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Valued Member
United States
492 Posts |
I just received a set of P&D Chaco Culture quarters from an ebay purchase. I was flabbergasted to find the coins taped to an index card inside the envelope.  I guess he ran out of flips and/or 2x2s. None of his feedbacks even hinted at this being a problem in the past, so I never thought to ask how they were shipped.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If the seller ever used flips or 2x2's, he would have better sense than to use tape.  |
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
That isn't good, sorry to hear that.
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Pillar of the Community
614 Posts |
 Sorry to hear that! |
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
Id say return them, but its really not even worth the return shipping fee. You could try contacting him to see what hes willing to do otheriwse sorry to hear about that
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Valued Member
 United States
492 Posts |
The cost is so inconsequential that I'm not even going to worry about returning them. I'm just chocking this up to one of life's lessons, and moving on. I just thought all of you would get a chuckle out of it at least. It's was worth the comedic value if nothing else.
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Moderator
 United States
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You could give them a quick dip in acetone and then put them in 2x2's. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1796 Posts |
*Facepalm*
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Scary thing is that it reminds me of what *I* did in my earliest collecting days as a wee lad of 5.
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
I did really enjoy the classy lined paper they were attached too that probably was ripped out of a notebook
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2661 Posts |
I am sorry I laughed at this, but I have to say that I have encountered this on several occasions. When I get coins packed this way, they go straight into an Acetone bath.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
 ..... acetone time |
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Valued Member
United States
492 Posts |
Thanks John, and Tim, and Browne. Good idea. I'll have to give them a dip in acetone to remove any adhesive residue.
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Valued Member
United States
361 Posts |
I would also shoot him a quick email mentionin this is not a good way (to put it mildly) to ship coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1659 Posts |
I've had coins shipped like this to me as well. I had a seller ship a whole roll of silver quarters to me this way. Fortunately the coins were just junk silver, but I still gave them an acetone bath. It takes the adhesive right off.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I had a seller ship a whole roll of silver quarters to me this way I can see why someone might think thats a good idea for a coin or two. But why in the world would someone do that to a whole roll? |
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Valued Member
United States
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Of the 80+ coins I have bought on ebay I have never seen anything that dumb with the shipping. I have had sellers tape the 2x2 to the envelope or papers. Those holders needed to be replaced. |
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Posted 05/18/2012 7:27 pm
