Stolen in the mail (If you send coins in the mail read)

K6AZ

Today I received a bubble mailer where the side with the flap was slit open and the coin
was pulled out of it. Not a big loss, it was a NGC MS64 1881-S Morgan. But I wanted the
coin because of some very nice peripheral toning on both sides.

If any of you send coins in bubble mailers, be sure to tape the edge of the mailer where the
flap is. Apparently, this is a common occurance. Don't they pay postal workers enough? I
am sure in the end I will be reimbursed, but I don't like being ripped off and I get real angry
when I get ripped off. (Ask my local postmaster who listened to me rant and rave for half an
hour on the phone this afternoon).

nwcs

I always tape there. I have this thing about making sure things are not opened or messed with, so I'm careful with every envelope and mailing. Even if it is just a letter to my brother, I'll put some tape on the envelope to make it harder to open it surreptitiously.

DesertLizard

Don't they pay postal workers enough

They do, but today the post office contracts out much of mail transport. That's where alot of theft occurs because THEY don't pay them well. Always use registered~

relayer

the flap was slit open

Tape, like locks, only keep honest people out.

I tape down a self-sealing flap, but it's only to help prevent accidental opening not to prevent theft. You can slit tape open just as easy as the envelope.

Twowood

When dealing with the Post Office, ALWAYS insure and then hope for the best.
"Are they paid enough " you ask? What the heck does that have to do with it? A thief is a thief regardless how much he/she is paid...remember Enron! Twowood

braddick

It might have been the seller too and not the post office. What was the postage, and were the stamps placed on by the seller or was it the weighed and postage applied?

K6AZ

It was definitely not the seller. These guys sell primarily high dollar coins, and this was a $56 coin. The postage was applied by a PO meter strip, so it was weighed and paid for at the PO. The postage was $3.26. If you deduct the $2.20 for insurance, that leaves $1.06, which would be the exact postage for a Morgan in a NGC slab in an 8x12 bubble mailer.

GP

I always tape the heck out of stuff i ship! Mostly because i dont trust the self stick stuff, as I have seen them pop before I could even get the tape out.

I recently had a comic disapear from a mailer. But the thief didnt care about tape, they cut the top of the envelope, removed the book then retaped the envelope with priority mail tape. It never actually got to me, since someone at the PO realized there shouldnt be PM tape on a media rate mailer. I never got my book, but I did get my money + since the value of the book was more than i paid

sinin1

Same thing happened to me once - $50 dollar but raw -> someone slit the envelope after it left post office of seller and before I received it. The post office pust around for about 3 months before I got money back, had to file claim and get info from seller/ seller post office / me /mypost office.

This envelope had tape on ends over seal - just cut enough for coin to slip out, still had paperwork in it - just a letter and no coin.