I posted this on another site as well but thought I'd share as the info I gathered from the Bum was instrumental in my decision making process.

Ok...had nothing going on today so I thought I would share this. I just started getting back into cigars after about 10 years after I uncovered my old humidor. Unfortunately, there were some real nice sticks in there left unattended that had to be discarded. I cleaned it out, seasoned it and set it up with a sampler pack from a local JR store and a couple Boveda packs. A long story short, it leaked badly and could not hold an acceptable RH. Thus began my search for a dependable humidor. I visited many a forum including this one to get the opinions of those more knowledgeable than me. I knew I wanted to stay away from a cheap made in China humidor as they are a crap shoot as to how they seal and other issues I read about. I wanted a humidor made in the U.S.A. and thus decided to buy a humidor by Daniel Marshall. From visiting the various forums I learned of their "Private Stock" (scratch and dent) humidors that were sold at a significant discount.
The purchasing process could not have been any easier. A simple email sent and a reply with the available models currently on hand was received. I spoke with Doug at DM and he was extremely helpful and patient in dealing with all of my questions. In the end I decided to go with the 30125 model in Burl wood with a top tray. A week later it arrived and was extremely well packed, double boxed. Upon removal from the exterior box was another smaller box containing the humidor.

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The humidor was neatly wrapped to prevent any scratching...

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Removal of the wrapping revealed a thing of beauty (at least in my eyes, note top shows reflections and I didn't really catch the beauty of the Burl wood, I'm not a great photographer)..

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The interior was stuffed with additional paper to protect during shipping.

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Removal of the packaging revealed the top tray with 2 movable dividers, instructions, key for the lock, a bottle of humidifier solution, a spare bottle and a surprise 5 pack of DM cigars....

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*see next post for continuation as only 5 images allowed.......