Is there any sort of FAQ available on appropriate 
methods of shipping cels to ensure their safe 
arrival?  Is there any sort of "hobby standard" 
for shipping methods?  I know that there have 
been horror story threads posted here in the past 
about poorly packaged cels, and perhaps some of 
the problem could be solved if there was a 
comprehensive page about what packaging is 
considered acceptable by collectors, links to 
order free supplies from the US postal service 
(any free supply delivery like this for other 
countries?), and whatnot.  Perhaps with some sort 
of graphic that auction sellers could include in 
their auctions to reassure their bidders that 
they package and ship their cels according to the 
FAQ.

It seems to me that if you're shipping by 
priority mail in the US, and the cardboard boxes 
are available *free* and can even be delivered 
*free* to *your home* there isn't too much excuse 
for bad packaging.  Is it just not well known you 
can get the supplies for free?  

This came to mind because I bought a cel off eBay 
a while back which wasn't packaged well, although 
it survived.  It was in one of the thin cardboard 
priority envelopes inside two of the Tyvek ones, 
and had "do not bend" in ONE place in tiny 
letters.  I found the envelope rolled up in my 
small mailbox. >_<

Then just today my friend received a $100 cel 
from another eBay seller, and it was in a Tyvek 
priority envelope, with one piece of cardboard 
which was smaller than the cel.  (This is, of 
course, in addition to the cel being sent out a 
few weeks late and not insured, though she paid 
for insurance...)

I'm too busy at the moment to make a shipping FAQ 
myself (and I'm sure that there are plenty of 
people out there far more knowledgeable than me 
on the subject), but if no one else wants to, 
I'll try to put something together once I have 
some more time. 

Pasiphae