Yes, thats what I don't get. There are hundreds of posts with photos of stock BD bikes in boxes, all packaged the same way. Thats not exciting. I just got a bike in the mail yesterday (not from BD). It was boxed the same way. I did not feel compelled to photograph and post for the whole world to see the the unassembled bike, factory packed in the box with all the zip-ties, foam sleeves, and cardboard. Why do people who purchase BD bikes do this? Its as if they are trying to prove that it was undamaged during shipment.