Shipping - good and bad

[Leon]

What company was your last experience with? Was it a valuable item?

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Leon

What company was your last experience with? Was it a valuable item?

It was a $280 item. Insurance was accurate, but s&h was off. I'll PM you, as it was a single bad experience and I hate to call them out. But I'll admit - I doubt I'll participate in any more of their auctions as their stuff isn't that great anyway and these s&h surprises cause more angst than they are worth.

[RichMcGillicuddy]

Nice timing, not a vintage card but just got this in the mail last week from an eBay purchase. Looks like USPS ran over it with a forklift.

[atx840]

Originally Posted by RichMcGillicuddy

Nice timing, not a vintage card but just got this in the mail last week from an eBay purchase. Looks like USPS ran over it with a forklift.

I'll bet he is Extra Angry now.

[kmac32]

USPS did this to a card I shipped once. Not cool!!! Seems like you have to pay the ransom called insurance to avoid this. What ever happened to people just doing their jobs correctly?

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by atx840

I'll bet he is Extra Angry now.

Isn't that perfect busted slab poetry?

[buymycards]

Hi guys,
Don't blame USPS for this. It looks like the seller was too cheap to put the slab in a box. All of the parcels are handled by machines and slabs don't hold up well going through the rollers. I get tired of the Postal Service getting blamed when a seller is too lazy or too cheap to package their item properly.

Yes - I do work for the Postal Service and I see this every day.

Rick

[bunst]

Thanks for the info, Rick. I'm sure most don't know how packages are handled. I always thought that if it was ridgid it would not go through a roller, but instead spit out for sorting manually. Apparently that is not true?