Shipping fails
Been a long time since it happened to me, but there it is.
A few weeks ago I got an email about a sports card auction. I saw a number of cards that I liked and bid on a few and won just this one auction. Centering wasn’t the greatest but I think the 1954 Bowman set is one of the most beautiful of the 50s and I got this Hall of Famer for 15 bucks which I thought was a good deal. Imagine my surprise when the card arrived yesterday between two pieces of foam board but with no penny sleeve or top loader or card saver of any kind.
I emailed my displeasure to the seller who stated that he left shipping to his wife while he was out of town for a family emergency and she apparently didn’t feel that a $15 card warranted any extra protection. I explained to him that it wasn’t the sale price that mattered but it was just good practice to ship a card protected better than this and he agreed and apologized.
It still amazes me that anyone in the hobby would ship a card like this and I know all of you have seen worse too.
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