Not sure what to do, i brought over a tv which was purchased in australia to take to family in sri lanka. it had fragile stickers and once collected at airport it was in pieces. it was on the belt.
was a cheap tv but it is money still
TV Broken at Sri Lanka Airport
Understandable on 24/08/2019 - 18:21
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Sri lankan authorities won't do anything about it, best bet is travel insurance (if it covers fragile stuff)
Glue the pieces back together and swap the tv with another at the airport lounge
it had fragile stickers
Packing a tv with stickers for international shipping is inadequate packaging.
https://auspost.com.au/sending/satchels-and-packaging/packag…
Give it to the family and bail before they realise it is broken. The kids can always play inside it.
Smack the back of the remote
Do you mean no packaging? Probably shouldn't have ever been accepted.
Travel insurance and maybe the airline - I doubt anyone else would really care. Tough to expect a baggage handler to carefully pack a TV for a flight - fragile stickers or not.
it had fragile stickers
Is that the only extra packing you put it in?
For a flat-screen, I uh… I don't think I'd ever chance it with checked luggage. If I did though, it'd have to have a tonne of shock absorbing packing material either side, as well as something rigid that won't let the whole thing bend like a welded metal frame or something.
Did you remember to claim the TRS refund?
Read the terms and conditions of shipment of your TV. There will be a line that looks specifically along the lines of;
All care taken. No responsibility…
I work in logistics and I can pretty safely say that “fragile” stickers are not a representation of what is inside the box, but more of an invitation to test your packaging prowess.
I would imagine that a guy, working in a 3rd world country, in a hot and humid area, getting paid the equivalent or 3 peanuts an hour, handling a million bags a day, who has a boss that is riding his back and telling him to unload planes faster… that guy… doesn’t really give a shit about your “fragile” stickers.
The op puts a tv on a plane, and tells us nothing about how it is packed or not. Except that it has the all protecting Fragile sticker.
I guess the details of the post tells us how aware the op is of details.
Details like thinking outside the square, like others here have told us, many people handling your baggage, each with different priorities and levels of care. Boxing up the TV etc
Even suitcases get damaged and they are designed for abuse.
Op
Like everything, mark it down to experience, there is very little you can do, yep it hurts, but so does getting run down by a taxi 🚕 leaving the airport.
Btw I too would be upset, like I am when I spill milk, but you have to move on.
When visiting any third world country, don’t expect the same standards you might find here. Not that in this case Australia would give you much protection if it’s not packaged correctly.
buy tv, removes box, sticks fragile sticker on back
all good br0 for posting
It's have to be in its normal box AND extra padding around the outside.
Actually, just buy the tv from local place lol. It had no chance
Common sense…
Your airline or travel insurance.
Some disgruntled employee might have purposely thrown it
There you go, an occasion when using a boogie board bag would have been a good idea.
Why do Sri Lankans, Indians and Pakistanis bring TVs to airport?
It's silly.
Travel insurance?