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I did that once and got another ticket for "abandonment" and almost got towed.

Is that location's threshold for abandonment "long enough for two ticket-givers to see the same car"? That doesn't seem like nearly enough time.

Maybe the date on the ticket he used was ancient.

Just use the envelope...

I was thinking of how cyclists will often cover new bicycles in crappy worn stickers to make them look not-new, and also Van Moof's idea to ship bicycles in boxes that look like they're televisions so they get handled better.

https://www.vanmoof.com/blog/en/tv-bike-box

In my personal experience, writing "fragile" on a box is the best way to get it yeeted across the shipping warehouse or stuck on the bottom of an 800-pound stack of packages.

Joking aside, the USPS and package couriers are not required to (and in most cases cannot) treat any kind of package more carefully than the others based on "fragile" notices and product descriptions on the box itself. Notices are required for certain kinds of potentially dangerous items, but other than that, the safety of your items is entirely up to how well they are packaged.

... or driving an embarrassing piece of junk car to avoid getting broken into.