Originally Posted by
Chombi
Look at it this way. Each person has their own idea on what is appropriate and what does not make the cut... you know, just like that teen son or daughter who really thinks that cleaning up their room means just picking up their underwear and socks from the floor and leaving the rest of their junk all over the place. It sometimes comes down to difference in perception and not neccessarily that the other party really meant some sort of malice.
But you don't really think the teenager actually believes that the room is then clean when there's still crap all over the place, do you? They just don't want to clean their room, so they just quick pick up the clothes and say "Fine, I cleaned it." And I don't think anyone thinks this seller meant any malice in the poor packing either. They just didn't give a **** and did a half-assed job. I'm quite confident the seller also knows that bike wasn't packed well, and again, just doesn't really give a **** enough to do it well. It's easier to just do a half assed job and hope it gets there alright. Chances are if it gets a little scratched up by floating parts the buyer isn't going to really do anything anyway, so it works out alright to pack things half-assed as long as nothing major happens often.