David, I bought a Warwick streamer bass guitar over christmas, the Dullard shipped the guitar in the case only No BOX At all! he did not even lock the case or even tape it shut???, It had the postage and delivery conformation stickers plastered all over the case!! believe it or not the guitar was still in the case and fortunetly not damaged!!! He recieved neutral feedback from me!! this was a $1200.00 guitar!

Thanks for that David.... you're right, it isn't..............

This thread is my only b.i.t.c.h. lately about Ebay. Most of the stuff I get and send are packaged good. I did buy a older Pearl tom to match my gigging kit, the seller also had a SKB case for it. I won the auction and the Seller wrapped the case with newspaper, with the drum inside and no packing......

Did he also charge a "handling fee"?

I had 2 boxes delivered this week, and one of them was as Kev described. Chrome parts stuffed in a box with one piece of wrapping paper thrown in the box, not really even wrapped around the 3 parts...I only paid $22.00 for the parts, delivered and they are worth much more to me, as MIJ cymbal "L" arms are really hard to come by, especially in good condition, without a bass drum attached. But still, I don't see how it can be any more difficult or really time consuming to wrap each part so they don't beat each other up.

So should I follow this example, or lead by example?

When I do sell on Ebay, which it's been a few months since I last did, I do at least 10 items when I do and start them at .99 each. No Reserve. I pack the items carefully and I do charge a Handling fee, which is a couple of bucks. Packing material isn't cheap and I use it.