Partially ripping a card opening the mail

vintagetoppsguy · #1 06-13-2016, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by packs

I think it's more like I handed you something that was wet and you then took a step and dropped it. You're pointing your finger at me because it was wet but I'm saying it was right in your hand.

But in reality, if you were handing me something wet, wouldn't you say something like, "Be careful. It's wet"? You're giving me a warning. Then if I drop it, it's on me.

If the seller would have wrote on the package, "I'm a dumb ass and I don't know how to ship properly. Be careful when opening" then that would be on the buyer. In this case, the buyer didn't know the seller didn't package it properly.

frankbmd · #2 06-13-2016, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

But in reality, if you were handing me something wet, wouldn't you say something like, "Be careful. It's wet"? You're giving me a warning. Then if I drop it, it's on me.

If the seller would have wrote on the package, "I'm a dumb ass and I don't know how to ship properly. Be careful when opening" then that would be on the buyer. In this case, the buyer didn't know the seller didn't package it properly.

David,

Can you differentiate between a bubble mailer reinforced with industrial cardboard and a white envelope? If not, send me pics and I will suggest a strategy to open it safely.

vintagetoppsguy · #3 06-13-2016, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by frankbmd

David,

Can you differentiate between a bubble mailer reinforced with industrial cardboard and a white envelope? If not, send me pics and I will suggest a strategy to open it safely.

Frank, I really don't get what you're saying. The OPs card wasn't in a plain white envelope. It was shipped loose in a bubble mailer...at least that's the way I understood it.

Jewish-collector · #4 06-13-2016, 09:39 PM

If you hold the package up to a light, can you see where the card is ?

Mark17 · #5 06-13-2016, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

If you hold the package up to a light, can you see where the card is ?

Either see it or feel it, I would guess.

I think most of us, over 50% that is, could figure out how to open a package containing an $800 card, without destroying it.

Those who couldn't, I am surmising, would blame someone else.

Mark17 · #6 06-13-2016, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

If the seller would have wrote on the package, "I'm a dumb ass and I don't know how to ship properly. Be careful when opening" then that would be on the buyer. In this case, the buyer didn't know the seller didn't package it properly.

So now a seller needs to not only get the item into the buyer's hands undamaged, but also give instructions as to how to open the envelope?

This is why there are so many warning labels on everything - somebody buys coffee and wasn't told explicitly that it was hot, or someone falls off a ladder and didn't realize it had to be set on firm ground.

Someone opens an envelope with an $800 card and didn't realize he should handle it with care... Always somebody else's fault.

midmo · #7 06-13-2016, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark17

So now a seller needs to not only get the item into the buyer's hands undamaged, but also give instructions as to how to open the envelope?

If you are a seller that ships cards this way please tell me your ebay id so I can be sure to not purchase from you. Thanks.

Mark17 · #8 06-13-2016, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by midmo

If you are a seller that ships cards this way please tell me your ebay id so I can be sure to not purchase from you. Thanks.

Every single poster here, including me, as I've stated, agrees the card should've been much better packaged. It sounds like the seller agrees too, and that he had intended to do so. So, I think your comment is misguided.

Now, if you are someone who, once your card is safely in your hands, would then rip it and blame the seller, please tell me YOUR ebay ID so I can be sure not to sell to you.

midmo · #9 06-13-2016, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark17

Every single poster here, including me, as I've stated, agrees the card should've been much better packaged. It sounds like the seller agrees too, and that he had intended to do so. So, I think your comment is misguided.

Now, if you are someone who, once your card is safely in your hands, would then rip it and blame the seller, please tell me YOUR ebay ID so I can be sure not to sell to you.

It's the same as my net54 id. Feel free to block me.

vintagetoppsguy · #10 06-14-2016, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by midmo

It's the same as my net54 id. Feel free to block me.

Sign me up for that list too. Likewise, my eBay username is the same as Net54.

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