Are you kidding me? Disgusting.

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jwitten
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I just had the most nasty package arrive. A coin was placed in 3 boxes. Outer box was priority mail box. Middle was a soap box. Inner was a CONDOM BOX. Who ships like that?!?

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  • 1630Boston
    1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Reduce, Reuse, Recycle at its best I guess.....could have been worse. :smile:

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  • jwitten
    jwitten Posts: 5,417 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'm all for reusing boxes (soap box was fine!). But you know what you are doing and touching when you get a condom out. It turns out this is a coin I sold a year or two ago to the guy, and re-bought it with a different buying account. Wonder if he used that one on purpose if he recognized my name.

  • 1630Boston
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    Congrats on 1000 posts @david3142

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    Bad transactions with : nobody to date

  • grip
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    Good thing another box didn't follow the condom box. ;)

  • logger7
    logger7 Posts: 9,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Overkill; If the objective is safe travels and prophylaxis against unwanted loss or thefts.

  • cameonut2011
    cameonut2011 Posts: 10,869 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Gross.

  • cameonut2011
    cameonut2011 Posts: 10,869 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Some people have no couth.

  • Cougar1978
    Cougar1978 Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I guess he is combining synergy from another hobby to his coin hobby.

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  • roadrunner
    roadrunner Posts: 28,374 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    dreck

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  • KellenCoin
    KellenCoin Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That's really weird.

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  • Coinstartled
    Coinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Sort of redefines bubble wrap.

  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,749 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Justacommeman said:
    If it was raw dirty old gold the packaging is appropriate

    mark

    There is a "Gold Coin" brand of condom.

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  • grip
    grip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Gold star condominium.:)

  • morgandollar1878
    morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Sounds like he just wanted to practice safe shipping.

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  • amwldcoin
    amwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The funniest box I received a shipment in was a Breast Pump Box! :blush:

  • Wabbit2313
    Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Justacommeman said:
    If it was raw dirty old gold the packaging is appropriate

    mark

    Now we know how you store your coins Mark! Do they tone in those holders?

  • LanLord
    LanLord Posts: 11,756 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Sorry,

    next time I'll use a tampax box.

  • shorecoll
    shorecoll Posts: 5,447 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    People used to worry about money transmitting disease...that's certainly one approach.

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  • WillieBoyd2
    WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,410 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Maybe the sender got the boxes out of a recycling bin.

    :)

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  • MilesWaits
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    Did you make Laura mad?

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  • jerseycat101
    jerseycat101 Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Unorthodox packaging to be sure, but I am fairly confident your coin(s) arrived clean, and sans STD.

  • JBK
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    Just tell me it wasn't a silver eagle with milk spots....

    The strangest packaging I've had is cut up cereal boxes for protection.

    If I got the package you did I would boil the coin....

  • oldgoldlover
    oldgoldlover Posts: 429 ✭✭✭
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    The first two I could live with. The third would be one I would have to use "extreme caution when handling. Hopefully your coin is the only thing inside the third. Never thought coin collecting would entail this sort of danger or risk.

  • jwitten
    jwitten Posts: 5,417 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @shorecoll said:
    People used to worry about money transmitting disease...that's certainly one approach.

    It is a gold Indian, too. Those things are known for carrying disease! lol

  • tyler267
    tyler267 Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭✭
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    That is really wierd

  • bigzestee
    bigzestee Posts: 129 ✭✭✭
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    I'm sure it slid right out of the box.

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  • Walkerfan
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    @bigzestee said:
    I'm sure it slid right out of the box.

    LOL! He's slipping people more than just coins!!

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  • DIMEMAN
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    Just having "safe" coins I guess. B)

  • BackroadJunkie
    BackroadJunkie Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Put it under a black light.

    I admit, if I got like 1000 empty condom boxes, they'd become my box of choice for shipping... :wink:

  • sparky64
    sparky64 Posts: 7,063 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Sounds like it was an easy delivery, however unexpected it was.

    "If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"

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  • boyernumismatics
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    Most stupid packaging I've seen has been a model car shipped to my sig. other's father inside of 2 taped together 12 pack of soda boxes...

  • jwitten
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    @coinpro76 said:
    How big was the coin? did he have to use a magnum box?

    $2 1/2 Indian, and it barely fit. haha

  • Azurescens
    Azurescens Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Have you decided how you're gonna mount it? Or just keep it raw?

  • Azurescens
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    @steveben said:
    at least it came.

    LOL. So did the mailman. It's a party all around.

  • hammer1
    hammer1 Posts: 3,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Maybe an allegory for ZPG.

  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    at least he had everything covered. fwiw

  • gtstang
    gtstang Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Doesn't sound like you got screwed on the deal.

  • Danye West
    Danye West Posts: 193 ✭✭✭
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    What a dick.

    I could make a birth year registry set out of pocket change.
  • northcoin
    northcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 24, 2017 11:06AM
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    It is actually the soap box that posed the greatest risk of damage to your coin due to residual molecules of the soap product. Be grateful that there was one more barrier between it and your coin. Hyper sensitive individuals cannot even walk down a soap aisle in a supermarket without their respiratory systems reacting to the "gassing" of chemicals from the soap products.

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