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Posted By: RP60

Cards in padded envelopes or small packages(boxed) are called 'spurs' or 'slugs' and are seperated by clerks at the PO and then are literally dumped into hampers or buckets, from about shoulder to mid-thigh height..Frequently with the collective force of multiple items behind it..These items are always handled with no regard to what might possibly be inside. Under these circumstances cards in graded holders can easily be disloged or the holder can be cracked or even smashed. The carriers also have a tendancy to dump items in mail buckets..Hey, you pays your money and you takes your chances..Dispite all this the USPS in the best game in town..The people in PO's through the country are generally hard working and deal with thousands upon thousands of individual pieces weekly. Its tough work..I know what I speak of. I'm a letter carrier myself...