The last one I purchased on eBay was so well wrapped, I thought I would never get to the machine. Years ago I did purchase a lovely very old White, when it arrived the wood stand it was in was in splinters and one of the cast legs on the underside was broken off -- I felt lucky the machine had so little damage. I could even use the broken wood stand as a pattern to make a replacement one. Most machines I have purchased on eBay have been wrapped very well and arrived undamaged. I have been very fortunate indeed.