And the award to the worst packing of a mixing desk goes to the tw@t who sold me a folio notepad on eBay.
The notepad arrived in a blue plastic bag, it had a thin bit of cardboard taped across the knobs and the whole thing was then wrapped in a manky old bit of bubble wrap that looked like it had been reused a few times and there were hardly any bubbles left.
Absolutely no protection against damage at all.
Worst of all it was sent by Herpes sorry Hermes and wouldn't have been insured if there had been a problem.
The most annoying thing is the guy got away with it coz the desk arrived undamaged and that's what really pisses me off, coz I take pride in making sure anything I send is double boxed and inside so much padding it'll survive being drop kicked across the depot.
Once more using Fleabay leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
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I bought a bass years ago, it arrived with no case , a plastic bag on the headstock, a bin liner on the body........and nothing else, it arrived in one piece as well.... unbelievable
it was fucked.
The most annoying thing was having to wrap the bastardisation properly so it could be posted back without me being accused of damage.
That was the last time I ever bought a guitar on Ebay!
However, I was going to collect it, so that covers that.
It was described as "Chipped and scratched, may need some care and attention as been left in a garage.".
I was OK with it being scruffy, but wanted to inspect it as I reckon the wording seemed suitably ambiguous to cover the possibility that the damage was more than surface deep.
Then the seller started insisting I pay up-front before seeing it.
I've decided not to go ahead with the purchase.
A good indicator is the quality of the ebay listing itself. Anyone who comes across as lazy and can't be arsed, or with low intelligence (cant take a photo, spell or string a sentence together) - then expect it to arrive in a bin bag.
This is the down side when looking for bargains and badly listed items. Those people are usually going to be clueless about packing too, and it's not a bargain if it arrives smashed to pieces.
Miraculously, very little damage.
that maybe they have a better chance as the carriers cant help but handle them carefully or theyl have to pick up the broken bits