I got my maran eggs in today feom e-bay. they were very well packaged, in lots of newspaper and plastic bags, and in cartons with plastic bags also. none of them were damaged. my mail lady made sure that they were handled very carefully untill she got them here to me. I am verry impressed with the ebay seller and my local po...what i need to know now is how long i need to wait untill i put them in the bator. I can hardly wait to get them in there....i'm a chickaholic....