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For all you USPS haters, look at what Fed Ex did to my irreplaceable auto'd rookie card

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,743 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>I guess even tho fed ex may be quicker its safer to stick with usps.

    Edit to add: I'm very sorry to see this--almost looks like it was done on purpose. >>



    Quicker?

    USPS consistently delivers in 2-3 days for me nationwide. >>



    I was actually referring to loggage at PSA as packages shipped via fed ex are typically logged in same day or next day instead of 1-2 weeks.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Greg,

    Sorry to hear your card was destroyed.

    To put this into perspective: If PSA returned an "irreplaceable" card in a soft/non-ridged holder and oversized box without any protection (ie foam, bubble wrap, etc), the peanut gallery would be up in arms with torches and pitchforks.

    Good luck with your claim. If insurance process was explained to you, I strongly suggest you read the fine print ASAP.
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I avoid USPS like the plague. I will gladly pay extra for UPS, The USPS won't even attempt to deliver anything larger than an oversized bubble envelope and the line at the PO is usually north of a half an hour. They suck and I hope they all develop allergies to alcohol.
  • firedawg45firedawg45 Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭
    Psa return shipping packaging as sucked lately. I got back 60 cards in 5 of the Psa boxes they use packed inside a priority large flat rate box with minimal packing paper inside. They were sliding everywhere inside!!! Not good Psa!!
    # 2 Pete Rose Master Set , also
    collecting 1977 topps baseball in psa 9 and psa 10
  • Greg- I know how happy you were when you got that card. I am sick seeing the damage that was done. But they way that card was bent?? If another box fell on yours, the card had to be sitting upright in your box to have been bent like that. Otherwise, my initial though was that it was done on purpose. It just looks too messed up!
    I guess at this point you should have it graded "Authentic" instead of with a number grade.
    Baseball is my Pastime, Football is my Passion
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  • orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That really sucks. I received a bubble mailer once that was bent and the card was damaged, but it wasnt an overly valuable card so i just let it go.
    What I Collect:

    PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)


    PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)


    PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
  • CNoteCNote Posts: 2,070
    Am I seeing this right? A single card in a CS1 in a big box with nothing else in it? Not even filled with farticles or anything?
  • AricAric Posts: 757 ✭✭


    << <i>ANot even filled with farticles or anything? >>



    Not a single farticle to be found.
  • JMDVMJMDVM Posts: 950 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Psa return shipping packaging as sucked lately. I got back 60 cards in 5 of the Psa boxes they use packed inside a priority large flat rate box with minimal packing paper inside. They were sliding everywhere inside!!! Not good Psa!! >>



    PSA is already ripping us off on shipping charges, so why not squeeze us even more by saving on packaging material? But that's what you get when you do business with "ho's".....
  • tsalems1tsalems1 Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭✭
    Any update on this?
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  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    should still get authentic, right?

    where were the rubber bands? and cardboard?


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  • << <i>I got a package back from PSA last month and the box was hammered!!! Came from USPS. I lucked out because that corner of the box was filled in with heavy paper and
    the graded cards were on the other side. I hate the way PSA returns graded cards, not enough padding! >>




    Maybe you could request they put them in and envelope instead.
  • gregm13gregm13 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Any update on this? >>



    I'm still fighting w/ the insurance company. They want to see proof of payment, however I paid via paypal with my credit card and paypal history only goes back 3 months and I don't have the credit card statements. I talked w/ the credit card company last week and they are mailing me a copy of the Dec 2011 statement - so hopefully that should be sufficient for the refund to be paid.

    Since several people asked about how I shipped the card - I had the card in a CS1 and wrapped the order sheet around the card and secured with a rubber band. In retrospect, I should have secured the card better; however I figured the card would be safe inside of a heavy, cardboard box. Also, it's doubtful whether putting a cardboard insert behind the card or wrapping it in bubble wrap would have protected the card considering the level of damage to the box.

    Rgs,

    Greg M.
    Collecting vintage auto'd fb cards and Dan Marino cards!!

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  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭
    Paypal history goes back forever, why can you only go back 3 months?
  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Paypal history goes back forever, why can you only go back 3 months? >>

    good question. I had no problem seeing my transactions back to 2010. Perhaps the OP is using the less user-friendly PayBuddy?
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>Any update on this? >>



    I'm still fighting w/ the insurance company. They want to see proof of payment, however I paid via paypal with my credit card and paypal history only goes back 3 months and I don't have the credit card statements. I talked w/ the credit card company last week and they are mailing me a copy of the Dec 2011 statement - so hopefully that should be sufficient for the refund to be paid.

    Since several people asked about how I shipped the card - I had the card in a CS1 and wrapped the order sheet around the card and secured with a rubber band. In retrospect, I should have secured the card better; however I figured the card would be safe inside of a heavy, cardboard box. Also, it's doubtful whether putting a cardboard insert behind the card or wrapping it in bubble wrap would have protected the card considering the level of damage to the box.

    Rgs,

    Greg M. >>



    Think the lesson is don't put a single card, secured only by a CS1 and rubber band, in a large box.
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • FavreFan1971FavreFan1971 Posts: 3,103 ✭✭✭
    By Greg's admission above, he is hosed. He knows he did not package it correctly. Sorry for you loss Greg.
  • jradke4jradke4 Posts: 3,573 ✭✭✭
    Greg,

    I have finally figured out what every was talking about on the HOF auto thread. I am sorry to see that, it just sickens me. I have worried about that issue many times. Thankfully my USPS shipments have always been fine. I would say that wrapping the card in cardboard probably wouldnt have made a difference. Maybe a little less creased but still creased.

    I don't use cardboard either. Though I fully fill boxes with either peanuts or bubble wrap. Though I am not sure either would have made a difference. I don't understand why COs won't let you ship high end cards in the magnetic holders. That probably would have prevent this issue.

    Jay
    Packers Fan for Life
    Collecting:
    Brett Favre Master Set
    Favre Ticket Stubs
    Favre TD Reciever Autos
    Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
    Football HOF Rc's
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