A nice way to (at least partially) ruin your day

[bcbgcbrcb]

Leon:

Sorry to see this happen to you.

While I agree that the seller could have packaged better, let's take a look at this from the angle of keeping shipping costs down, which always seems to be a bone of contention for many on this board, especially as it pertains to auction house transactions.

While shipping costs may seem excessively high some times and occasionally are, many times this can be attributed to triple boxing the item for protection, meaning that the final package may be 3 or 4 times larger than it "needs to be", not to mention heavier. I have been the recipient of these types of packages from various auction houses many times over the years and they always arrive damage-free.

Maybe in an effort to keep his buyer's costs down due to complaints of overcharging for shipping, the seller had to be more "economical" and not go as far to ensure "damage-proof" packaging. I'm not sure if the seller offered free shipping or not for this transaction, but if they did, the less costly method of packaging probably enables them to do so and most times, everything will arrive to the buyer without damage. Buyer is happy with this up front but suffers in the end if damage occurs.

I'm not defending the seller's shipping methods, just putting a different perspective on it.

[Leon]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1870-80s-mou...=nc&rmvSB=true

Shipping was $4.85 and yes he should have packed it better. I still think our USPS needs to be privatized and a lot those workers need to be fired. Not unlike any company that can't fire workers easily. My thinking right now is the blame is probably about 60-40 on the seller. But the USPS really should be able to read. If they don't have time.....hire more people. All in all not that big of a deal. And at least I had a good show yesterday so there is still fun in the hobby!!

[clydepepper]

Leon - You're showing Maddux-like control about this. I'd be very upset at the seller. I wouldn't hang the blame on the carrier at all as it's common knowledge things like this occur. Thusly, it should have been packed better.

Hope your next shipment arrives in good shape.

-Raymond