Bottom falling off mugs!

[purpledragon]

i thought fragile meant "to be passed by cricket bat"
i sent a brolly which got to my customer bent in two the postmans words were "i didnt do that mate" so i sent a replacement and put on the tube do not bend it turned up bent right6 in the middle of the do not bend text .....who says royal mail arnt sarcastic

[IanMc]

They're both European RN mugs, weeks apart so from different batches.

Suppose this one really depends on the supplier, but weeks apart doesn't guarantee that it will be a different batch - some suppliers might have the same container kicking around for months (assuming they keep that level of stock in at all)!

[mrs maggot]

if they are the only ones that this has happened to then my money is on them being damaged by either the post or the new owner and then the crack/bottom coming off from impact/stress fracture

[Gelert]

Yeah probably, but it just seems a little unusual that it wasn't the handles coming off - that I would have expected, not the bottom coming off! Still, haven't had any reports of that happening since, and no one else has reported the same problem.

[mrs maggot]

if the box had been dropped heavily and had landed on the base, then its possible, if they have put a night light in them its possible, i would tbh, ask them to return them (you will have to cover the postage) but at least then you can have a good look at them

[smiley_mug]

I've had 2 occurrences of this, just posted about them. One hadn't been in the post but hand delivered to family member.

[Justin]

Watch those old posts being resurrected! This one is 6 years old ;-)