Packaging and electro-static discharge (was: Packing suggestions...)

Why is electro-static discharge being ignored in these postings? At the very least, please make sure that foam chips, bubble-wrap and plastic bags (unless they're anti-static), etc. don't touch circuit boards or any connectors. I've received more than one piece of equipment that's been packed only in ordinary bubble-wrap, or bubble-wrap and foam chips, and, while most of it appeared to be undamaged, that's not to say that some damage wasn't done to the circuitry which will result in eventual fauilure. Surely anyone who collects computers should understand the effects of static electricity on many types of integrated circuits. Basic electronics knowledge, at a minimum, is vital to computer collecting if this hobby isn't to become known as "computer destruction."