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Rubbish eBay Packing - What Should I Do?
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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 520224" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>If you read what I actually said, it was:</p><p></p><p>'If every item you've ever bought has always arrived safely and packaged well then you've either not bought very many things or else have been incredibly fortunate.'</p><p></p><p>I didn't say you <u>haven't</u> bought very many things, I said you <u>either</u> haven't bought very many things, <u>or</u> you have been incredibly fortunate. Since you say you have received over 200 items in the mail, if indeed all of them have been well packed then I stand by my statement; you have been incredibly fortunate. Congratulations for that, as it's a large enough sample size to easily be expected to have one or two poorly packed items somewhere within it at least, so if you haven't, you've beaten the odds. And that's why I brought it up (since you ask), because I was pointing out that whilst you may have been lucky, others sadly have not.</p><p></p><p>As for your comment about 'not being a backseat driver and telling people how to pack items', the (very strong, IMHO) argument for doing so, based partly off my experience of being on the receiving end of some very poor packing down the years, and partly through my knowledge of vintage Star Wars items, is that poor packing can easily and needlessly lead to damage of rare and valuable items which cannot always easily be replaced. They're not making any more of these vintage Star Wars items, and every one which gets damaged or destroyed reduces the number of good condition / mint examples left in the world, thereby damaging the hobby for us all. However by offering packing advice to an inexperienced seller (or someone who's packing expertise is unknown to you) you help ensure that the item you are buying is well packed and hence is more likely to arrive undamaged. This in turn obviously helps you as the buyer (because the item arrives in the condition you want), it helps the seller (because they don't have to deal with a returned item), and it helps the hobby as a whole (because it doesn't reduce the global supply of undamaged vintage items). And if the seller doesn't appreciate the advice they have been given, they'll get over it! I would far rather risk slightly offending a seller trying to sell me an item by offering them some packing advice, than I would risk receiving a needlessly damaged item.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As for your other comment above, I suggest you re-read my post as that's not what I said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 520224, member: 7379"] If you read what I actually said, it was: 'If every item you've ever bought has always arrived safely and packaged well then you've either not bought very many things or else have been incredibly fortunate.' I didn't say you [u]haven't[/u] bought very many things, I said you [u]either[/u] haven't bought very many things, [u]or[/u] you have been incredibly fortunate. Since you say you have received over 200 items in the mail, if indeed all of them have been well packed then I stand by my statement; you have been incredibly fortunate. Congratulations for that, as it's a large enough sample size to easily be expected to have one or two poorly packed items somewhere within it at least, so if you haven't, you've beaten the odds. And that's why I brought it up (since you ask), because I was pointing out that whilst you may have been lucky, others sadly have not. As for your comment about 'not being a backseat driver and telling people how to pack items', the (very strong, IMHO) argument for doing so, based partly off my experience of being on the receiving end of some very poor packing down the years, and partly through my knowledge of vintage Star Wars items, is that poor packing can easily and needlessly lead to damage of rare and valuable items which cannot always easily be replaced. They're not making any more of these vintage Star Wars items, and every one which gets damaged or destroyed reduces the number of good condition / mint examples left in the world, thereby damaging the hobby for us all. However by offering packing advice to an inexperienced seller (or someone who's packing expertise is unknown to you) you help ensure that the item you are buying is well packed and hence is more likely to arrive undamaged. This in turn obviously helps you as the buyer (because the item arrives in the condition you want), it helps the seller (because they don't have to deal with a returned item), and it helps the hobby as a whole (because it doesn't reduce the global supply of undamaged vintage items). And if the seller doesn't appreciate the advice they have been given, they'll get over it! I would far rather risk slightly offending a seller trying to sell me an item by offering them some packing advice, than I would risk receiving a needlessly damaged item. As for your other comment above, I suggest you re-read my post as that's not what I said. [/QUOTE]
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