Off the Fisher topic, but a few years ago I bought a Harman-Kardon CD player. This was in excellent condition, double boxed, reinforced cardboard corners, several inches of crumpled paper, etc. Once opened, the unit was broken. Closer inspection revealed that FedEx somehow poked a sharp object straight into the corner of the box and into the lower corner of the face of the unit. The seller was willing to take it back and deal with FedEx but after more evaluation, I decided to keep the unit as it was otherwise in mint condition. The front panel is solid black, so the bad corner was carefully filed down. The only visible external evidence now is that the corner is rounded but it would have to be pointed out to be noticed. The internal plastic flanges that were broken are not critical.