Wow, that sucks are you kidding me? I hope the box wasn't a woody and the modules weren't R's or something, I know the items you like to buy. Dam I'd complain like hell; If you paid top dollar for nice copies there's no reason you should get stuck with dogs. I'd ask for a total refund or partial if you still want them.

Good luck.

 Are you referring to something I sent you? If so email again at [email protected]

Contact the seller.  

But for $10 shipping, you ought to get better packaging.

This was most certainly NOT a newby seller that did this......
But other than that tidbit of info, I shall remain silent as to the persons ID....

I am simply wondering 'is it possible that I DID something wrong' in expecting better care from a long established and supposedly highly regarded seller.....

I just sent the SECOND E-Mail...... the first was sent out the same day as the envelope arrived. We shall see......

Is it possible there is some sort of email confusion?  You can try to Private Message him on the forums. . . just in case.

My e-mail is horrendous to say the least.
For $10, it could have gone in a Priority box, with DC and insurance. I'd be sending it back. How much did he spend on shipping after charging you $10?

I recently paid £6.50 in P&P of some D&D items in the UK.  A week later, I got a plastic bag from the PO containing 2 of the 3 items that I paid for plus the remnants of the woefully inadequate packaging that had been used.  The packaging was two pieces of roughly cut cardboard which had been stapled together with very small staples that were suitable only for paper.  So, when the inevitable happed and it burst open in transit, I believe that I had the right to claim negligence on the part of the seller.  Plus the stamps on the package only came to £2.73.  So, all he had to do was buy a roll of parcel tape for 99p and encase the whole package in tape.

I contacted the seller complaining that I had been overcharged on P&P and that I had lost an item due to his negligence.  I got a partial refund within a day which was a suitable outcome.  I could have filed a claim with the PO as all UK mail is covered up to £28 as standard.  But given that the lost item cost 99p, it frankly wasn't worth my time.

And talking of the cost of my time, there does come a point where double, triple, quadruple, etc. wrapping has to end and any cause of damage is due to negligent PO handling.  The postal service does have a duty to safely transport your mail.  If they don't, it's their fault and not the sellers.

And this is probably where my point of view differs from a lot of other peoples.  If I get an item where the seller looks like they have taken the necessary precautions to get it to me safely and it arrives beaten up by the PO, then that's my problem to sort out.  And in most cases where this has happened, I don't bother filing a claim as it simply takes too much time.

If a package gets wet then unless I have specifically told a seller to poly bag all the items, then it is also my problem to sort out if the package gets left on my doorstep in the rain or dropped in a puddle.  If this happens, it is an issue with the mail service and not the seller.

I would say that 90% of my transactions are buys.  But speaking as a seller, we do not run a postal service or an insurance business.  When the buyer pays for this they are not purchasing it from the seller.  The seller is simply purchasing it on behalf of the buyer.

In my last two rounds of auctions, I don't remember a single buyer requesting insurance or tracking despite it's inlcusion as an option on most of my invoices.  What this tells me is that these buyers preferred the cheapest option.  So, I figure that they are extremely unlikley to want to pay for the handling I would have to charge if they wanted me to spend time double/triple/quadruple wrapping their wins.  Therefore, I try and do it securely.  But I also try to keep it light and to do it quickly.

Some people want the moon on a stick!  

And that wasn't directed at anyone in particular before I get attacked.

Here endeth my rant.

John, only an idiot would ship a boxed set like that. Common sense dictates that it will probably get crushed. However, given the complete lack of common sense present in 99% of the populace, I see how it happened.