PSA holder...CRUSHED!

MickeyC · March 28, 2003 7:10PM

Hey gang,

Just wanted to vent here....won a PSA 10 1984 Topps Lou Pinella recently on ebay. Got the card, and the holder was crushed.

I sent it off to PSA to get it reholdered, and it is now a PSA 5 (yup, that's me in the pop report with the only 5).

This explains why there are 1's to 6's on modern cards in the pop reports.

If anyone has an extra Pinella collecting dust, I'm interested!

Mark

Basilone · March 28, 2003 11:19PM

A lesson to everyone...package the card the "right" way. I have always like the double bubble mailer method. I just reuse old bubble envelopes from purchases and put it in a slightly larger bubble mailer.

John

qualitycards · March 28, 2003 11:20PM

MC - I feel your pain, I've had about 10 cards arrive in the mail (all in padded envelopes) that had cracked slabs. To avoid the hassle of a return (and to not pi*s off a customer) I always package the PSA slab in a sleeve, then bubblewrap
and/or a padded envelope in a larger padded envelope. It doesn't really take that much more time, and I've never had a card returned w/ a crack in it or a complaint about one. And thats well over 1000 PSA's that have been shipped. If the card arrives damaged both the buyer and seller are disappointed...jay

qualitycards · March 29, 2003 12:53AM

Check Out How This PSA Card Was Shipped!!!!
As a perfect Irony to my above comments about protective shipping, I just returned from my Post Office a few minutes ago and the Roger Clemens rookie was shipped unscathed and in great shape, no cracks, nicks or scratches. I haven't bought a Clemens rookie in years so apparently some knucklehead shipped this to me as a goof. It was quite funny based on the timing of my post an hour ago. I also can't believe that it was delivered and didn't end up in someone's pocket...jay

aconte · March 29, 2003 1:35AM

Jay,

That was cool!

aconte

qualitycards · March 29, 2003 1:46AM

ACONTE - It caught me my surprise to open up my P.O. Box and see a PSA slabbed card laying loose on the pile of mail. I initially thought it fell out of an enevelope, but to see it stamped and addressed told me this was the intended way it was shipped. My problem now is that no one told me they were sending it so I have to think of all the knuckleheads I know (a long list) to figure out who sent it...jay

SayitaintsoJoe63 · March 29, 2003 1:47AM

Wow....In light of this topic.....that's almost spooky Jay

aconte · March 29, 2003 1:54AM

Jay,

Too funny. Lol!!

Well... let me help you. It wasn't me and it sounds like it wasn't "sayitaintsojoe63."

That's 2 down.

aconte

Virtualizard · March 29, 2003 2:12AM

Jay,

I wish I could take credit for that one, but it wasn't me. That was pretty funny. I don't think I ever would have thought to do that. Boy, you could save a lot on shipping that way though. I wonder if the Post Office would still insure a card shipped this way?

Add delivery confirmation and you'd have a lot of labels to peel off the slab.

JEB.

qualitycards · March 29, 2003 2:22AM

Hmmnnn! It seems that the ones who deny it are usually the prime suspects.
So to get to the bottom of things, everyone send me a PSA slabbed card (PSA-8 or better - vintage preferred, players accepted Mantle, Mays, Clemente etc...) And I will go through the tedious task of process of elimination
checking and comparing postmarks & labels

...jay

Virtualizard · March 29, 2003 2:35AM

<< <i>So to get to the bottom of things, everyone send me a PSA slabbed card (PSA-8 or better - vintage preferred, players accepted Mantle, Mays, Clemente etc...) And I will go through the tedious task of process of elimination
checking and comparing postmarks & labels

...jay >>

That would be a lot of work for you Jay. To take some of the work off of your hands, I'd be willing to let you have half of those slabbed cards shipped directly to me (again Mantle, Mays, Clemente, etc. are good). Together, I'm sure we could get to the bottom of this.

JEB.

1420sports · March 29, 2003 4:30AM

It wasn't me Jay and good meeting you the other day. I have now met five noted board members and hopefully will meet many more.

gemint · March 29, 2003 5:42AM

I use the '000' padded envelopes for graded cards and I cut up the small boxes PSA returns the slabbed cards in to provide extra protection. I had a few instances of holders cracking prior to that. After adding a slice of cardboard on each side of the card in the bubble mailer, I have had no problems.

acowa · March 29, 2003 9:28AM

Anybody remember this thread?

Should you focus on shipping charges or quality shipping

Regards,

Alan

BigKidAtHeart · March 30, 2003 3:27AM

hey MickeyC,
did you have the shipment insured?
if so, did you get your money back?
if not, why did you not get it insured?

~jeff

MickeyC · March 30, 2003 3:36AM

<< <i>hey MickeyC,
did you have the shipment insured?
if so, did you get your money back?
if not, why did you not get it insured?

~jeff >>

did you have the shipment insured? No

if not, why did you not get it insured? I am an idiot.

I've had several transactions with and without insurance, and this is the first where the item was damaged. It was just a matter of time before this type of situation arose.

Mark

BigKidAtHeart · March 30, 2003 8:09AM

<< <i> I am an idiot... I've had several transactions with and without insurance, and this is the first where the item was damaged. It was just a matter of time before this type of situation arose. >>

Mark,
You are not an idiot. I did not mean to
even imply that you were.

In fact, if you never buy insurance and have never
had a damaged package, then the money you
SAVED by not buying insurance likely MORE than
makes up the cost lost on the card that was
damaged.

Maybe that will help.

~jeff

PSA holder...CRUSHED!

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