Just opened the package containing a replacement carburettor for my
> s**te old Golf. (I collected it Wednesday last week, but have been busy > since then).
> On opening it, I find that TNT seem to have played football with it in
> the depot, lots of bits broken off it. Bastards.
If the exterior of the packing looked ok, I'd say the fault lay with whoever packed it for transit. I'd pack something fairly delicate like a carb in polystyrene chips - the box it came in ain't really suitable for postage on its own.