Insane pony packers!

[Stormness_1]

I just received my G4 carousel, which I bought from a lovely lady for ebay for a measly $5.50, including Sweetie Swirl and a bangs Twilight. It's minus a couple of things, but I'm sure I can pick them up pretty easily.

I had no idea at first what on earth the package was... because it looked like a massive pillow! I hadn't ordered any massive pillows, or doonas!

It was huge! upon opening it, I found and ENTIRE ROLL of bubble wrap - I'm seriously not kidding - even the end bit with the sticker was on it still, and it filled a quarter of my wheelie bin after I'd rolled it back up...

obviously it was completely undamaged, and I was very grateful, but wow! What packing - I've never seen anything like it! I've had some bubble wrapped ponies, but even the two g4's were wrapped up so much they looked the size of well-packed g1's! I just wish I'd taken photos... I mean it was unbelievable! Obviously I left glowing feedback. Has anyone else found any sellers to get carried away with their packing?

[MikeysGrrrl]

We just got ponies today that were literally the size of 2 g1's unboxed and they were in a box large enough for 20 boxed ponies, plus a ton of bubble wrap, tissue paper and newspaper. Not to mention the ponies themselves were each wrapped in tissue and bubble wrap. Alot of protection went into these babies

[disturbed-rainbow]

Lol not a pony, but I bought my husband an Ichigo statue.  Of course it was in the molded foam, but it was wrapped three times in bubble wrap and bout an inch of tape.. I was so nervous cutting it open I darn near had a panic attack.

[Stormness_1]

Yeah I'm a box cutter girl, so I hate cutting through tape when I can't tell how close I am to the object inside it... I usually retract the blade right back and nick at it, takes a long time, but I get there!

[disturbed-rainbow]

yeah terrifying.  I too am a box cutter person

[achab1984]

I have not had anything like that with my ponies. But I did have a Breyer horse wrapped up in a whole roll of toilet paper. That was a lot of paper but happy that horse did not have any broken ears or tail

[rybett]

Ponies and the fun of bubble wrap?  Sounds like a win!  Personally, this klutz uses a house key to slice through tape.  I keep all of my fingers that way. 

[Stormness_1]

Ponies and the fun of bubble wrap?  Sounds like a win!  Personally, this klutz uses a house key to slice through tape.  I keep all of my fingers that way. 

LOL I used my keys to open some plastic packaging the other day because I didn't have anything else on me - it took half an hour, I broke a nail, and scratched myself several times... I think I'll stick to the box cutter!

[rybett]

Hey, as long as we get into the ponies, it's all good, right?  I have the advantage of no nails to get in my way.  Of course, that can also be a disadvantage as well...    

[star_fairy]

i have opened boxes with pens learned it at work!

i have had ponys nicely packed in boxes with loads of polystyrene foam beads and wrapped up as well and some of the boxes are very decent and i've re-used them for storage

[Heartcease]

Personally, this klutz uses a house key to slice through tape.  I keep all of my fingers that way. 

Yep, keys are great!  It's always amazing the care some people take to make sure that your ponies get to you safely hehe.  I always wonder if they've had to deal with receiving damaged things and swore that they wouldn't let that happen to anyone else.

[CupidStrikes]

Non-pony related, but I once received a small trading figure in a box that could have fit at least another 5 of the same figure, if not more! I was quite upset with the seller as I'd had to pay $17 for it (they went ahead and shipped it before checking I was okay with the price so I felt obligated to cough up OTL) when not a week before I'd paid $5 to ship a figure from the same set from the same country to mine.

I also recently received a package with over 5 inches of packing paper on either side of the item box. Sometimes you just have to laugh xD

[MimiTheMuse]

Sounds like my grandmother! Her packing philosophy: If some tape is good, more tape is better!

[hathorcat]

Now that is what I would call 5 stars on shipping and handling

I love when people wrap things up so completely...makes opening the pony parcel even more exciting!