teknomedic
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This may seem like I'm calling out the seller... but honestly my goal is a learning opportunity of "how to NOT ship" marquees. I might have expected this from eBay, but I'm a bit perplexed by a fellow members shipping method.
I don't want this to turn into a "mob hate" thread... but would like some honest discussion on how to correctly ship Marquees. I did ask the seller to reply here so if he chooses to ID himself that's his choice... and if anyone else knows who this was please don't ID him in this thread (again, his choice to say sorry or oops).
So I bought some Mortal Kombat Marquees and they arrived about 10min ago.... perhaps it's because I'm super tired and just finished my 6 of 7 day 12hr shifts stretch... but I'm a bit upset by how they were shipped.
I've not dealt with shipping a lot of Marquees, but I seem to recall most people shipping them flat between cardboard and with a few "do not bends". The few times I've shipped out Marquees I've put them in larger boxes, placed flat and even with packing peanuts top and bottoms to give a smooth ride. Again... I'm asking how I should feel, but because perhaps this is the standard way of shipping these and I've just not run across it myself before now.
Here are some pics:

As you can see they were shipped folded in half into a standard USPS box! There was no padded or extra protection, just folded up and the box sealed. The box was marked fragile and was a bit damaged itself... but I can't help feel that the Marquees would have weathered the travel far better had they been flat.
They all have various creases and breaks where they were folded (hard to see in pics I know) I did try to illustrate with the MK4, but the MK3, UMK3 and MK all have similar damage... and as for the MKII... well... it's destroyed.

I don't want this to turn into a "mob hate" thread... but would like some honest discussion on how to correctly ship Marquees. I did ask the seller to reply here so if he chooses to ID himself that's his choice... and if anyone else knows who this was please don't ID him in this thread (again, his choice to say sorry or oops).
So I bought some Mortal Kombat Marquees and they arrived about 10min ago.... perhaps it's because I'm super tired and just finished my 6 of 7 day 12hr shifts stretch... but I'm a bit upset by how they were shipped.
I've not dealt with shipping a lot of Marquees, but I seem to recall most people shipping them flat between cardboard and with a few "do not bends". The few times I've shipped out Marquees I've put them in larger boxes, placed flat and even with packing peanuts top and bottoms to give a smooth ride. Again... I'm asking how I should feel, but because perhaps this is the standard way of shipping these and I've just not run across it myself before now.
Here are some pics:

As you can see they were shipped folded in half into a standard USPS box! There was no padded or extra protection, just folded up and the box sealed. The box was marked fragile and was a bit damaged itself... but I can't help feel that the Marquees would have weathered the travel far better had they been flat.
They all have various creases and breaks where they were folded (hard to see in pics I know) I did try to illustrate with the MK4, but the MK3, UMK3 and MK all have similar damage... and as for the MKII... well... it's destroyed.
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