Some sellers are great and understand the concept of customer satisfaction. Others seem peeved that they must go to any effort at all to convey the product to the buyer, as if it's the buyers fault and consequent responsibility for purchasing. Some sellers engender your goodwill by keeping you posted promptly about expected costs and ship dates. Others have a 99 cent mentality and will do whatever they can to wheedle the last buck out of anybody. Out in the real world, boxes are a fact of life and a part of making sales. So yeah, the seller should provide the packing or at least warn the buyer up front that he/she is a chiseling, nickel-dime cheapskate.
