Is this the worst shipping job ever?

brian26

I bought a Sox team set off Ebay (9 cards for this particular set). It arrived in the mail like this: All 9 cards were placed in a 9-pocket sheet, which was trifolded like a letter would be folded before being put in an envelope, and then it was placed in one of those 5" x 7" manilla envelopes with the clip that seals it, with some tape around the end seal. No top loaders at all. No "Do Not Bend" on the outside. As I took it out of the mailbox, I'm saying to myself "please dont let these be my cards". I actually bent the envelope a little to see if there was a toploader inside.

Lucikly,...amazingly, the cards are ok. No creases or bends, although one corner is dinged.

Amazingly also, this seller has 100% feedback with 3400 positive responses and one neg.

I sent her an email warning her for the future....
Am I crazy, or was this just ludicrous on her part?

WinPitcher

I bought a set once, a 1956 non sprts set that came that way. 88 cards in sheets in a thin manilla folder. luckily for me all came w/o damage. why people would scrimp a few bucks and ship cards that way is beyond me.

Glad you got the cards intact.


Steve

jimq112

I bought some 1960s packers prints that were 11 1/2" wide and the shipper shipped them with 10" wide cardboard and saran wrap. The first 9 1/2" or so wasn't ruined.

2dueces

That's amazing. How lucky can you get. I received a PSA graded card in a bubble envelope, with a piece of cardboard taped on each side. The slab was cracked. You guy's get cards sent in tissue paper and no damage. I e-mailed the seller and told him and he offered a full refund. I declined it and kept the card. It wasn't his fault, and I didn't ask for the refund. I just wanted to tell him how rough the USPS was on his package. They musta backed over it with a truck.LOL

jimq112

In my office there are 6 routes and 500 PO boxes. Very small office. When the clerks sort parcels they start with the larger parcels, and they will set the heavy ones in a large orange bin corresponding to the routes. When they're done with the heavy ones, they toss (I do mean "toss") the lighter ones into the same bins. When they're done with those they take the smallest parcels (called "spurs) and sort them into white containers, one for each route. They then either set the container in the orange bins or dump them into the orange bins.

When I as a carrier pick up my parcels, on a normal rural route (box at the street) I might have 50-100 parcels depending on the area and day of the week. I put mine in order carefully because I'm a consumer also, but a lot of carriers don't.

Some carriers are also careless about delivery confirmation. What that means to you is that your parcel that you paid for d/c to protect yourself with paypal might never get scanned. You would never have proof that it got there. Probably not a big deal, since the buyer got the card and can see the d/c bar code. If he checks USPS.com and it never gets updated, and he's a scammer, he can charge it back and you gave him a card free.

Insurance is cheap. It's a real good idea, whether you're selling (to protect you) or buying (again to protect you).

Also mark the living he(( on it in bright marker that it's fragile. When the clerk asks if it is fragile say YES.

Protect your stuff. Sometimes it's a 1997 Proline Terrell Davis .30 cent card that there are a million of, and sometimes it's the PSA 10 dryden rookie. Unfortunately the postal worker and the UPS and Fedex guy treat them all the same.

Open the package carefully, especially if it has visible damage. When they do your insurance claim they will want to see the packaging. If you tore the crap out of the packaging you might lose due to improper packaging, and you can't prove otherwise. Obviously no company wants to pay claims if they have a way out.

Geez, long winded. sorry

fiveniner

Its hapeened to me.Got a 59 topps card raw in a envelope with just a saver 1 loader.The card sold as nrmt/mt by the time I got it it was vg at best.

MorrellMan

I've lost a number of cards that were inserted into top loaders or card savers with the opening taped shut.
By the time the card got to, the tape had eaten part of the card.
I look at that and ask myself how can some people be so dumb?

DirtyHarry

Caveat emptor. If it's not in the listing, ask specifically how the cards will ship.

joestalin

The tape ate the card??? WOW, thats some evil tape.

JS

poppie

<< <i>That's amazing. How lucky can you get. I received a PSA graded card in a bubble envelope, with a piece of cardboard taped on each side. The slab was cracked. You guy's get cards sent in tissue paper and no damage. I e-mailed the seller and told him and he offered a full refund. I declined it and kept the card. It wasn't his fault, and I didn't ask for the refund. I just wanted to tell him how rough the USPS was on his package. They musta backed over it with a truck.LOL >>

Perfect attitude! It was not the shippers fault! I have been saving bubble mailers sent to me and "double boxing" them inside a new bubble mailer. It has happened to me now three times in 90 days that a Graded card in a bubble mailer was shattered. No sure two will help, but it is worth the try!

ColleSystem

I collect unopened vintage Star Wars action figures. I have gotten to the point where I actually ship the seller all of the shipping materials to send it back to me in. There are just too many people that will ship stuff out in cereal boxs.

Boopotts

I believe Jay Wolt would have something to contribute to any discussion re: the worst sportscard related shipping job of all time