Dangdest thing... my lead shipped east from here, CO, seems to arrive in good shape and on time. 3 ships to CA have ALL had issues. Two took in excess of 3 weeks to arrive... and then this one.
I did wrap several layers of re-enforced packing tape around the box, 3 places on the long side, two on the shorter side, and completely around the edge, wrapped each ingot and stuffed the box tight with newspaper to eliminate sharp edges and sloppin' around. I'm open to suggestions.