>By the way, your pic #6 of 7, showing a piercing of the cardboard, is normal for the stapler that puts those big staples in - the prongs that bend the staple make those extra holes. FedEx definitely bent your BB shell but you can't pin those holes on them!
Mark, I think he was referring to the large rectangular crush mark with the pierced lower end (just to the left of the holes you described). The mark was obviously left as the result of a significant impact... look just to the lef t of the rectangle and you'll see a crease (looks like a "Y" laying on its side) indicating that this impact caused quite a bit of inward travel.
Bob Hovey
Columubs, GA