Receiving badly packaged items from eBay... Where do we go from here?

[UltraMarginal]

- Ask the seller to print "FRAGILE" on the parcel or padded bag

I'm not so sure that is a good idea, I've read accounts of items marked Fragile being singled out for very aggressive punishment in transit.

[Skullcruncher]

I'm not so sure that is a good idea, I've read accounts of items marked Fragile being singled out for very aggressive punishment in transit.

Envelopes or tough bags with "do not bend" always seem to get a bit of extra attention

[ChlorHex]

Your experience sounds bad, canofwhoop-dude.
Thankfully for me this seller was willing to resolve the matter swiftly and thus I was also willing to compromise.
We both didn't really win but neither did we truly lose I guess.
As for the envelope and the postie... It honestly looked as though he sat on it.
No, this one wasn't marked as fragile or do not bend.