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NOT the kind of box you want from PCGS

messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,957 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Picked this up at my PO yesterday. Awfully nice of them to let me pay twice to ship a box they destroyed. Thankfully, the contents were unharmed.

John
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @messydesk said:
    Awfully nice of them to let me pay twice to ship a box they destroyed.

    At least the box is free :D

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OUCH!! I hope you're at least able to get your money back from the sale!

    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

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  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yikes! One of my worst nightmares.

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, Ouch!...and our worst nightmares!!

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Glad to hear the contents were OK.... The box sure took a whack though.... Cheers, RickO

  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,864 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Glad the contents were unharmed. ;):)

  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 4,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Luckily the contents didn't disappear. They make these flat rate boxes very thin and cheaply now. I use lots of tape.

  • JWPJWP Posts: 22,148 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @messydesk I did not see why it was refused! :s I would be upset too.

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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,148 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The small flat rate box is one of the worst products the USPS makes IMO, given how thin and overall small it is. When I want to ship something around that size, I use this box (https://store.usps.com/store/product/shipping-supplies/priority-mail-box-1096l-P_O_1096L) and put it in a padded flat rate envelope. The cost is a few dozen cents more, but the box is bigger (more coins or more padding) and the outer padded flat rate envelope is one more line of protection. Depending on which generation of slab, you can fit somewhere between 12-20 slabs in a package sent this way.

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think I misunderstood... these were coins you sent to PCGS for grading?

    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • carabonnaircarabonnair Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @airplanenut said:
    The small flat rate box is one of the worst products the USPS makes IMO, given how thin and overall small it is. When I want to ship something around that size, I use this box https://store.usps.com/store/product/shipping-supplies/priority-mail-box-1096l-P_O_1096L and put it in a padded flat rate envelope. The cost is a few dozen cents more, but the box is bigger (more coins or more padding) and the outer padded flat rate envelope is one more line of protection. Depending on which generation of slab, you can fit somewhere between 12-20 slabs in a package sent this way.

    Thanks for this tip! (Link works without the final parentheses.)

    Gawain

    Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 15,879 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • dsessomdsessom Posts: 2,317 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, I am glad your coins were intact at least! I hate to say it, but I have suspected for some time that there are certain individuals at USPS, UPS, and FedEx that carry pocket sized metal detectors, and scan for precious metals in packages. I have heard far too many horror stories about silver and gold going missing in shipment, and several cases where the box was blatantly sliced open, and contents removed. So... I sure am glad that didn't happen to you. It just makes you want to throw up when you see that.

    Dwayne Sessom
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,309 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Eww, that's not good. At least the contents are ok

  • FloridafacelifterFloridafacelifter Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Damaged packages are a pain. I also don’t like the fact that you can scan a box with your NFC scanner on your phone and find out what coins are in a box without even opening it!

  • rte592rte592 Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Being as those are flat rate boxes.
    I've sent a few items to buyers in hollowed out old books then packed in a USPS box.

  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,957 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BStrauss3 said:
    I can understand PCGS' refusing the package, however. If they touch it, it becomes at least potentially their problem. If they refuse it, it's between you and USPS.

    Of course. I've done the same thing. Quite a while ago, a box showed up for me with a nice stab wound through the word "Fragile" that was written on the front.

    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,957 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lkenefic said:
    I think I misunderstood... these were coins you sent to PCGS for grading?

    Yes. I get to try again tomorrow.

    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • alaura22alaura22 Posts: 3,177 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Floridafacelifter said:
    Damaged packages are a pain. I also don’t like the fact that you can scan a box with your NFC scanner on your phone and find out what coins are in a box without even opening it!

    Really???
    I didn't know that
    So how do you protect it, wrap it in aluminum foil?

    Mike
    My Indians
    Danco Set

  • FloridafacelifterFloridafacelifter Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @alaura22 said:

    @Floridafacelifter said:
    Damaged packages are a pain. I also don’t like the fact that you can scan a box with your NFC scanner on your phone and find out what coins are in a box without even opening it!

    Really???
    I didn't know that
    So how do you protect it, wrap it in aluminum foil?

    Good question- this was a FedEx box I received from a dealer. Inside was another box and inside that was a coin in bubble wrap. I used my PCGS app scanner on the box in the condition it arrived and up popped the coin etc. Others have posted similar situations here on the forum. Not sure if that would have popped up if I didn’t have the PCGS app already loaded on my phone?

  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,678 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ouch

    Coins for sake at link below
    https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOVMv7FZDb2BvqQnSIUKnelz2nhX9TVEMcKHgHm

  • conrad99conrad99 Posts: 375 ✭✭✭

    @alaura22 said:

    @Floridafacelifter said:
    Damaged packages are a pain. I also don’t like the fact that you can scan a box with your NFC scanner on your phone and find out what coins are in a box without even opening it!

    Really???
    I didn't know that
    So how do you protect it, wrap it in aluminum foil?

    Yes the threads on this topic seem to say so.

  • MetroDMetroD Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @conrad99 said:

    @alaura22 said:

    @Floridafacelifter said:
    Damaged packages are a pain. I also don’t like the fact that you can scan a box with your NFC scanner on your phone and find out what coins are in a box without even opening it!

    Really???
    I didn't know that
    So how do you protect it, wrap it in aluminum foil?

    Yes the threads on this topic seem to say so.

    A recent thread on the subject.

    Contains some test results from @privatecoin and @spyglassdesign on page #1.

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