I have purchased 5 vintage machines from ebay and 3 from etsy....all of them were packaged well and were not damaged in any way in transit. But, each time I made a purchase I would ask the seller how they intended to package it for shipping and if I didn't like their response I gave a few gentle suggestions and each one pretty much did as I asked. Maybe I'm just lucky so far but my experiences have all been good on ebay as well as etsy.