Shipping - good and bad

[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

[buymycards]

Hi Brian,
All of the packages are handled by machines and sent down tracks/rollers. The scanners read the barcodes and the packages drop into hampers. Sometimes 2 or 3 hundred small packages are in a hamper, so there can be a lot of weight sitting on the packages that are on the bottom.

The only packages that are handled manually are the very heavy packages or unusually shaped packages, such as a fishing pole. When we receive our packages in the morning they roll off of the truck in large metal containers that are 3x3 wide and 6 feet high, filled with large and small parcels.

I sell a lot of items on ebay and I always try to package the items to withstand any type of handling. I learned the hard way that bubble mailers don't protect slabbed cards.

Thanks, Rick

[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.

[kmac32]

After having this happen to a slabbed card, I went to the flat rate box for shipping. I don't ship very often but expect to see no problems now. I do however consider insurance a ransom payment. Have also seen several packages lost at our local post office showing up a few weeks later after complaining. The perception is that not all postal employees are conscientious about doing their jobs correctly.

It's not just the postal service that does this. See it in all walks of life. People need to feel privileged to have jobs, not entitled.

[mybuddyinc]

...... and I guess it comes to this ........



Postal Employee: "May I help you?"
Kramer: "Yeah, I'd like to cancel my mail."
Postal Employee: "Certainly. How long would you like us to hold it?"
Kramer: "Oh, no, no. I don't think you get me. I want out, permanently."

Newman: "I'll handle this, Violet. Why don't you take your three hour break?"