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Pack carefully! If you’re an online seller here is a gentle reminder to pack your outgoing items carefully.

The inbound package I received today from USPS. It’s a very good thing the seller left a little room in his package and used lots of bubble wrap. An inch away from disaster!

Packages can get damaged at any time of year but with the “crunch” of holiday mail and packages, it’s especially important to pack your online sale items exceptionally well. It looks like this box had a very rough time of it as it traveled to my front door. It’s a good thing there weren’t any loose items inside.

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I just received this camera from an online purchase –

“New, never used. Got as a gift”. Well OK then. Whatever you say.

New Olympus camera. That’s what the seller said.

A science experiment?

Never used but the Olympus factory always ships their cameras with an exposed roll of Fujifilm.

Per eBay’s definition of “new”… New: A brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging (where packaging is applicable). Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in non-retail packagings, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag.

Let’s see what happens with my claim. eBay has been very good with refunds when items have been grossly misrepresented. No complaints here.

Update 1: I sent the request for a full refund at 3:58 PM and had a full refund by 4:25 PM. Thanks to the seller for accepting responsibility for his error and quickly refunding my original purchase price including shipping.

Remember to always remove batteries when your camera is not in use… especially after a decade or more!

Chris

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A reminder, it’s the season of mangled boxes!

Described as “New, never used. Got as a gift”. Update 1…

I just received this camera from an online purchase –

Update 1: I sent the request for a full refund at 3:58 PM and had a full refund by 4:25 PM. Thanks to the seller for accepting responsibility for his error and quickly refunding my original purchase price including shipping.