New HDD shipped in a jiffy bag?

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I heard a clatter this morning, and my new brand HDD for my server had been posted through my letter box, and obviously fell 3 or so feet to the floor.
So, two questions before I break the seal in the anti-static bag.

1) Since when was it common practice to send 3.5" HDDs through the post in a jiffy bag?
2) Should I be concerned, or is it likely to be fine?

My server will tell me if it's not. Before adding HDDs they go through about 9 hours testing where I think it writes every sector and reads it back.
 
Thanks for the responses so far. I guess I was just shocked, as usually, the bare minimum, they're in those plastic clam-shell thingies that give them a bit of bounce.

Anyway, it's going in and I'll put it through Unraid's pre-clear cycle before it's added to the array. If it turns out it is faulty after that, it will go back. If not, it's almost certainly fine.
 
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