his packaging was pretty snazzy, the laptop had a screen protector and was in plastic wrap, which was inside bubble wrap, which was inside a carrying case which I guess he threw in, which was inside a box full of packing foam, which was inside another, much bigger box full of packing foam. he appears to have also thrown in an external 160gb HDD and an external mouse, which I don't remember being advertised but I can't complain!
the laptop itself seems nice so far, definitely swanky relative to the money I paid, tho when I asked him to reset to factory state I forgot that would include all the obligatory OEM crapware, which I had to spend an hour uninstalling.
but all in all my buying stuff from Eel O' Brian experience has been great so far!