Look what came in the mail this morning

maddox

And they didn't mention this on the ebay posting


I've never posted a pic from my desktop, hopefully this worked....I'm sure you will let me know if it doesn't

maddox

hopefully this one worked

maddox

Ah HA.....Computers ^%$^%#$

Russ

Damn! How was it packaged?

Russ, NCNE

fivecents

maddox,

Was it damaged in the mail or did they sell you a coin in a broken PCGS holder? It would take one heck of a blow to break that slab.

Paul

paigowjohnny

Once again...welcome to Suck City

Might be worth a call to PCGS customer service and see if you can schmooze them into reslabbing for free...

Shocker

Tell them your MS69 quarter came in a broken slab and ask if they'll just send you a new slab and you can put it in. That won't work, will it?

Dog97

Polly shipped in a safe-t-mailer in a #10 envelope. If it wasn't insured the $5 reholder fee from PCGS is on you because the seller will say you should have insured it against damage so he isn't responsible. What a disappointment to get a broken slab.

airplanenut

It might be too broken to get a reholder- might need a regrade

Clankeye

Who's your mailman? Dorkkarl?


Carl

TomB

Good one, Clankeye!

I had someone send to me a rainbow toned PF65 Merc in a regular envelope and it, too, arrived in a broken slab. I sent the coin back to them and got my money back.

Russ

Clank, that deserves a Bwuahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

Russ, NCNE

telecoin

I've had many slabs crack in transit over the years (even in padded envelopes). It usually occurs in winter (I think the plastic becomes extra brittle in the cold). The PO usually won't pay on them, as they claim the package wasn't properly packed if it broke.

abuell

There's one slab that I could live with!

Singapore

I once had a Washington Large Military Bust in PCGS 63 arrive in a smashed slab - the holder was splintered, but somehow the coin (which is an utterly fabulous and absolutely impossible to replace original coin with lots of mint red on it by the way) survived unscathed.

If that coin had been scratched or otherwise impaired, I'm not sure what I would have done, but I suspect it would have been irrational and very, very loud.

DCAMFranklin

<< <i>I've had many slabs crack in transit over the years (even in padded envelopes). It usually occurs in winter (I think the plastic becomes extra brittle in the cold). The PO usually won't pay on them, as they claim the package wasn't properly packed if it broke. >>





That wasn't my experience. I bought a nice 1958 or '59 PCGS Franklin on Ebay that I thought might make Cameo if cracked-out. It arrived in a nice bubblewrap envelope and was wrapped in bubblewrap, yet is cracked apart diagonally. It was insured for $70 to $80 (senior moment), so I had to submit a claim form. Less than 4 weeks later, I received full reimbursement from the U.S. Post Office. Best thing that could have happened for yours truly, as the reverse wouldn't have made cameo.

rkfish

If you ship coins in a safe-t-mailer in a #10 envelope this will happen more often than not.
The only time I put a coin in a envelope is if it's going registered....
that way it doesn't go in with the regular letters thru the sorters....
the curves in these machines are disaster for slabs.....

maddox

Granted this coin was inexpensive ($6.00) I think the ebay seller was a little miffed that it went so cheap, he just shoved the raw holder into a plain envelope and put some stamps on it. No padding, no bubble wrap, nothing.....Not even sure it's worth Negative feedback, I've already sent a copy of the pic to the seller, I'll leave it up to him to work it out, I'm not going to stress over this one.

I Kinda like it, it has character and it is "ONE OF A KIND"

wayneherndon

I have this happen three or four times a year. It always breaks just above the coin like this one so there is never any damage to the coin and never any question that the original coin remains intact.

WH

mdwoods

Bubble wrap and padded mailers aren't going to add that much to the shipping cost. No excuse for what the seller did. mdwoods

I have had a couple come the same way, both padded, but not well padded. Both broken in the same spot, just like Wayne mentions.

dorkkarl

i think it was struck that way!!!

K S

Petescorner

I have a question in reference to DCAMFranklin's reply.

Let's say you insure a slabbed coin for $100 through the post office and the slab gets broken during shipment. You file a claim with the post office and they reimburse you $100 for the damage. Who gets to keep the coin? Do you have to give it to the post office or do you get to keep it?

Seems to me that it's still a $100 coin; it just needs to be re-certified (assuming there's no damage to the coin itself.) What happened in your case DCAM?

maddox

I just sold a $600.00 89 CC Morgan, the buyer checked with the post office and was told that US Money was not insurable under regular mail and that if there was a problem, he would be out the cost if I sent the coin priority insured.

He was told the only way to protect coins is to send them registered/insured otherwise the post office would not cover a claim. This all just came to me in a email......I will do more research on this & get down to the truth

sinin1

Numismatic materials are insurable - cash is not. It least they have been paying my claims on lost coins.