Packing
I mentioned this before, but I buy Dell computers for work, and they ship them in really nice styrofoam halves, which fits real well on a receiver. You can bubble wrap the receiver, put it into the sytrofoam halves, and it protects the face and the knobs, and then put it into a large garbage bag. Use the Dell box also, and cushion the bottom with peanuts and or newspapers. Put the receiver into the box, and here is the next nice trick, because Dell has a piece of cardboard that can fit over that, and then you can fill the top of that with newspapers, ano or peanuts. Very secure packing, and I haven't lost one yet.
I bought a Teac X-1000 off the bay, and the seller put it into a box with packing peanuts. It came destroyed. The seller then said to me, you should have bought the insurance. I told him, the insurance doesn't save my butt, it saves yours, you buy it if you think it needs it. I always pay with paypal with my credit card. I got my money back. UPS took the junk away, but not before I pointed out to them the poor packing.:nono: