The Pace Salsa medium twin pack is indeed a sweet deal from Sam's club ordered online & shipped to my home.
However, during shipping or transit 1 of the jars was either opened or not sealed correctly at the factory, the vacuum seal lid was loose, as a result, yep, you guessed right, Salsa cardboard dip, not exactly what I expected from Pace or Sams.
It takes an extreme amount of force to open these type of plastic jars without twisting the top.
These are sealed with a vacuum and snap ring lid. Packed and shipped after Quality Control has inspected each palet, wrapped and shipped by the thousands to cities around the U.S.
Note: This is just 1 of my shipped orders, as each box has arrived in really poor condition, as if they had been dropped from the loading dock or crammed into place.
So how is it possible for these to get damage in this manner?
After a close inspection of other items shipped in the same cardboard box I noticed several other items were bent, smashed, wrinkled plastic bottles, obvious signs of stress that would indicate sever misshandling during shipping.
The cardboard box that contained these items was obviouly tossed around like a basketball, dented, crushed on 1 side, tape used to seal the box was torn.
I've had many deliveries from various online retailers the most popular online retailer with next day deliveries and have never had issues with this type of poor quality of shipping.
As a Sams club member for well over a decade, this has become an issue, because now anything I order for shipping to my home has to be based on wether the items will be damaged due to improper handling or packaging and shipping. Now I am reluctant to order because of this.. not because of just 1 item, because almost all the items and boxes show signs of the misshandling.
Note: Sam's club refunded my item.
However, I was expecting items to be in the same condition as if I bought them in the Club, not treated like they were shipped around the world for a week.
Note: Just to sum up, the items I purchase are good quality, name brand and MM items. Priced as such. I expect to recieve the items in the same condition as the manufacture would showcase. Perhapes I'm asking for too much as a PLUS MEMBER. Reguards to my fellow Sam's Club members.. Shop on!!!