Why are Uberti pistol boxes so flimsy?

[BillinOregon]

Here Aldo's outfit makes these wonderful reproduction revolvers -- which have gotten even better over time -- and yet Uberti continues to ship their revolvers in the flimsiest cardboard boxes I have had the misfortune to encounter. Just look at them wrong and the folds tear. It's as if the cardboard was brittle. Reminds me a bit of the cardboard that came from China 20 years ago, although that stuff also smelled vaguely of dog pee -- a charge I do not make against Uberti. I wonder what it would take to get them to improve the quality of their packaging cardboard, which I don't believe has changed in 30 or more years. Not a big thing, but why not use packaging that reflects the high quality of the contents? And yes, I would pay a dollar more.

 

[earlwb]

The boxes were never meant to be gun cases. Just something to hold the gun long enough to sell is all that mattered.

 

[Juice Jaws]

Here Aldo's outfit makes these wonderful reproduction revolvers -- which have gotten even better over time -- and yet Uberti continues to ship their revolvers in the flimsiest cardboard boxes I have had the misfortune to encounter. Just look at them wrong and the folds tear. It's as if the cardboard was brittle. Reminds me a bit of the cardboard that came from China 20 years ago, although that stuff also smelled vaguely of dog pee -- a charge I do not make against Uberti. I wonder what it would take to get them to improve the quality of their packaging cardboard, which I don't believe has changed in 30 or more years. Not a big thing, but why not use packaging that reflects the high quality of the contents? And yes, I would pay a dollar more.

It just shows how easy life is in this country when we can complain about the quality of cardboard that our guns are ship to our door step.

 

[sportster73hp]

I do agree with the smelly chinese cardboard. And it isn’t much better now, maybe the glue used.

 

[Old-Duckman]

It just shows how easy life is in this country when we can complain about the quality of cardboard that our guns are ship to our door step.

Easy life for now, but hold on it won’t last much longer.

 

[GYJ]

As long as it makes it home, all the way to the garbage can.

 

[Notchy Bob]

I hear you, Bill. They could do a lot better.

Notchy Bob

 

[Juice Jaws]

Easy life for now, but hold on it won’t last much longer.

You could be right

 

[ZUG]

Here Aldo's outfit makes these wonderful reproduction revolvers -- which have gotten even better over time -- and yet Uberti continues to ship their revolvers in the flimsiest cardboard boxes I have had the misfortune to encounter. Just look at them wrong and the folds tear. It's as if the cardboard was brittle. Reminds me a bit of the cardboard that came from China 20 years ago, although that stuff also smelled vaguely of dog pee -- a charge I do not make against Uberti. I wonder what it would take to get them to improve the quality of their packaging cardboard, which I don't believe has changed in 30 or more years. Not a big thing, but why not use packaging that reflects the high quality of the contents? And yes, I would pay a dollar more.

I totally agree - they are pee poor at best. I save all my gun boxes and paperwork. I purchased a Uberti Walker Colt and an engraved 1858 Remington, and both of the boxes were all banged up. I had to reinforce both boxes with packing tape so that they did not fall apart. Looking at the boxes when they arived I thought that the revolvers were going to be damaged - luckily, they were not.

 

[Pete G]

It’s to make it easier to sneak a new gun into the house.

 

[Gee Dog]

A cardboard box.
An urgent 21st-century issue. The fate of Western civilization hangs in the balance. Muh box.

 

[dracer]

first world problem

 

[BillinOregon]

No one suggested this was important in the sustenance of human life. But when you receive a new product from Midway or some other vendor and it arrives in a carton that is falling apart before you even open it, one would think the manufacturer would make a simple alteration. No other manufacturer or firearms of airguns that I know of is so unconcerned with the quality of the packaging. It is also worth noting that, should you wish to trade or sell your Uberti or any other firearm, a common question from potential buyers is, do you still have the box.

 

[Packrat]

Cimmaron does a fair job
But I am amazed at the packaging some companies go to, A snack pack of flavored biscuits and a college degree is required to open. Don't get me started on medical items

 

[OldNo7]

It’s to make it easier to sneak a new gun into the house.

BEST reply so far!

And I agree with Bill -- they're cheesey boxes at best...

Old No7

 

[GYJ]

No one suggested this was important in the sustenance of human life. But when you receive a new product from Midway or some other vendor and it arrives in a carton that is falling apart before you even open it, one would think the manufacturer would make a simple alteration. No other manufacturer or firearms of airguns that I know of is so unconcerned with the quality of the packaging. It is also worth noting that, should you wish to trade or sell your Uberti or any other firearm, a common question from potential buyers is, do you still have the box.

They may ask for the box but I've never had them pay more for one.

 

[Jedidiah]

I think that those who obsess over the box the firearm comes in need to possibly rethink why? it is a box. The idea that the box somehow makes the firearm more valuable has always eluded me. I would not pay squat for a box. Just one mans opinion. That being said, my new Pietta from midway arrived yesterday and tha packing was excellent and the box was quite nice. There was a "packing" box, packing paper, then the Pietta Manuf. Box jacket,, then the internal box that was compartmentalized Styrofoam. All in all, a nice set up.

 

[CaptainVane]

Cimmaron does a fair job
But I am amazed at the packaging some companies go to, A snack pack of flavored biscuits and a college degree is required to open. Don't get me started on medical items

I saved the Cimmaron box mine came in just in case some buyer someday wants it. But it came pretty beat up as the OP states.

 

[Jedidiah]

It just shows how easy life is in this country when we can complain about the quality of cardboard that our guns are ship to our door step.

OMG, that is so true! It is a friggin box! Who cares! i know I don't. I certainly would not pay more for a firearm I was purchasing because it had a cardboard box!

 

[Old-Duckman]

OMG, that is so true! It is a friggin box! Who cares! i know I don't. I certainly would not pay more for a firearm I was purchasing because it had a cardboard box!

It might not make a difference to you but to many people it does. Like it or not, it’s a fact.