packaging.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited February 2009
    I had a guy send me my LSiC in a complete and utterly lacking box with nothing around it but packaging peanuts. I fished them out of the port for about an hour before giving up. Bet there are still 2-3 of them in there.

    Surprisingly enough, once I got over my anger, wiped it down with some windex, and hooked it up, it worked like new.

    Nothing but dumb luck that it wasn't trashed during shipping.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited February 2009
    I wonder if sticking the vacuum hose through the port would get all the packing peanuts out? you should.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited February 2009
    I really hate those things, and as of late every package I receive has had them. Not to mention that they fly out of the box and everywhere , I think thats what makes me go over the top.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2009
    Packing peanuts drive me crazy...Whenever I get a package that has packing peanuts in it, I'm always picking them up all around the house for a week afterwards...lol

    They aren't exactly the most secure packing material either, they shift around to much.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited February 2009
    A few years back we had a guy leaving the company. On his last day, one of the guys got his car keys and they filled his car to the brim with peanuts. Took him two hours to get them all out of the car.
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  • woodsman10b
    woodsman10b Posts: 408
    edited February 2009
    For me I always take those little annoying POS and toss them in the garbage. I wouldnt disrespect anything that I ship outward by using those little ****! OUT with the peanuts!!
    Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes:
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited February 2009
    AndyGwis wrote: »
    I had a guy send me my LSiC in a complete and utterly lacking box with nothing around it but packaging peanuts. I fished them out of the port for about an hour before giving up. Bet there are still 2-3 of them in there.

    Surprisingly enough, once I got over my anger, wiped it down with some windex, and hooked it up, it worked like new.

    Nothing but dumb luck that it wasn't trashed during shipping.

    I had a god-awful racket coming from inside a pair of Klipsch speakers one time; turned out to be the CAT which had crawled in through one of the ports...poor, deaf kitty...:eek:
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited February 2009
    Nothing makes me more psycho than a package packed in packing peanuts. Just ask my son...he sees me turn red everytime we get a package with them. Now if I were the President I'd outlaw those useless little styrofoam **** and jail any no mind butt munch pinhead that even thought about using them!!!! Is it time for my medicine yet nurse???
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  • woodsman10b
    woodsman10b Posts: 408
    edited February 2009
    Fongolio wrote: »
    Nothing makes me more psycho than a package packed in packing peanuts. Just ask my son...he sees me turn red everytime we get a package with them. Now if I were the President I'd outlaw those useless little styrofoam **** and jail any no mind butt munch pinhead that even thought about using them!!!! Is it time for my medicine yet nurse???
    Now thats some funny stuff! lmao
    Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes:
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited February 2009
    Remember to pack your ports... :D
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,612
    edited February 2009
    Polkersince85 wrote: »
    A few years back we had a guy leaving the company. On his last day, one of the guys got his car keys and they filled his car to the brim with peanuts. Took him two hours to get them all out of the car.

    I would of just rolled down the windows, left a door open, and circled the company parking area. Wouldn't want to be accused of leaving with company property!
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  • phipiper10
    phipiper10 Posts: 955
    edited February 2009
    I usually just try to not watch NASCAR ;)
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  • lumpy
    lumpy Posts: 113
    edited February 2009
    I'm packin wallnuts
    pop

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  • dfranks
    dfranks Posts: 207
    edited February 2009
    If you have a toddler (like us) those packing peanuts are pretty serious choking hazard. they should be banned.
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