Mine arrived in a nice box (does that mean I paid a buck too much?)
But it is not the lovely black kind-of-shiny you see in the pictures.
It is Very Shiny Silver That Is a Little Bit Darker Than Stainless.

I don't know what changed between when they took the pictures and sent
mine to me, I just wish it hadn't. I should post a picture, but I already
sanded mine and painted it black to save my eyes more trauma.