US Amazon shipping some regular TFs toys overseas

[griffin]

Are you buying from the UK bookdepository or the US one?
I've been buying comic Trades from the UK one for a few years, and every time they are packed tightly in either thick cardboard A4-ish envelope (most often) or a padded bag (rarely).

I've always been impressed at how those cheap purchases end up arriving in mint condition, preventing me from ever having to shop locally.
Amazon on the other hand - should have at least wrapped up the comics in a little bit of plastic (like a sandwich), just so that they at least slide around as one big brick... preventing them from sliding into each other.

[5FDP]

Are you buying from the UK bookdepository or the US one?

Good question... I don't actually remember. I do remember asking them for one of the exchanges to place some rigid cardboard inside the envelope to reinforce the package and write 'do not bend' on the outside however they failed to do either which resulted in my exchange item being damaged in transit as well.

Now, I'm fully aware that damage by the postal service is not their fault, but if the packaging is just a paper-thin A3 size envelope, they may as well send it without any packaging. In the case of Transformers Vault I ended up buying a second copy cancelling out any savings to be had.

I seem to be in the minority with this experience though so if you do decide to buy online with Book Depository gamblor, I hope you have better luck than me