Another example of how NOT to pack a sewing machine for shipping.
03-24-2014, 06:40 PM
#1
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Springfield Oregon
Posts: 1,481
Another example of how NOT to pack a sewing machine for shipping.
Let's see, what I was bidding on...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]468860[/ATTACH]
How it arrived...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]468861[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]468862[/ATTACH]the plus side is, if I keep it, more polishing towels
.[ATTACH=CONFIG]468863[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]468864[/ATTACH] How bout that nice walnut base? grrrr...[ATTACH=CONFIG]468865[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]468860[/ATTACH]
How it arrived...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]468861[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]468862[/ATTACH]the plus side is, if I keep it, more polishing towels
.[ATTACH=CONFIG]468863[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]468864[/ATTACH] How bout that nice walnut base? grrrr...[ATTACH=CONFIG]468865[/ATTACH]
03-24-2014, 06:49 PM
#2
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Springfield Oregon
Posts: 1,481
On top of that, I have another one that I "won", but my communications with the seller haven't been very comforting. I described how I'd like it to be packaged. This hasn't usually had any effect in the past, but oh well, gotta try. He says he'll do what I described "accept (sic) " that he would be using popcorn instead of bubble wrap. But it would be okay because it's the biodegradable green stuff that doesn't crumble. I tried to explain that dense heavy metallic objects are going to settle to the bottom of the box, and the SM will poke thru, and the small parts will fall out. It could be expected if the shipper had only a couple sales under their belt, but you'd think sellers with more than a thousand sales would do better. Oh well, enough of my ranting... buyer beware, as usual.
03-24-2014, 08:40 PM
#6
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Springfield Oregon
Posts: 1,481
I will run thru the appropriate steps and give them a chance to make it up. I just wish there was a meddling add-on that would pop up when someone posts a sewing machine for auction, with "tips on packing a sewing machine".
03-24-2014, 09:58 PM
#7
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Outer Space
Posts: 9,319
I wonder what percentage of machines sold via ebay actually arrived undamaged?... It's so discouraging. On the plus side, it makes all of our machines worth more because they're slowly becoming rare or extinct thanks to dumb-dumb shippers:<
03-25-2014, 04:31 AM
#9
Super Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 1,382
Originally Posted by oldsewnsew
On top of that, I have another one that I "won", but my communications with the seller haven't been very comforting. I described how I'd like it to be packaged. This hasn't usually had any effect in the past, but oh well, gotta try. He says he'll do what I described "accept (sic) " that he would be using popcorn instead of bubble wrap. But it would be okay because it's the biodegradable green stuff that doesn't crumble. I tried to explain that dense heavy metallic objects are going to settle to the bottom of the box, and the SM will poke thru, and the small parts will fall out. It could be expected if the shipper had only a couple sales under their belt, but you'd think sellers with more than a thousand sales would do better. Oh well, enough of my ranting... buyer beware, as usual.
03-25-2014, 04:41 AM
#10
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,334
It makes me so sad to see that. .... and keeps me from trying to sell a machine on eBay. I think I could pack one that wouldn't see any damage but they are so heavy..... so many problems...... I hope everything works out fine.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Chasing Hawk
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
9
09-22-2010 10:45 AM
BellaBoo
Main
7
05-30-2009 08:17 PM
