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Reply to "Damaged Lionel 60' Boxcars"

@jjames9641 posted:

I am not bashing Lionel at all, but this is ridiculous with all of the damage and wasting my time returning them. 

Of course you are -- but only halfway.

This situation is a no-win for everyone.  Lionel can't make packaging strong enough to protect against every possibility, unless of course its customers don't mind paying for it.  Styrofoam is not an automatic slam-dunk here.

Here's a clip from a long-time posting that offered a brass Gauge 1 Big Boy:

This Big Boy ended up selling for $7,500.  A nice wood crate is the least you would expect.

Wood would work in general for us, but how much would it cost for small items?

On the other side the shippers do have a great deal of responsibility here for taking care.  It's not just our stuff that gets beat up.

There isn't a good or easy way to fix this problem, no matter how loudly or continuously we complain.  Placing "blame" doesn't help either.

Mike 

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