Originally Posted by
gengar
Not a bad idea, but I'd advise OP to repackage the shipping box so that cushioning material fully surrounds the manufacturer's box. Amazon typically double-boxes by putting the manufacturer's box in one corner of the shipping box and then just putting air cushions to fill the space. I would certainly not consider checking in the manufacturer's box.
+1
I would repack as well.
I hate the way Amazon packs the stuff it sends me, it always gets damaged during the shipping process since it's all in one corner of the outer box.