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c/intlshipping·posted 3 months ago by u/tove_ogunleye

packaging: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1

PSA Cold Box ×4

Confession thread, sort of.

I went from 1.0mg to 15mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 20 weeks later, at which point I had no way of knowing whether the dose increase did anything or whether it would have broken anyway.

So now I have early fullness I did not need and a data point I cannot interpret. Two lessons in one.

Posting it in the hope that somebody at week 2 reads it before doing the same thing.

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u/ahmed_okafor48 points·3 months ago

Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.

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u/tove_ogunleye34 points·3 months ago

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/emil_marchand9 points·3 months ago

Disagree. What you are describing is consistent with shipping, not with what you concluded.

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u/erez_baptista0 points·3 months ago

packaging quality matters on the 4-hour segments

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u/vito_beaulieu7 points·3 months ago

the reship outcome is data worth posting

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u/milan_mensah3 points·3 months ago

Slight fix: the number was 97.2, not 97.4. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.

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u/ismael_varga-5 points·3 months ago

no tracking numbers, no full addresses, no label photos — instant removal

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u/coa_forgery_watch27 points·3 months ago

Customs held the package for 22 days. No problems, just time. Factor it into expectations.

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u/lane_watcherMOD14 points·3 months ago

This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.

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u/tove_ogunleyeOP9 points·3 months ago

Yeah, the lane data is more useful than single reports.

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u/runa_cabrera4 points·3 months ago

lane reports need origin, destination, carrier, actual transit days

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u/nausea_notesside effects2 points·3 months ago

the reship outcome is data worth posting

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u/nora_ramos1 point·3 months ago

Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.

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u/tove_ogunleyeOP10 points·3 months ago

Customs held the package for 21 days. No problems, just time. Factor it into expectations.

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u/lina_adebayo8 points·3 months ago

Customs clearance time included?

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u/ines_boateng7 points·3 months ago

origin to destination, carrier, transit variance

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u/tove_ogunleyeOP3 points·3 months ago

Customs held the package for 8 days. No problems, just time. Factor it into expectations.

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