update:
finally got the package yesterday. was at work when my girl texted me saying i got a box delivered and it looked like shi_t. figured she was just joking with me to have me worry bout it while at work. well, get home and the box was like she said, beat to shi_t. top of the box was dented in along with the sides. tears in the corners, small hole on one side and a hole on the bottom. after opening it up i saw no packaging around the sub whatsoever, but the bottom of the box had some wood around it with the sub screwed into it (really makeshift crate). had to clean up the sub a little due to wood glue dripping on it as their was glue all over the inside corners, thinking maybe he tried glueing the sub a little higher in the box? besides the sub being screwed into the wood, their was absolutely no packaging at all, nothing around motor, nothing. the bottom of the magnet appeared to be resting on the bottom of the box, so i'm not sure if it got hit by any post office workers dropping it or anything.
upon inspection, the cone looked o.k. (like i said, had to wipe off some wood glue), little dusty and a few small scratches but nothing i saw that looked like it would affect performance. when pushing on the cone it seems really stiff, however their was no noise i could make out as of yet when pushed on. magnet surprisingly didn't look to bad (no dents or nothing) but their where alot of scratches around the middle. no breaks in the basket as i saw as of yet. the only thing i did notice was when i lifted the sub and then turned it over i could hear a small sound, like something moving around inside it or something. nothing falls out though, but you can definately hear something moving (like a small piece of metal or something). not sure what it is, and i'm not the one to be taking apart a sub to see what it is (never did that before and really don't think i'd be able to). haven't dmm'd it or played it as i don't have a box nor dmm anymore (for now). but a box is being ordered at the moment so until then the sub sits in my closet, not being touched or anything.
i know this was lengthy, but just wanted to put this out publicly for if for some reason the sub doesn't work when i finally get my box ordered. at work now so i can't post pics (there was some taken though), or to inspect it better, but i will tomorrow morning if i don't get called in for ot. the only thing worrying me at the moment is the slight rattling of something inside it, never had a sub make any noise like this before (either ones' i bought new from store/dealer or used from a forum). and i will put this out there also, the packaging of the sub was horrible imo. nice touch trying to make the crate, however the rest of the sub had nothing at all protecting it from any possible shipping accidents.
hoping for it soon though.