With the amount of lids they will have to replace wouldn't it have been cheaper to get them sealed and safely packed inside the cases =|?
Yes yes it really would. I think all it would have taken was some sideshow WETA-style bubble wrap or tissue paper between the top and the bottom, and then ensuring the lid and box were clamped together... instead it all rattled around scratching and bashing the top cards.
How bad is the damage on the BTs and coin cards?
Well the edges are bashed even on the relatively good condition box (box is fine apart from one broken internal peg and major scratching to the lid.
Basically I wouldn't buy them, so I can't sell them as spares
