Lousy scope packaging

[Rayman1968]

Picked up a Weaver V24 on sale at Midway. It arrived today via UPS.

Midway shipped it in a plastic bag, and the Weaver box itself is very flimsy. The scope is just loose inside. I don't see any damage really on the scope, but I still don't think Midway should be shipping rifle scopes in plastic bags.

Sent the pics to Midway, received the typical canned response with return instructions.

/rant off

[ElvenSoul]

Holy Bleep! Hope it works!

[Niviticus]

Wow...that is terrible packaging.

[Merc1138]

I wouldn't even waste my time mounting that.

[.40CALIbear]

Tell me about it. They shipped me a stripped 308 upper in one of those bags. Just the bare unprotected upper thrown in the bag.

[vintagearms]

Weaver packages them that way inside the box. I have one and it came that way as well, although Midway can be faulted for the outside packaging. Mine came in a box with filler.
I'd mount it. Should be fine.

Forgot: the zoom ring is going to be extremely tight. Work it loose and it will get better over time.

[R19]

Makes sense to ship optics and other items that have glass in them that way.

I order some undisclosed items for my business that are not fragile at all and the suppliers pack them like Ft. Knox.

[postal]

Those scopes are known to be so durable, they dont need any packaging.

Last one I bought just had stamps on the side of the scope.

[me109g4]

With what most companies charge for shipping nowadays they could at least make an attempt at a decent packaging job,,

[sdkevin]

First - what did you expect for chiney?
Second - if you expect that is the roughest service that scope will see, by all means tuck it under your pillow.
Third - you get what you pay for.

[pistolero805]

First people complained of their high shipping prices. Now they lowered shipping and people complain about the packaging.