Originally Posted by irishrose
I bought my Admiral from Goodwill late Tuesday evening and it arrived by UPS late Thursday morning - about 36 hours. I thought the box was a little flimsy for a 30 pound machine, but it was padded well.
You got a good one!! I guess it depends on which Goodwill you buy from. The first machine I got was packed so poorly part of the wooden base box broke. It was a 99 in a domed wooden case, barely wrapped in bubble wrap and blue painters tape, and in a much too big box with some crumpled up newspaper thrown in. It was rattling around in there like you wouldn't believe!! Really poor packing!! I think I'm lucky it arrived in as good condition as I got it. Now I can't wait to get home to see how this one made it...it's been somewhere for 9 days, so I am kind of anxious about it! :shock: