Bojangles,
I'm sorry that your seller didn't pack your machine as requested. I've quit buying machines from Ebay for that reason. I've had 2 come through with damage due to poor packing. They just don't understand how the package will be treated before it arrives. When I pack a machine for a customer that's in a case like that, I use flattened soda bottles in the bottom of the case; it sounds weird but it works great. Solid styrofoam sheets are much better than packing peanuts, they don't shift.
I recently sent a Pfaff 260 to Connecticut and it got there in one piece, the only complaint was that it took forever to get the machine unpacked. :lol: