Shipping Parts

Mattax said
Had a carb shipped to me pretty similar. At least he threw a couple of plastic bubbles to provide at least an illusion of packing.
Damage to the carb wasn't too bad but it still was damage, and the fuel feed - which was pretty valuable, was gone.
That was a big turn off from FABO and in particular FABO classifieds. Took a long time to overcome that.
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For some reason the concept of packing so hobjects can't move around in the box seems to elude a few - that includes some on ebay and at least one of RockAuto's warehouses.

I got the same deal. carb in a flat rate box with MAYBE 4 sheets of newspaper crumpled up. Linkage was bent and coming off the shaft. People seem to think the services hand carry the package from point a to point B. LOL

Newspaper is fine if the item is somewhat light. If it has any mass, say goodnight to the paper being a good filler. The flat rate boxes are free and they make great filler when rolled up. Solid and secure.

If you shake the box and the stuff inside moves, you aren't done packing it!