Yep.
I haven't sold a longarm at GB in a long time, but those few times over the years when I did sell a rifle thru GB and I prepared it for the local transfer agent, I'd made sure I packed it snug inside a plastic guncase. (and an outer cardboard box to conceal what was being shipped.)
I would make it a point to keep my eyes open at the gunshows for individuals or dealers that were dumping used plastic guncases for cheap...like at $10 or $15 each. The one time that I didn't have an old plastic case on hand, I went out quick to the local store and bought the cheapest plastic guncase I could find. Spending $25 on a cheap case so that my $600-$1,000 rifle is going to arrive in the excellent condition I sent it, (even if the carrier throws it around in his truck) is worth my peace of mind. I simply add the cost of the guncase to the price of the gun and have yet to ever had trouble finding a buyer because of it. I have received a rifle or 2 from my FFL dealer that arrived with the plastic case cracked on it's end as if it was thrown or rammed into the floor, but the gun was OK.
Unless the gun is being shipped in it's original thick foam box and inside another box, it would make me wonder what other things are going to be wrong with this seller and/or the gun if he doesn't care enough to take the minimal precaution of sending it in a cheap plastic case.
