That's about the most Frakked up thing I've ever heard of. I'd be totally .......
I
do keep a couple of original shipping boxes (and Styrofoam inserts) around, but they're only for my most 'valuable' stuff. Monitor, Server, and one good case box - just in case I
have to move. The other boxen can be duct taped together & wrapped in newspaper for all I care. They just serve ancillary functions around the house.
They crushed it during shipping. Not bad but enough that the side panels fit crooked and one of the hard drive cages was bent inward a bit. The packing they did with it was terrible to. PC on the bottom of the box with packing peanuts on top, nothing underneath the PC. .......