[Subnuts]

I got my copy of the British Battleships of World War One in the mail today, and all I can say is, what's happened to Amazon the last year?

The book came in a box that was a good five inches too big for the book, which was padded only by some cheap brown paper. The top and bottom of the cover along the sides both had inch-long rips. I opened the book up to find an inch-wide circle of brownish-green crud which left a stain across 10 pages of the book and partially destroyed a drawing of Renown.

This didn't start happening until I forked over the $80 for my Prime account. Books used to take a week or more to arrive, but they didn't show up covered in bangs and bruises and with chunks of dirt inside. I bought a copy of The Battleship Builders the other week from a used book seller on Amazon, and it arrived in perfect condition, and even included a receipt. I might spend a ton of money on books about ships, but I don't want them arriving looking like they've been at sea a year. What's the deal, Amazon?