I feel I should sue NGC...
Barry
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Just received a box from them, and they tape it up tighter than King Tut's taped up. Cut my finger in the process of opening it.
Sounds like a job for Anaconda...
Sounds like a job for Anaconda...
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I thought I was alone in that
One night I come home from a business trip and see a PCGS box on the counter. Decide to take a look at the coins before going to bed. Get the scissors out to beginning performing box surgery as it takes a hacksaw to open those darn boxes.
Cut, cut GASH
2 inch long cut on my hand that's so deep I can see flesh. My wife wrapped it up and off to the emergency room I went where I was 'till 3:30 AM.
I now wear gloves when I open the boxes and use a Henckle's heavy duty serrated knife, and literally saw the top of the box off.
The irony was that the grades sucked, anyway, and it wasn't even worth it
Sure they do -- duh! -- they just steal the box
Why would a thief open a box an put it back, or just take one coin
There few "partially selective" thieves -- what are they going to do, stand there and go through your coins cherry picking the good ones and put the rest back? Oh wait, dealers do that don't they
OK -- disclaimer on the dealer bit....it's just a joke
they would make great rubber salesman
nothing would get out and many less (sad to say) unwanted buns baking in the ovens
Now you guys have me worried. Do I need to go ahead and line up some help for the job ahead?
I've waited so long to get the coins back that I hate to spend a lot of extra time just getting into the darn box.
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etexmike
How many times have you read I received my package BUT the coins were missing due to a slit in the package.
This prevents those types of thefts.
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Just call your local junior Senator. Are you from taxachussets?
I must be thick today......I don't get it.....
I haven't seen those posts that reference registered and insured mail coming with slits
I've been the victim of a "slit" one time when against my better judgment and upon the coercion of the buyer, I sent him a coin first class mail, insured, just because he wanted to save $1.90 in shipping. Ironically, it is the only time I've ever not sent registered/priority/insured and it happened.
Other than that, if you send something registered/insured and it comes with a slit, the only way that's possible is if a postal worker stole it -- no other way. Registered mail comes across the counter to a postal worker. That worker immediately puts it in to a safe. Each time the shipment leaves and arrives at a "hop" along the way to your house it is checked in and then out by a postal worker, and if it needs to sleep overnight somewhere it goes in to a safe. Finally, when it comes to you, you must sign for it.
Anyway, the reason why I say the above is because the TPG ships the stuff to you registered mail, and when shipping that way you do need to seal all the corners, etc. However, they can have a FedEx like box made for them (for peanuts) that just simply has a tear-away to make opening it less onerous.
By the way, I’m all about torte reform – sorry not a Dem here
To be clear, I’m in now way advocating anything written in this thread other than they should get prices on some better boxes/packaging that's less dangerous to open…It is totally my fault for cutting myself – not theirs. How sick am I to come home from traveling on business 3 days and at 11:30 at night (incredibly tired) decide that I simply must open the darn coins before going to bed…dunce move on my part…never again
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