Brilliant Packaging - Must notify NASA!

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gomachv wrote:I bought a set of bearings from an eBay seller (not one of the good brands, these were like 10 for $2.99)
A couple hours later I ordered another size I forgot I needed.

I really wish I had the picture. There was a bubble mailer with one tube of bearings, and a plastic Baggie taped to the bubble mailer on the outside with another tube of bearings. How it made the trip from HK I will never know
Found the pic :lol:
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Consider yourself lucky... he usually ships in wet paper bags :lol:

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Some further background on the Ebay purchase. The seller (qngu48332007) has a feedback count of 327 (100% positive). He was selling 3 of the same 1/8 bodies, and I purchased two of them. His stated shipping cost was $15, so when I purchased 2 I inquired about a combined shipping discount. He responded wtih $20, which I thought was a little high, but acceptable. The photo I posted shows the two bodies jammed together, but seperated by a plastic bag, absolutely no cushining material, and then wrapped in brown paper. I left him 2 neutral feedbacks, because overall the bodies arrived in ok shape (not sure how). On the first one I stated "Very poor packaging, not friendly to deal with". One the second I wrote "Shipped vintage item in brown paper - Unbelievable". I would have given negative if the damage was worse, but given the overall feedback of other buyers I cut him some slack. However, I had to give it some thought due to the negative attitude. I was surprised to see the buyer of the 3rd body left positive feedback "great ebayer, fast shipper. I imagine the body was shipped the same way, but arrived without any damage.

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Gomachv, that's a great picture!!! I believe yours was shipped by a very famous baker. He is known for making donuts with the jelly on the outside:)

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gomachv wrote:
gomachv wrote:I bought a set of bearings from an eBay seller (not one of the good brands, these were like 10 for $2.99)
A couple hours later I ordered another size I forgot I needed.

I really wish I had the picture. There was a bubble mailer with one tube of bearings, and a plastic Baggie taped to the bubble mailer on the outside with another tube of bearings. How it made the trip from HK I will never know
Found the pic :lol:
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back in the cheap rc10 days i won an ebay listing for a nib rc10, at a whopping 110 final bid.

it was so cheap primarily because it had no pics. but it was a complete nib still in the shrinkwrap 6010 rc10.

anyway, i was SHOCKED when it was delivered... the shipper literally put the shipping label on the rc10 box's shrinkwrap.

couple small tears to the shrinkwrap was all that happened. i was able to remove the label with benzine.

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You let that guy off way to easy...I don't have any of those stories to tell yet but I am sure my time will come...
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The seller has contact me 2 times to request I remove the neutral/negative feedback. I reported him to the Ebay Spam. It just keeps getting better with this seller:)

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This is possibly the worst packaging I've had on an ebay buy - it was bought as a well battered chassis so i wasn't too bothered but quite unbelieveably it arrived without any mail inflicted damage !..

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limestang wrote: I left him 2 neutral feedbacks, because overall the bodies arrived in ok shape (not sure how). On the first one I stated "Very poor packaging, not friendly to deal with". One the second I wrote "Shipped vintage item in brown paper - Unbelievable".
I give you props for taking a higher road in life, but at the same time I think you've done a disservice to future bidders. I would have left him negative feedback with the same comments.
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limestang wrote:The seller has contact me 2 times to request I remove the neutral/negative feedback. I reported him to the Ebay Spam. It just keeps getting better with this seller:)
This makes me think of someone on Ebay from whom I bought some FF-01 parts (sold as "new, never used") who left me insulting comments after I left him a neutral for very bad packaging and selling broken parts (for which I got a considerable refund). So I left one final comment to his replies: "abusive seller, should have given negative."

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