A Shipping Bipping...

A couple of weeks ago, I purchased a 1987/88 OPC Hockey NRMT set off of ebay for $20. (yeah, it's a long story, for another time...) It came from a seller in the U.S. who ran a brick and mortar shop. Part of the story is that he prided himself on proper packaging for shipping, and did not have kind words to say about how his competitors packaged items.

When it arrived in the mail, I opened the 400 ct box to discover that the seller had put additional cards in the box to protect the OPC set. On either end AND on the top and bottom to stop the cards from moving around inside.

Therein lies the Shipping Bipping.

We start off slow. Four 91/92 UD Ken Daneyko
Then he gets mean.... Nine 91/92 UD Chris Joseph...

And here is where it gets odd.... not one...

not two...

not even three...

but SEVENTEEN 91/92 UD Wayne Gretzky's.

This does not even consider the 14 cards of these three players that were RIPPED IN HALF to further stuff the box full.

I thought I was safe by ordering a complete set, and I still got Bipped.

And what does this say about Gretzky's career and our hobby in general when one of the most collected players in sports is used as packing material?