worst packaging ever???

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glory78

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So, recently I got a pony package in the mail that was a trash bag taped around a bubble wrapped pony. The pony arrived in beautiful condition but it certainly took me aback. I'd never even thought of just wrapping a trash bag around the packing.

Then there was a time several years ago when I bought a bowtie mirror and it was shipped to me in a paper envelope wrapped with one layer of tissue paper. Can we say mirror shards anyone??? The worst of it was that I was charged a ton for "handling" in the shipping charges.

Of course everyone's had the newspaper/magazine wrapped directly around the pony and causing discoloration.

But how bout it, what's the worst packaging you've ever seen?
glory78
 
The worst packaging for me was when someone used a lipton cup of soup container to send me a flutter pony. I was over charged on shipping and the poor pony smelled.
 
Oh no Ishizu, I can't even imagine a soup-smelling pony!
glory78
 
I've had a few ponies with no packaging at all - not even a scrap of tissue paper - luckily MLP's are fairly squishy and resilient! I once got a fashion star filly that was sent in a plain paper enveloped with NO padding what-so-ever... and somehow she arrived with all her legs still attached!
 
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a flutterpony with original wings shipped in a bubble envelope, and they hadn't take off the wings :-(, luckily a touch of superglue fixed the broken wing.
 
I once bought a G2 Pony from an ebay seller in Italy. When I saw the parcel as it arrived, it already shocked me, because it was much to small for the ponys card ... Yeah, when I opened it, the seller had ripped of the pieces of the card, which were not direct on the plastic. I was so ****** off! I payed so much money for a "mint on card G2 pony in perfect conditon" and what I got was only good for the garbage can ... :mad:
 
I have received envelope packages that were opened. I was amazed to find my contents inside. Like some of you I also have gotten ponies that had no kind of wrapping at all, only slipped into the envelope.
 
i've received ponies wrapped together with nothing but Saran plastic wrap, so of course it was clear. no bubblewrap underneath. the ponies were just fine though, but you gotta wonder why the post office even accepts them for delivery that way.
 
Okay Herzlos definitely wins this round! MOC ripped to fit into a box - you should have got a refund!

I recently got 3 ponies all squished together wrapped in a black garbage bag with tape around the outside. When I got them I just felt disappointed as they looked like rubbish. But I couldn't complain as I'd won the auction for next to nothing and shipping was charged exact. You get what you pay for.
 
collector1 said:
Okay Herzlos definitely wins this round! MOC ripped to fit into a box - you should have got a refund!
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I hope you did...I would, right after I cried for about an hour, that is. I think I would just be freaking right out.

You get what you pay for.
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so true.
 
I have been thankful that anything I've received has been packaged well *knocks on wood.* I know that I when ever I ship something, I try to package it as I would like to see it packaged. However, USPS sometimes still gums it up. I just received a letter from them the other day saying they found an empty mailer with my return address and it was undeliverable over a month after I mailed it. I paid almost $7 shipping for the item inside and they couldn't locate it. I just got a small portion of the mailing label back:goingcrazy5B15D:. Thankfully, the buyer was understanding and I just refunded the entire payment, item price and shipping.
 
Paid $70 for a nice Magenta Satin N Lace. It arrived in a priority box with no padding, just bouncing around in there alone.

Paid $100 for the Toy Fair Press Release kit. That arrived in a priority box that was too small so it bulged in the middle. Again, no other packaging materials.

Had a $60 large wooden jewelry box shipped double-boxed. Both boxes were way to big, several inches open on every side, with nothing but a thin foam sheet draped over it. That arrived damaged.

My favorite was a UK green waterfall set, sent wrapped in a few sheets of bubble wrap and two black trashbags. The bottle of soap broke in transit (gee, I wonder why?) and soaked everything else in a sticky mess.
 
I've had a few.

One of the more memorable ones was an Applause plush that was sent in a bubble envelope. This would not have been too much a problem, but the envelope was too small, and it popped open in the mail. The pony's butt and midsection was hanging out the back, and it was literally one good shake away from falling out. I got it in the house and it fell right out. It was really lucky that it fell out after it got into my apartment and not before or else I probably would have ended up with an empty envelope. It was pretty funny to see the rear end sticking out the back though.


I had one seller charge me almost $20 for shipping and handling for a "near mint" condition SS Angel with card. What I got was a reused priority mail box that had been cut down and reshaped so that she could send it first class. No padding of course. I had been wondering what was taking so long since I paid more than enough for it to go priority. When the pony came, she reeked of smoke, had a massive amount of flocking loss that was hard to see in the blurry picture, and she had stains all over. It was the only pony I've ever sent back to the seller for a refund, and she refused to refund my shipping and handling charges. Fortunately I usually do the math myself when it comes to Paypal and send the total including shipping as one payment(instead of filling out the shipping cost as seperate), and this was before Paypal was completely linked into ebay and automatically did it for you. So when she issued me a refund, it ended up being for everything. I still had to pay the $2 to ship the pony back(what it actually cost to send it first class - she charged me $18). I just shoved it back in the box it came from.


Really early on in my collecting I ordered something from a toy website I found while surfing. It was a pretty large purchase, and from what I remember shipping wasn't too bad. When I got the box, I took it down the hall into my dorm room, and it proceeded to fall apart. It literally just disintegrated right in front of my eyes. The stuff was fine, but I've never seen anything like that. It was made of several pieces of cardboard taped together with I think regular gift wrapping tape, and it just fell completely apart in my hands leaving a pile of stuff in the middle of the room.

I've gotten things in frozen spinach boxes, cereal boxes, and all sorts of strange boxes. Those three just stood out to me.
 
I have recieced MOC toys in plain envelopes before, but those usually come from Europe and the seller did it to cut shipping costs. The worst one I got was a Doctor Who toy, not a MLP.

Can you say 'crushed packaging'?
 
I've only had two problems but luckily they worked out:

One was a Nursery with a couple ponies that were packed with newspapers (fortunately I was able to remove the ink and told the seller; she didn't realize that can happen).

The second was a seller that charged me $6 for shipping so I figured it was going to be sent priority ( it was only $3.40 at the time) I was upset when Tickle arrived in an unpadded envelope. I got the last laugh though, Tickle turned out to be an Italian.
 
five ponies wrapped in newspaper, no other padding-nada, crammed inside a medium sized cereal box! Believe it or not this was from a well-known member who sells often. Worst, it took a toll on poor Twilight, who couldn't stand properly because her back legs were pressed together far too long.:|
 
I once got a flutter pony sent only in a folded sheet of printing paper. The person folded the paper around the pony, taped it shut, and addressed the blank side of the 'package'.

So super amazed the PO accepted it that way and that it actually arrived at all...
 
I won a MOC whizzer from someone on ebay. Her mother ROLLED THE CARD in bubble wrap, and then shoved it into a box that was too small. The bubble and the pony fell off the card when i opened it up. I was not a happy camper.
 
Whoa, I would have had a fit. What did you do about that one? I once heard that someone bought a MOC off ebay, and the person took the pony off the card and the shipped her the pony and the card and put a note in that said something like, "Hope this pony enjoys her new home, I wanted to make sure you got to her as quickly as possible so I opened her for you ;)" I would break down.
 
Why do peopel not realize that you are paying for the card and that's why the suction goes higher than a loose pony? You'd figure in this day and age, people would do a modicome of research. :mad:I can't stand blatant ignorance like that.
 
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