Every Zenith radio I've gotten on ebay to date was shipped to me via UPS, and arrived here without a scratch.
The radios were also packed well, no complaints about that.
UPS has never thrown anything at my door. I live in a small town; maybe UPS is more careful about package handling in these places well outside metropolitan areas?
BTW (for Nolan Woodbury): I saw a Zenith MJ-1035 AM/FM/stereo FM radio on ebay the other day (two days ago, IIRC) and thought of you when I saw it. I don't know if it's still there, but if you're interested, have a look at it. If it has already been sold, I'd just keep looking. I know you're looking for a set like this to replace the one that was wrecked on its way to you last year. The MJ-1035 isn't especially rare, but they don't turn up every day on ebay either. I see more K-731s on the bay, however, than '1035s or even C845s. Those '731s (not to mention Zenith's other 1950s wood-cased AM/FM radios) must have been very popular in their day if they show up so often. I wouldn't dream of selling or otherwise disposing of any of my Zeniths, especially the K731 atop my refrigerator. These radios are pieces of history today, the likes of which we will never see again--unfortunately. The worst mistakes the Zenith Radio Corporation made, IMHO, were to quit making radios and to leave Chicago for Korea.