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FujiRacer
I would personally send a frame how I would like to receive one, fully bubble wrapped up, newspaper and sprinkle some oregano or some other herb in there for good luck.
When I have bought frames, I always ask sellers to package/protect the frame in whatever protection they can find, or send in a very rigid bike box and have the frame padded enough so it doesn't move around freely with newspaper. If you use enough newspaper it doesn't increase the weight by much and offers a pretty safe means of transport.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7725/28212176295_d5170d4759_o.jpg
In the full hi res image there are scratches there, but not as many as I see in the recipients photos, so if the fork wasn't attached to frame and zip tied to the downtube during transport then I don't really understand how those extra marks were made. Either way I wouldn't be that annoyed. Its a used frame and would use it as a beater so its bound to get scratches along the way. Shit happens so its best to just get over it and if they bother you that much get some nail polish from your local 99p store/chemist and go over the scratches.
At the end of the day who buys a crooklyn and really cares about scratches? I thought the point of buying a beater was to throw it about town?