When my books arrived there was a hole in the side of the packaging. I am not sure what Amazon/Fed Ex managed to drive into my book box, but there sure was a hole. With a little trepidation, I began to unpack and grew to become deeply appreciative of the forethought that the MC team put into something as lowly as packaging. The puncture went through the outer box, through the inner box, and hit the final layer of protection. All this but the case and books were left untouched!