Now tell me again Zumtizzle what price has to do with the usefulness of the part received, if it's beat to hell? Do you know of some old school shipping company who still carries each box on a pillow separately? The spoof on shipping that Jim Carey did in one of the Ace Venture movies is almost accurate, as to how your package will be handled. Go spend 20 minutes inside a UPS facility and watch the conveyor system run. Then you will understand why you do need packing material.
A few other points to make about it:
1. If your customer is not happy, they may file a complaint with their credit card company or paypal.
2. If your part is broken in shipment, and you are required to refund, you may be able to recoup your money through a claim with the shipping company. UPS uses a standard excuse of "insufficient Packaging" on almost all first time complaints, hoping that the filer will drop it, and not even dispute their claim. You must refile the claim to ever get any attention. But, no packing in that size of a box with that small of a part will be denied to the end. The claim is the responsibility of the SHIPPER in all cases, so you'd be the one screwed.
3. Your reputation may get dragged thru the mud on here and never be taken seriously for anything else on here again.
4. Your sales of future parts would be paralyzed.
