While it's possible that someone at the depot tampered with his package; it's also possible that someone along the USPS path did. About a month ago, I ordered two khukris from a non-Bussekin company. When the box arrived, it it was in this condition and only contained one of the khuks:





The company didn't insure it for the actual value, but they replaced it anyway. I just ordered a couple swords from them, and received notification that they've lost confidence in USPS and were shipping them with UPS.