Poor packaging resulting in damaged CE items

[AlexFlynn]

Originally Posted by xhunter

GAME sent me the Halo: MCC special edition in a bubble mailer. It was squished.

Same here. The envelope was squished, the box was torn, the steel is bent and has a huge dent.

They wrote me to send it back to a freepost adress. Does it mean I have to pay for the shipping or not? Because here in Germany we have the possibility to mark it as "Recipient pays".

How is the shipping within the UK? Because I would really like to have that Halo SE again. And also would like to preorder another game where you get a free Shirt but only within the UK. My plan is to send it to someone here on the forum who can forward it to me in a good packing.

[Tacoshark]

Oh I got a story for this thread. Sorry if this goes on for a while but this was a particularly bad screwing.

I found a listing for a Mass Effect Saren lithograph, from first glance it seemed to be the full-size, super rare one (maybe you can see where this is going). The package I got arrived looking like this:






...yea, and that was the half of it. Inside there was absolutely zero protection for the print. No acid-free paper wrapping, no bubble wrap or crumbled paper to cushion, and no "fragile" or "handle with care" stickers on the tube, hence the top third being crushed. Since the cap was squeezed into the tube it was moving around in there and it is a minor miracle the print was not scratched or creased by it or from rubbing against the tube, which was much more likely since it was a thin, 2.5" tube over twice as long as was necessary (wide tubes much better for prints). Now, if that was not enough, it turns out it was the mini-litho which is hardly rare and I payed way too much (more than I would like to admit) for, though it somehow was not damaged (still amazed by that).

Upon contacting the seller they immediately became very defensive, both about the shipping and item. My concerns with the shipping were scoffed at, saying the print was not damaged so I have nothing to legitimately complain about. Despite the ambiguous description, which I compared with several other listings, and use a stock photo implying it to be the full-size litho, she threatened and insulted me claiming I was a scammer with buyer's remorse. I made the point if that was the case I would had just crumpled the print and claimed damage during transport to guarantee a return of money. I filed a claim with Ebay but after a back and forth it became clear Ebay would side with them this time.