Posted By:
Frank WakefieldHey Dan... it wasn't you.
The package that got me stirred up was from a guy selling autographed minor league cards from this 21st century of ours. I bought 3. He put them in a legal envelope, taped to a piece of corrugated cardboard, with 3 home made COAs wrapped around them, and with 96 cents postage on it. USPS charged me 55 cents postage due, the sender had no idea about a different rate for a letter more than 1/4" thick. It took me 3 email exchanges to get him to refund anything, he'd charged $2.50 for postage. I thought I should get $1.25 or $1 back... he sent .55, but it cost me .32 in Paypal fees, 'cause he didn't "refund" it, he just sent it. A 4th email got him to "refund" 32 more cents.
Golly, they send stuff to space and back with less tape and sealing and all than I see on some cards.
Usually, I put a card in a sleeve, then turn it the opposite way and put the sleeve in a hard top loader. That way a piece of NORMAL tape will hold it all in the top loader, but the adhesive can't touch the card. I do like the idea of wrapping the top loaders in paper or a receipt, then taping that.
And I like to have a way to get into the package. Too much tape on the outside is a pain...
Thank you guys for posting, I'm comforted with the company. Glad to see other folks get annoyed with packaging.