hopjohn
Silver Face
Arrival
A good many of us AKers have been there. You hop on the auction site and spot something that's just too enticing to pass up. An impulsive click of the buy it now button and now it's yours. You send a message to the seller to please pack well and anxiously cross your fingers. A week or so later it shows up at the door and to your horror it arrives in a box barely larger than the item itself. Packed with the same level of care as a child and their book bag, it's then handed off to carriers who toss it around it like the American Tourister Gorilla does a piece of luggage. The end result is something like this....
A good many of us AKers have been there. You hop on the auction site and spot something that's just too enticing to pass up. An impulsive click of the buy it now button and now it's yours. You send a message to the seller to please pack well and anxiously cross your fingers. A week or so later it shows up at the door and to your horror it arrives in a box barely larger than the item itself. Packed with the same level of care as a child and their book bag, it's then handed off to carriers who toss it around it like the American Tourister Gorilla does a piece of luggage. The end result is something like this....
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