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What Are Some Measures For Selling Coins In A Healthy Fashion?

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 Posted 04/11/2020  4:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CelticKnot to your friends list
Stairs... you know... a staircase? With steps?

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 Posted 04/11/2020  5:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oriole to your friends list
@pertinax is putting the packages in quarantine.
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 Posted 04/11/2020  6:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add T-BOP to your friends list

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@pertinax is putting the packages in quarantine.

That's all he had to say .
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 Posted 04/11/2020  6:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list
Wouldn't it be easier to just spray all your mail with 95% Alcohol? Or have a slot put in your door area where the mail can fall into and then cut a hole in the floor there so the mail falls into a basement. No basement? just call a contractor to come build you a basement. Or contact the post office and cancel all your mail. Or hire someone to take all your mail, put in a can and bury it for a few weeks. Than just go dig it up and see if you have anything worth all that.
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 Posted 04/11/2020  6:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nfine to your friends list
Is handling the mail 7, 8, 9 times before opening it safer than just opening it?
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 Posted 04/11/2020  8:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fplagge to your friends list
I'm at a loss for what to do. My house contains no stairs!

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 Posted 04/11/2020  11:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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Is handling the mail 7, 8, 9 times before opening it safer than just opening it?
That is what I was thinking.
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 Posted 04/12/2020  08:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list

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I'm at a loss for what to do. My house contains no stairs!

Simple solution. Call a contractor and have them add a set of stairs.
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 Posted 04/12/2020  08:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fplagge to your friends list

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Simple solution. Call a contractor and have them add a set of stairs.


Gotcha, Carl! I guess that be step one.
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 Posted 04/12/2020  11:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add youngmaster to your friends list
Thanks folks for all your responses please be respectful lol I'm wondering why handle the package after a week is it because the virus dies out after a week? Also I'm just thinking of wearing gloves and using a box specific for handling returns and another for purchases and setting them down on a specific platform or suface when inspecting them. This is so I can clean the platform after each use easily and not cross it with any other surfaces. The shiping box will be disgarded appropriately ofcourse. What do you think?
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I can see your concern but I think this mail thing is getting way out of hand . I just wipe down my mail with Lysol disinfecting wipes . After I read my mail I wash my hands with soap and water .
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 Posted 04/12/2020  9:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tdziemia to your friends list
Yep that works.

Unless your mail decides to sneeze on you.

Around here, we are using latex gloves a bit. I open mail with gloves on and dispose of the envelope. Since postal service usually takes a few days, odds are no live virus inside (as for the outside, postal workers are getting infected, of course. At least 19 have died, at least 1,000 are positive or presumed positive, and 5,000 have self-quarantined.). When done, wash.

BTW, if you are worried about your mail, but not your groceries, you're misplacing your anxiety.

If you are in an especially high risk group, or are prone to anxiety STOP BUYING COINS, AND IT WONT BE A PROBLEM!
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 Posted 04/13/2020  12:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list
Open your mail in one spot, wipe that area down when you are done, then wash your hands.

Overall, I think if you wash your hands often you should be fine.

For what it is worth, my mail carrier has been wearing a mask and gloves for the last two weeks. I caught the Amazon guy doing the same.
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 Posted 04/27/2020  04:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add youngmaster to your friends list
Very Helpful suggestions... Thanks!
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 Posted 04/29/2020  7:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Pertinax to your friends list

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Is handling the mail 7, 8, 9 times before opening it safer than just opening it?


It certainly is but I've refined my method. I now have 7 boxes in a line.
The post arrives, I put in an empty box, wash my hands, put the box at the end of the line.

When there are 7 boxes in a line, I take the box at the head of the line into my 'office' and open the post and return the box to be used again.

Incidentally, the postie's wife is a bacteriologist and the thinks this method is pretty safe. She pointed out that virus material will die more quickly on metal than on paper or cardboard, so coins inside will be safe to handle.
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