Apparently, the dumbass I recently bought some fancy collector plates from off ebay, believes that simply sticking the post office supplied "FRAGILE" stickers, will prevent them from arriving smashed to bits after traveling across the country.
These were plates, with little sculptures attatched to them (which had OBVIOUSLY delicate appendages), but she stuffed all 3 together in a box where the things barely fit inside (they were probably broken just getting the box shut) and threw some soft foam peanuts, on top. ONE part had a small piece of completely popped bubble wrap around it, for good measure, I guess (I had to laugh when I saw that). 
I got them in the house, and while the box was not crushed in any way, it was soaked from sitting on my doorstep in the snow most of the day (Why Mr. Post man couldn't stick it inside my never locked porch door that I found it at, I'm not sure). Everyone knows the post office doesn't really give a fig about what they are delivering. Sometimes I honestly think "fragile", is code for "fuck with".
I was all excited to get my fancy new knick-knacks out (I never thought I'd say that!). I opened the box and they were in about 50 pieces. No survivors!
I sent the seller a picture, and requested a refund and even to ship them back to her. She said no way, and that "there was no way they moved around", and since she had the stickers on there, it wasn't her fault.
I was pretty pissed, because any moron SHOULD know, that these things should have been in a bigger box, with a lot more protection around them.
Luckily, she was such a clueless bitch, that she also didn't know the correct name of the artist (even though it's printed on the back of the plates), and spelled it wrong all over the listing (probably part of the reason, I could actually afford them), so I posted a "not as described" dispute, and quickly got a refund. Thanks PayPal. No thanks USPS.
I left her a negative feedback, so I'm sure I'll get one in return, but on the bright side, if I ever have a couple hours to kill, and a bunch of superglue, I could still have something here.....
I just won a super expensive set of collector plates, and you better believe I'm going to insure the hell out of them, and ask the seller NOT to be a dumbass when I send my payment....then NO MORE crap off ebay for me, for awhile!