My latest 2 purchases were on eBay, a sort of birthday present to myself.
By coincidence both models were from a couple of UK sellers, both had decent ratings and were models I've wanted to add for some time.
I don't know if I've just had the worst luck or I've somehow attracted these douche bags sellers.
Both models were shipped in the SMALLEST boxes I've ever seen, that just barely fit the outer box. This is the one I received today but was exactly the same from the other seller.
Hardly any padding whatsoever, and both these models I would consider to be quite rare.
It boggles the mind why they would take the chance to ship models out like this, from the UK ALL THE WAY TO AUSTRALIA with barely any padding at all.
This particular BBR model had quite a unique packaging technique that I'd also never seen before.
The guy sticks pieces of white tape over the clam shell opening, and then tapes clear tape again around the entire opening:
Once all the tape was removed, it made more sense why he did this. The box was completely collapsed on the bottom edges so it couldn't be closed properly. This was not mentioned in the listing at all, all he said was the "box has cracks in the corner". The photo on the listing showed only one of the rear corners that had a slight tear but was not split and it didn't look that bad so I wasn't too worried about it, but he should've been honest and just said the box is completely and utterly f^&ked.
And of course, the lack of proper packaging has caused some damage to one of the two models I've received.
I should also mention the other guy I bought from sent me photos of the packaging, and I told him it was definitely not enough and he needed to use a bigger box and more padding. And what does he do? He didn't bother to reply and shipped the model out as is.
I just don't get why sellers would do this, do they just not care, or not understand the models can be returned to them and it will be there loss?
The BBR model above was from a seller with a perfect 100% feedback as well, so you really are throwing the dice at times.
By coincidence both models were from a couple of UK sellers, both had decent ratings and were models I've wanted to add for some time.
I don't know if I've just had the worst luck or I've somehow attracted these douche bags sellers.
Both models were shipped in the SMALLEST boxes I've ever seen, that just barely fit the outer box. This is the one I received today but was exactly the same from the other seller.
Hardly any padding whatsoever, and both these models I would consider to be quite rare.
It boggles the mind why they would take the chance to ship models out like this, from the UK ALL THE WAY TO AUSTRALIA with barely any padding at all.
This particular BBR model had quite a unique packaging technique that I'd also never seen before.
The guy sticks pieces of white tape over the clam shell opening, and then tapes clear tape again around the entire opening:
Once all the tape was removed, it made more sense why he did this. The box was completely collapsed on the bottom edges so it couldn't be closed properly. This was not mentioned in the listing at all, all he said was the "box has cracks in the corner". The photo on the listing showed only one of the rear corners that had a slight tear but was not split and it didn't look that bad so I wasn't too worried about it, but he should've been honest and just said the box is completely and utterly f^&ked.
And of course, the lack of proper packaging has caused some damage to one of the two models I've received.
I should also mention the other guy I bought from sent me photos of the packaging, and I told him it was definitely not enough and he needed to use a bigger box and more padding. And what does he do? He didn't bother to reply and shipped the model out as is.
I just don't get why sellers would do this, do they just not care, or not understand the models can be returned to them and it will be there loss?
The BBR model above was from a seller with a perfect 100% feedback as well, so you really are throwing the dice at times.