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Wacky Ebay seller....

For me, form follows function with this kind of stuff.
If it arrives as it should, I don’t care what the box looks like.
If it was properly secured/protected inside the box, no problem.
I know I’ve shipped some packages that looked ugly, but had a lot of thought put into how well the product would actually be protected.
 
Wheres the packing material? You left out photos of the most important part or Just a loose knife flopping around? Yes that's pretty poor

Securely sealed box properly packed on the inside? I don't see any problems?
 
There's a certain custom folding knife maker in Europe, whose knives regularly sell for $2,000+, who doesn't quite know how to pack. I sent him a knife for spa service; when he mailed it back, it was in a cloth knife pouch thrown loosely into a mylar bag.

I guess that's one way to prove your knives are built to stand up to abuse.
 
jp9mm said:
Wheres the packing material? You left out photos of the most important part or Just a loose knife flopping around? Yes that's pretty poor

Securely sealed box properly packed on the inside? I don't see any problems?
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Knife was in it's original box, with 6 foam packing peanuts around it. :)

You're right, not really complaining, as much as poking fun at it. That's why I originally put this in "Community Center", since it wasn't a sale on BF, but it got moved to "Feedback" The cardboard of the box is REALLY thin, not heavy enough for a knife IMO, but it did actually get here OK.
 
The Postal Service has released a new Small Flat Rate Priority Mail box.......

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Bigfattyt said:
I had a member here ship me a Swamprat Rattlehawk sans sheath, in a soft envelope!
The sharpened beard and spike were poking out to try and slice my mail lady when she handed it to me.
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Glad mail lady did not get impaled. This is a hilarious thread, of what not to do. Why people don't think before they pack, Who can say?
I do love the raisin box for packing. The guy wastes nothing.

I had a guy who sent me a box of books, non-knife related, and when I opened up the box, the filler looked like he had just emptied his kitchen waste basket in the top to fill the empty space.
Some of it was gross. o_O
 
I don’t understand the concern, it is only a $200 knife and it arrived safely. I had a $10,000.00 knife with insurance stolen from USPS and they wouldn’t payout one penny. It was wrapped Beautifully as well.
 
Krinsky1965 said:
I don’t understand the concern, it is only a $200 knife and it arrived safely. I had a $10,000.00 knife with insurance stolen from USPS and they wouldn’t payout one penny. It was wrapped Beautifully as well.
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We're in the same boat of having had expensive knives stolen. But while a $200 knife may not be a big deal to us, it is a lot to others.
 
JD Mandrell said:
This whole post was meant to poke fun at it more than anything, just struck me as funny. :)
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Sometimes when the moderators move these, the early posts aren't a good fit and or original message lost due to the new location. This seems to be such a case. It went from what you thought as humorous in a community forum to looking like a complaint by being moved to GBU.
 
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I had a knifemaker send a knife in a regular envelope, knife was wrapped in a paper towel. It made it, no biggie.
 
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