Kat Hillard
New member
Are there dangers to shipping electronics/DVDs in extremely hot or cold weather? For instance, if I purchase an electronic or DVD online (Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Bestbuy.com, eBay, etc.) during the summer or winter, and it ships in very hot or cold weather conditions, will that basically damage the electronic (computer, TV, game console, etc.) or DVD disc?
It seems like more and more people are buying things online from different places, and it seems like the future that the retail industry is heading towards anyway. Plus, if you think about it, even if you buy from a store (a physical location), the items were still shipped from a warehouse or factory or something TO the story itself, so the stuff still would've been exposed to the same harsh weather conditions.
For instance, if I ordered a PS3 game, and it was delivered in the cold of winter, and sat in my mailbox for hours before I actually got to it, would it have been damaged in any way from the extreme temperature? Seems like if temperature was a problem, however, this issue would have been addressed by the industry a long time ago, considering the fact that "stuff" is shipped year-round all over the world on a daily basis.
On a similar note, I noticed long ago that game discs often come with a warning, stating that they should not be exposed to extreme temperatures, such as heat from a furnace or from direct sunlight. Well, if you think about it, when you play a disc (be it a game, movie, or whatever), it's going to get pretty damn HOT just from being inside the device that is playing it. Not only would the inside of the device be hot, but the disc would be spinning and generating heat as well. So it seems pretty silly to warn against something like that ... when discs are going to get pretty warm just from being played/used. So what, are you supposed to not use them at all?
It seems like more and more people are buying things online from different places, and it seems like the future that the retail industry is heading towards anyway. Plus, if you think about it, even if you buy from a store (a physical location), the items were still shipped from a warehouse or factory or something TO the story itself, so the stuff still would've been exposed to the same harsh weather conditions.
For instance, if I ordered a PS3 game, and it was delivered in the cold of winter, and sat in my mailbox for hours before I actually got to it, would it have been damaged in any way from the extreme temperature? Seems like if temperature was a problem, however, this issue would have been addressed by the industry a long time ago, considering the fact that "stuff" is shipped year-round all over the world on a daily basis.
On a similar note, I noticed long ago that game discs often come with a warning, stating that they should not be exposed to extreme temperatures, such as heat from a furnace or from direct sunlight. Well, if you think about it, when you play a disc (be it a game, movie, or whatever), it's going to get pretty damn HOT just from being inside the device that is playing it. Not only would the inside of the device be hot, but the disc would be spinning and generating heat as well. So it seems pretty silly to warn against something like that ... when discs are going to get pretty warm just from being played/used. So what, are you supposed to not use them at all?