i am sure it is not anyones fault personally. its just one of those things that needs sorting out.
problem and sollution :
if you send out drives in bulk with no foam to protect the drives to save on cost, it would be a very good idea to put a warning sticker on each box to remind vendors./stockists that they NEED to wrap the hard drives in at least 4 layers of bubble wrap before posting out to customers.
if DABS uk get it wrong, i am sure many others will too
when a courier throws a drive box like the one i receieved on a van , its just the same as throwing a naked drive against a piece of metal.
Damage can only happen.
A LARGE red/white WARNING!!! sticker would be a good idea. (please excuse the caps lock, i am not shouting : )
I apologize that nobody responded to this before. However, we never ship anything out that is not packaged correctly. I honestly can’t tell you why the retailer shipped you the drive the way they did. But I would certainly raise the issue with them and request that they send you a drive properly packaged.