To be totally Fair It's not done on purpose
Many people Think that one doesn't care about the box, even if It's something old some people think that the box is not to important, furthermore the people who produced the console also used the boxes to ship and to protect the console inside nothing more. And to be fair most people who would buy this one would not complain since it is a working ps vita don't give a **** about the box. And seriously there are big brand name stores who sell these things brand new with a very tight line wrapper around wich crushes the box (has already crushed the box) and still people are buying them for full price. And this is an example of something that is not even shipped but in stores.
With older stuff It's less likely to happen unless you have a buyer who isn;t a collector or does not now the additional value of the boxes than there is a chance, Always really important to mention that the box is really important to you if you buy older stuff at a bargain price, Also be really specific, since if you don't even when done in a sturdy box people still tend to put tape on the boxes to prevent a cardridge or console from falling out of the original box
As far as this goes pretty new and many people do not really care about the box and trash it. It's not to strange that it is packed like that, I wouldn't do it but even stores do it sometimes for other electronic appliences even smaller ones. Consoles are no exception
I don't know how experienced this specific seller was, but most normal people have to make an effort to find a nice cardboard box, Not everyone has stacks of boxes for shipping and otherwise you have to spend a couple dollars for an empty box at an post office wich is quite allot for something that can be easily aquired for free.
Getting a box is not as easy as it seems for regular people, some people really have to go out of there way and buy a box somewehere and shipping can take some days because of that. Allot of People do not even have tape and have to buy that just to ship the item, Because of that there are quite some people who do not want to ship the items since it takes way to much effort, Pretty annoying if you want to offer some decent money on stuff wich has a limited market and doesn't sell.
