I just got my order. It was wrapped in many many many layers of clear blue plastic. It looked like someone had just kinda threw it together. One of those 'midnight mailbox' ebay type packages.

I don't think I've had 2 packages put together the same way from SB.

But this package would have come from the UK guys, not the SB US e-store / little shop of inconsistencies...

My two last MkIIas, as well as the first one, came shrinkwrapped together in clear blue plastic (all from the UK store). Since the box the empeg comes in is quite adequate to protect it in shipping (unless someone makes a concious effort to play basketball with it...) I far prefer this method compared to the US e-store way of sticking it in a larger box with inadequate packing material (IIRC someone reported all of 4 styrofoam peanuts) causing the empeg box to slide and bump back and forth inside the larger box.

/Michael