I might also add that writing "do not bend" on the package may or may not have any effect on whether the package is bent in shipping. I certainly wouldn't count on that warning saving an otherwise flimsy packing job. On big, flat items like that, I prefer to double up the layers of cardboard so that, if the postman wants to bend it, he's going to have to smash that thing over his knee to do so. Cardboard is light and super cheap, you can cut it to whatever shape you want, and if you tape solidly around all sides, it's basically like shipping a light board.
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