I've had more shipping disasters than I can count on 1 hand. It's usually USPS that screws it up for me. I remember a time when I bought fish and they didn't ship it on time, I had to call in. No one knew where my package was and this went on for about 2 weeks. Seller and I filed for insurance and got our money back. Then about another 2 weeks later the package finally came. It was all wrapped in saran wrap with a little post it note saying that the box was leaking. (The newspapers were wet to keep the fish cool). I opened the box to the most awful smelling mess. The fish had been dead and decomposing for a good 3 weeks.