@*tippy*toes* wrote:
4channel might know, because I know he's received damaged goods before. I'm not sure if the seller fixed it or GSP though.
I'll take the bait (if it is bait). Yes, it was "the very rare dvd box set" and it was the seller who at her own cost replaced it with the second of two copies she had.I've only bought off auctions with GSP as the carrier about 4 times. One never arrived as well.
Now, believe it or not, just yesterday I had an item arrive from the US, and it was a record LP. The listing had the shipping as GSP. I snapped it up because of the price and there was only one or two other copies on eBay and this was the cheapest one. Well, it has what appears to be a split / crack on the first track, going the width of that track. Or is it a defect? It looks like a split (stress fracture) as the mark is uniform on both sides but hasn't broken the edge. The box is one of those standard record LP mailers. There was just bubble wrap on either side and no other protection (Possibly). Because I had 3 orders arrive at the same time and unpacked them all at the same time, I'm only about 80% sure it didn't have a sheet of thin cardboard. I think that one sheet is from the local seller but like I said, I'm not 100% sure. The box does have a crease and something could have been dropped on it to cause the issue. Who knows???
There's no way to tell if the item has been re-packed or if that's how the seller sent it. I do know that with a couple of video tapes I got more than 2 years ago, the repacking was bad. There was no protection on one end of the package. Anyway tapes were fine. But it does show that their re- packing and handling care needs refinement.
BTW: The cover of the LP has torn right though on the back and it could be because the record was sliding around. This is why sellers usually take them out of the cardboard outer sleeve. But many US LPs as you know *tippy*toes* are just held together by the artwork that is glued over 2 sheets of cardboard.
