Shipping - good and bad

[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?

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

Scott,

I guess I don't see the point in telling us of your over priced experience without letting us know who the auction house is. All this does is allow others to have to deal with the same unexpected high charges. The only way this charges is if enough people let the house know are not pleased with the over priced shipping charge. You have chosen to no longer bid on the auction house, why not give us the chose before we get the lovely surprise.

I also have addressed this issue with a couple of auction houses and both have worked with me on a reasonable rate.

This obviously is a big concern with us here because a threads seems to get started about once a month and the only way it will change is by letting them know we are not pleased.

As far as shipping it doesn't matter which company you use they all have there horror stories behind them. I am sure we all use the service that is most convenient for us.

Lee