Grade Scale:

 

A+= NO BAD/Reallocated Sectors and/or 95% or higher health

 

A= up to 1 Bad/ Reallocated Sector and/or 70-94% health

 

B= up to 40 Bad/ Reallocated Sectors and/or 60-69% health

 

C= over 40 Bad/Reallocated Sectors and/or 50-59% health

 

Drive Grade will default to the lower grade if one of the requirements for that grade is met

 

**Packaging**

I use several air pillows and fill in every gap with high-quality packaging paper. All drives are double-boxed in accordance with the above standards. So, I do charge a fair and reasonable flat rate to cover additional shipping costs. Whether the drive is a 1TB SATA with 3000 days or a 16TB SAS with 100 days, both are shipped the same.

**Shipping Service**

The second part of shipping is choosing the service. I recommend UPS because of recent service issues with USPS, ranging from severely overdue deliveries and unreliable tracking data to the total loss of an item.