Hey guys, you need to remember everything is automated. These packages are handled by machines, sent down long chutes into hampers that are loaded with dozens and dozens of small packages. The machines are processing 1000's of packages per hour. The only time a human touches these packages is when they are handed to a clerk at the counter and when they are delivered by your carrier. The same goes for UPS and Fed Ex. In the last couple of days our PO has received items from both of those companies that were totally mangled because the packaging was cheap and flimsy.
If you have a slabbed card, which doesn't have any flexibility, you need to protect it. Plan on having this card sitting at the bottom of a hamper with 200 other small parcels sitting on top of it. Plan on having this card fall from a conveyor belt into a chute and landing at the bottom of a plastic hamper. Plan on having this package ferried in the belly of an airplane where the temp is well below zero. Plan on having this package riding in the back of a transport truck where the temp is 10 below zero and the roads are rough. Plan on having this parcel in the bottom of a mail carriers satchel with catalogs on top of it while he is walking his route. Don't be lazy. Don't be cheap. Package it correctly and it will get to it's destination every time.
Rick
