I got my artist quality pencil crayons from Amazon yesterday. They went with Canada Post. It only took a day to ship, once they finally sent them. But it was well before the 12th which was their estimate.
I was worried about having pencil crayons sent through the mail, especially a set that cost $100 but is worth $250+, but they were in a tin and they put a decent amount of packing paper in with them. I opened them up and everything was okay outside of a white one that was wedged in-between its tray and the side of the tin. But that doesn't seem indicative of a shipping issue given how many trays there are on top and how no other pencil crayon was affected so I assume it was manufacturing. It looks like it may have been chipped slightly, but no big deal.
The jerseys came within a day, too. They were just in bagged packaging, which was a bit worrying. I dropped one of the bags at the mailbox and it got a bit dirty, so I figured I'd give that one to my friend because he's not nuts like me. But I think that's the jersey I ended up keeping.
I opened one and tried it on, but noticed it had a thread hanging at the back (potential flaw), so I decided to keep the other one which seems fine. I got worried, though, because somehow my fingernail caught on a tiny thread when I checked the one I kept, but I was careful and didn't pull it to avoid making a flaw (which would drive me insane.)
Anyways, I've since checked that area with my finger and with the light of my phone's flash and can't see any hint of it or a flaw. So I assume it's okay.
