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Broken PSA holder in PWE

Mescalito345Mescalito345 Posts: 144 ✭✭
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A few days ago I bought the following card:

1979 TCMA, Willie Mays Baseball Card #6 PSA EX-MT

Today it arrived in a PWE with the holder shattered into three pieces. The Willie Mays card now has a long horizontal crease. It's not that big a deal, because I only paid $7.00 for the card. Does this type of thing happen often? When I send a PSA card, it's always in a bubble-wrap envelope or cardboard box.

Note: seller has 195 feedback score, with 100% positive.

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  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭
    I hope he's not 100% anymore!
  • MphilkingMphilking Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭
    Doesn't sound right to me.
  • mosaicmosaic Posts: 700 ✭
    Wow. You've got to be crazy to send a PSA slab in a plain envelope. You have an extreme example, but even if you hadn't, it'd still be too easy to end up with a cracked slab... a shipping container placed wrong or an errant step by one of the USPS handlers, and CRUNCH...

    Beckett's slabs would fare better, but so what -- they look ugly with scratches and chips!

    I'd definitely mention it to the seller. Bulk size 000 and size 0 padded mailers are NOT pricy. And they provide a world of protection to slabbed cards. Yeah, it was "just $7.00," but you wanted that card and bought it with the belief that it'd arrive exactly as pictured: uncreased.
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  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    That seller should be beat with a garden hose.

    How much did he charge you for shipping?

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  • ripkenintheminorsripkenintheminors Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭
    $7 or not you need to get with the seller and request your money back.
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  • Mescalito345Mescalito345 Posts: 144 ✭✭
    Yes, I'm planning to contact the seller soon. It was an honest mistake, so I'm not planning to leave negative feedback. He probably doesn't sell cards very often.

    Price of card was $3.00, shipping was $4.00 Parcel Post.

    I'm surprised that the PSA holder broke. Seems like they are pretty sturdy.
  • 70chip70chip Posts: 797


    << <i>$7 or not you need to get with the seller and request your money back. >>



    Exactly. Hope the seller refunds your full purchase price and shipping without a hassle. Give him a chance to make it right before getting nasty.
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  • CariconCaricon Posts: 819 ✭✭
    I have even had a PSA holder in a bubble envelope broken in half before.
  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Must've been quite a cheap envelope.
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  • craig19craig19 Posts: 648
    The same exact thing happened to me and the seller would not refund me...so i filed paypal claim. I had to send pics of the card, holder , envelope, etc. I eventually won the claim.
  • GoDodgersFanGoDodgersFan Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭
    These things do happen. Several years ago, I had a 2.00 PSA graded card mailed in a plain envelope and it cracked
    upon arrival. I was stupid for not filing a claim and now I know better.

  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    NEG HIM



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  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Yes, I'm planning to contact the seller soon. It was an honest mistake, so I'm not planning to leave negative feedback. He probably doesn't sell cards very often.

    Price of card was $3.00, shipping was $4.00 Parcel Post.

    I'm surprised that the PSA holder broke. Seems like they are pretty sturdy. >>



    $4.00 shipping and he sent it in a PWE? Neg city, population: your seller.
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,601 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry this happened to you.
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