Worst packaging ever

corvette1340 · December 5, 2011 11:40AM

Ive only given one negative in all my time on ebay and I've only dinged a few stars for sellers that take like a month to ship my stuff, but this is just ridiculous. I bought a couple of graded '72's for the set I'm building and they arrived in a bubble mailer and packaged with some kind of tape paper that won't come off. What kind of idiot puts sticky paper around graded cards? This is not a new seller either. ID is 003591 and he has 6630 feedback. There is no way in hell I'm gonna take the time to remove all of this paper piece by piece and have to buy special stuff to remove it then clean the slabs, etc.....I will be sending these back for a refund.

bking · December 5, 2011 12:05PM

Oh good sweet clean baby Jeezus.... that's inconceivable!!!

corvette1340 · December 5, 2011 12:14PM

If he refunds my money I won't leave a neg of course.

Brick · December 5, 2011 12:38PM

Perhaps the seller had a brainfart. If he has to make a refund, then clean the goo off the cards before he can relist them I doubt he will feel rewarded. Disclaimer: I tend to give all the benefit of the doubt until they show otherwise.

mlbfan2 · December 5, 2011 12:39PM

Maybe the paper normally peels off easily, but warm weather somewhere along the way caused it to stick?

But, I'm not sure why the paper would be put on the slabs in the first place.

jeffcbay · December 5, 2011 12:48PM

Soaking them in Goo-Gone shouldn't hurt the card... the slabs are waterproof, don't cha know?

hhmag70 · December 5, 2011 12:48PM

Clearly you did not cut on the dotted line.

bbuckner22 · December 5, 2011 1:14PM

Sometimes the heat from a propane torch works great at melting glue and or burning the paper off

itzagoner · December 5, 2011 1:18PM

i bet the heat from Tommy's forehead would do the equivalent.

Wolfgang427 · December 5, 2011 3:00PM

Thats just wrong,,,,,,,,,,

Sean1125 · December 5, 2011 6:12PM

If he returns them without issue he upheld his end and should not receive a negative, if he gives you any trouble at all... Well you are the buyer he is in the palm of your hand.

ga5150 · December 5, 2011 8:46PM

Those look like the self adhesive labels that are used for the Paypal/Ebay shipping. My labels have the exact same little "cut here/scissor" pictures on them.

Foo3112 · December 5, 2011 8:53PM

I would try and clean it off. If it doesnt work, send them back.

corvette1340 · December 5, 2011 9:33PM

<< I would try and clean it off. If it doesnt work, send them back. >>

not gonna happen. Why should I have to take time to clean off something that shouldn't be there in the first place? That crap isn't easy to get off either. Takes goo gone substance and a ton of time scraping at minimum. Then you have to clean and re-clean the slabs.

Sean1125 · December 5, 2011 10:02PM

<< 

<< I would try and clean it off. If it doesnt work, send them back. >>

not gonna happen. Why should I have to take time to clean off something that shouldn't be there in the first place? That crap isn't easy to get off either. Takes goo gone substance and a ton of time scraping at minimum. Then you have to clean and re-clean the slabs. >>

I like your Simpsons mouse pad.

Brick · December 5, 2011 10:15PM

If you regularly send in cards for grading perhaps you could add these to your order and have them reholdered. The seller would of course pay this expense.

Darin · December 5, 2011 11:15PM

I would send back also. Is that a Willie Stargell card? What's the grade?

corvette1340 · December 6, 2011 12:26AM

<< I would send back also. Is that a Willie Stargell card? What's the grade? >>

Stargell 8 and Carlton 8.

bking · December 6, 2011 12:36AM

<< 

<< I would send back also. Is that a Willie Stargell card? What's the grade? >>

Stargell 8 and Carlton 8. >>

So, $40 worth. I'd send them back too.

larryallen73 · December 6, 2011 12:37AM

Maybe he is a human being and made a mistake.

bking · December 6, 2011 12:38AM

<< Maybe he is a human being and made a mistake. >>

Aren't those both givens??

corvette1340 · December 6, 2011 12:52AM

<< Maybe he is a human being and made a mistake. >>

obviously.

vintagechris · December 6, 2011 3:03AM

Seems to me like he was just being cheap and wrapped the cards in a mailing label to save on having to buy a bubble mailer. Honestly, I would probably leave a neutral. It is what the feedback system is for and like someone said earlier, by not leaving appropriate feedback, it allows sellers to keep doing these kinds of things. Personally, as a buyer I would want to be warned of a seller that does this, but how am I to know if no one ever tells?

CDsNuts · December 6, 2011 3:31AM

I like to dip my slabs in melted steel and let it harden before I send them off. Adds an extra layer of protection so no damage can occur during shipping.

bking · December 6, 2011 3:41AM

<< I like to dip my slabs in melted steel and let it harden before I send them off. Adds an extra layer of protection so no damage can occur during shipping. >>

Carbonite FTW!

mlbfan2 · December 6, 2011 3:42AM

<< Seems to me like he was just being cheap and wrapped the cards in a mailing label to save on having to buy a bubble mailer. Honestly, I would probably leave a neutral. It is what the feedback system is for and like someone said earlier, by not leaving appropriate feedback, it allows sellers to keep doing these kinds of things. Personally, as a buyer I would want to be warned of a seller that does this, but how am I to know if no one ever tells? >>

They were shipped in a bubble mailer.

It's too early to leave feedback because the transaction really isn't complete yet. The first thing to do is contact the seller and ask what he'll do about it. He might give a full refund (and let him keep the cards), he might do nothing, or more likely he'll do something in between.

There's no need to warn other bidders if the seller admits his mistake and makes it up the buyer.

72skywalker · December 6, 2011 4:19AM

I say we stomp him! Then we tattoo him! Then we hang him...! And then we kill him!

vintagechris · December 6, 2011 4:38AM

<< 

<< Seems to me like he was just being cheap and wrapped the cards in a mailing label to save on having to buy a bubble mailer. Honestly, I would probably leave a neutral. It is what the feedback system is for and like someone said earlier, by not leaving appropriate feedback, it allows sellers to keep doing these kinds of things. Personally, as a buyer I would want to be warned of a seller that does this, but how am I to know if no one ever tells? >>

They were shipped in a bubble mailer.

It's too early to leave feedback because the transaction really isn't complete yet. The first thing to do is contact the seller and ask what he'll do about it. He might give a full refund (and let him keep the cards), he might do nothing, or more likely he'll do something in between.

There's no need to warn other bidders if the seller admits his mistake and makes it up the buyer. >>

ah, just reread it and saw that.

lahmejoon · December 6, 2011 4:46AM

<< I say we stomp him! Then we tattoo him! Then we hang him...! And then we kill him! >>

I say, you let me have him first!

orioles93 · December 6, 2011 5:26AM

Just use goo gone. It will take about 10 minutes to get that all off.

MULLINS5 · December 6, 2011 5:57AM

A negative for a negative experience. That's what negatives are for. Not trying to be negative here.

Brick · December 6, 2011 6:17AM

Don't forget to ding his stars.

bking · December 6, 2011 6:19AM

<< Don't forget to ding his stars. >>

Unless, of course, you're a seller. Then that's just... well... uncalled for.

Worst packaging ever

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