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The world has sadly lost a Heddon (tempered steel shaft) violin bow the other day due to shipping damage. Purchased for a few dollars, I did not give the seller shipping instructions. I knew something was likely wrong when it came between two sheets of cardboard.
The gold standard for a bow shipping container is a 32 inch long piece of 1-1/2 inch diameter pvc tube with protective ends of inserted styrofoam closed with packing tape. I have also had success with the three corner cardboard boxes provided at the post office.
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I had to return an Austrian violin a few weeks ago that was in a box just barely big enough for the violin and with no packing. It was busted up and he said there were no returns and that it was sold as is...
i had no problem with “as is”, just not “as was”
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Lady could not have been nicer. She gave me a full refund and told me to keep the bow for parts. All she wanted to know was how to better pack a bow for the future.
I should have had a clue when I looked at her other auctions and they were hand knit sweaters and artist supplies.
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@Irv, Oh no, that poor, rare Heddon! Hope you can make some good use of the parts, as Steve said.
@steveduf, maybe eBay knows that you've become a master of piecing together severely busted up violins and was sending you a candid camera like challenge. OK, no, not, sorry about the Austrian violin too. Glad eBay saw it your way with the refund.
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Shame.
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but the one who needs the least."
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I received two bows in the mail last night and look what size the box was...
not sure what it cost to send , lol
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After my recent issue, I gave (what I thought) were clear instructions on shipping a bow in a pvc pipe. One seller did just that. The other sandwiched the bow between a triangle of three lengths of pipe, and secured the whole assembly in shipping tape. He was also successful. But I shook my head at the waste.
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steveduf said
It was busted up and he said there were no returns and that it was sold as is...i had no problem with “as is”, just not “as was”
Ebay agreed
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Sorry your violin arrived broken, but thanks for that laugh!
Irv said
The other sandwiched the bow between a triangle of three lengths of pipe, and secured the whole assembly in shipping tape. He was also successful. But I shook my head at the waste.
@Irv
A few more bow purchases like that, and you'll be able to run new plumbing!
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LOL
That looks like an Amazon shipment. We get returns in huge boxes sometimes for very small products.
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