Bad Packaging Jobs - Shipping issues - Why???

[webstar1000]

I am so blessed with never having an issue since I stopped buying from Ebay. That was 4 years ago...

[tippy4]

$15 BIN, $4 shipping. No mention of DJ price, and seller has too high of volume to answer questions., but very liberal retusrn policy (including return shipping):
Stephen King. Misery. 1987. 1st edition. Fine in fine jacket.

It is a true first. Unfortunately he shipped it in a box without any bubble wrap or peanuts. Both corners of the front board got bumped.

On the positive side, I contacted the seller, and he is refunding the money and said I can keep the book.

In the future, copy this quote, and post it to the ADD A MESSAGE option Paypal gives you:

Please ship in a sturdy cardboard box big enough to allow for at least two inches of padding (foam peanuts, bubblewrap, etc) on all sides of the book. Please pack tightly so book can't move at all once box is sealed. Condition is VERY important to me. Thanx

It will show up in their Paypal email like this:



Anything longer than what I have written above will be cut off.

And then, just to drive the point home, I send a separate message through ebay with a slightly longer version of the note:

Please ship in a sturdy cardboard box big enough to allow for at least two inches of padding (foam peanuts, bubblewrap, etc) on all sides of the book. Please pack tightly so book can't move at all once box is sealed. Condition is VERY important to me. Feedback will be left upon receipt. Thank you.

And this is why I do the above.

I just bought a $50 book, and sent the seller the above message in both the Paypal payment, and seperately via ebay messaging. Here is the response I got:

It's already bubble wrapped and packed in a padded shipping envelope. I'll repack and void shipping label and reprint new label and get it in the mail tomorrow.

I just saved myself a lot of aggravation. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[RC65]

I just received a signed/limited hardcover from one of the biggest small press outfits, and it arrived surprisingly and disappointingly in a cardboard envelope. Yes, it was also in a thin bubble wrap envelope inside the cardboard envelope, and, no, it fortunately was not damaged so I'm not complaining per se, but this is still the first occasion that I can recall where a major small press publisher sent a somewhat spendy book in anything other than the standard, protective cardboard box. Hope this is not a sign of things to come from this publisher, since based on previous experiences with the USPS, I tend to think the lack of damage was due more to luck this time around than anything else. Frankly, this is the kind of packaging I would expect from megalithic Amazon with its free shipping offer, not from a renowned small press that certainly charges its customers for its Media Mail shipping and shipping materials.

[firemonkey66]

That's discouraging to say the least. I can't help but be curious as to what small press this is in reference to...

[RC65]

I'm not trying to be coy, but just didn't think it was particularly appropriate to name the publisher since the book was not damaged. It was also the first time this publisher has sent a book to me in this disappointing manner, so I am inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume (against all reason) that it must have been a mistake. I have a few more books on pre-order with them, so I suppose time will tell.

[Lot guy]

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[T-Dogz_AK47]

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[jsmcmullen92]

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[webstar1000]

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[stroppygoblin]

5 - Infinity.

Lets just stop.

[HONKYTONKSMASH]

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[webstar1000]

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For the win folks... for the win.

[amd013]

Well, not exactly a big ticket item, (Nightmares in the Sky), but still sad excuse for packaging:

Used a collapsed box as an "envelope". No packing material (other then a plastic bag) inside:



Note, the open gaps:



Mike

[Brian861]

Yea, that's a beaut.

[wolfehr]

I can't fathom why anyone would think that's okay :/


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[zelig]

And for today's lesson on how not to pack books, here's a scene from an episode of Hawaii Five-O.

[Brian861]

[Br!an]

I ordered two copies of the UK limited Charlie The Choo Choo. They arrived today.






The limited prints are okay. I've emailed Waterstone's to see about replacements.

[Roseannebarr]

I ordered two copies of the UK limited Charlie The Choo Choo. They arrived today.






The limited prints are okay. I've emailed Waterstone's to see about replacements.

When i saw that you posted here, i knew there was trouble with your charlie the choos choos.

They told me they had no replacements to give. I bet that is why we are all getting delayed books. Too sad.

[jsmcmullen92]

Looks like a dog went to town on those books... holy crap!

[zelig]

My goodness. I don't think I've seen one that bad before. Looks like something drove over it. What a bummer.

[jonp]

Oh, my God. Are those tyre marks across the box?

If you have no luck with replacements, just let me know, Brian.

[HONKYTONKSMASH]

Good gravy, dude. That is awful. Wish you luck securing replacements.


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[DoctorZaius]

Gee - it look as if yours and mine were mating. No luck from Waterstones' regarding replacements. There are non - it's sold out. I did send them my pictures and they are giving me a full refund. So now I have two severely damaged slipcases, one severely damaged book, one book with a severely bumped corner, and two pristine prints (815 and 769 in case anyone wants for matching purposes) that are not even signed my the real Beryl Evans. Anyone looking for move a pristine one of their own?

[Br!an]

Oh, my God. Are those tyre marks across the box?

If you have no luck with replacements, just let me know, Brian.

I think it is a tire mark.

I might be contacting you if Glen is correct in that they have no replacements.