I, like most if not all the people here, got my picks encased in a plastic box within a bigger box with all of them scattered throughout the latter. However, all 12 of them were in there, thanks to the taping. While I sympathize with people who didn't get all of their picks, that has little to do with the product and more to do with careless shippers who don't know how fragile the tiny plastic box is. The picks feel really nice, got exactly what I paid for.