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Originally Posted by RichMcGillicuddy
Rick,
Completely agree. The card was sent in a $1.30 mailer, charged me triple that for shipping and I'd probably of paid a few bucks more to ensure it doesn't arrive in pieces.
The problem is sometimes it works. Actually most of the time. I think USPS needs to break everything that is sent in the cheap mailers so people will use the appropriate methods for shipping  .
I sold some camera equipment about 2 months back and the buyer sent me like a half dozen instructions on how he wanted it shipped. I was somewhat offended but after getting the Angry Man in pieces, I can see the benefit. |
Rich, I'm a little confused about the bubble-mailer thing. I've been shipping/receiving slabbed cards in bubble-mailers, off and on, for about ten years. I've never had a slab crack. There has to be some acceptable variance for 'padded envelope failure', just as there is with 'lost items', and I think bubble-mailers pass the grade.
But if not - you have to ask: "what CAN be shipped in a bubble mailer?" Certainly not eggs, and certainly pink pearl erasers would be safe, but what else? Also, I found out the hard way that books are NOT safe in bubble-mailers (the corners can get dinged).