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Valued Member
United States
262 Posts |
So I ordered a 1870 3 cent piece off ebay from this seller crazycream36. Not a high price kind but altogether a piece of Amercian history in my eyes. I received the coin today and this is what I found: The outside box was check book box which looked like it had been stepped on 5 times. So I start carrying it to the house and as I'm walking I can hear the jingle of the loose coin inside the box which just wanted to make me scream at that point. I opened the box carefuly knowing the coin is loose and go figure I still drop it. Inside the box, this guy/gal attempted to put it inside a used lottery scratch off ticket the was folded somewhat into a square and then taped. I open the lottery ticket (which had about 5 openings in it to allow the coin to slip out) to find that attached to the ticket was a paper clip which I assume was supposed to hole the coin attached! What kind of person would do such a thing..... The seller has almost 900 feedback all positive and is supposed to be dealing in collectibles? Just cannot wrap my mind around why someone would treat such a beautiful piece of art/American history with such direspect..... Any others have such an experience? Rant over-  |
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Valued Member
United States
273 Posts |
I've had some pretty bad packaging -- taping a coin to paper, etc. But nothing like a paperclip on a coin. Wow.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2661 Posts |
I am sorry man, but I had to laugh. I got one one time that was rolled and heavily taped up in a magazine page and the envelope it came in was made from other magazine pages. I thought I was going to have to burn it open in order to get to the coin. The amount of tape used to make that crap probably cost more than a new envelope and proper packaging.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
737 Posts |
Like tim' I've been on the other end of the spectrum. I've had people pack things that were darn near impossible to open up, not that I don't appreciate the effort of course. Still always funny to me.
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Valued Member
United States
287 Posts |
awful, just awful.... bad packaging burns me up so much that every time I buy something I ask them to package carefully and use extra tape on the box.
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Valued Member
 United States
262 Posts |
Now that I think about it, it is pretty comical....what an idiot. What really gets me is that he paid via usps 2.59$ to ship a 3 cent piece because of his super cool check box he sent it in.... I paid .88$ for shipping according to the ebay auction....guess he/she wont be in business for long. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
842 Posts |
A seller from the Ukraine sent me a bulk order of uncleaned Romans that deserves a shout out.
He had the box totally wrapped up in packaging tape. Then, I opened it up and there was that spray foam insulation surrounding a smaller box (effectively creating a brick). Once I got all of the rock hard foam off of it, the second box was all taped up, too! When I broke it open he had the coins shrink-wrapped in an aluminum-lead alloy foil that was equally impossible to remove. Talk about impenetrability.....
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Rest in Peace
United States
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How about a half dollar put loose in a small envelope? The amazing thing is that it was delivered!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
michaeln1306, what a terrible shipping job! Someone here got a coin taped to a 3x5 card. Really, it's not much of an effort to ship an item well. I appreciate that shipper who really sealed up that package, because I've my mail from some regions arrives all opened.
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Valued Member
United States
284 Posts |
I've gotten coins in a flip, taped to paper, and then taped to the inside of the envelope. I was afraid that I was foing to damage the coin while I was cufting through the tape and unraveling. At least the paperclip should have come off easily enough!
-- Boris
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Valued Member
United States
312 Posts |
That's pretty bad! The good news is... it reminded me to check my lotto ticket. I'll let you know if I win.
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
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Just cannot wrap my mind around why someone would treat such a beautiful piece of art/American history with such direspect..... Standard packaging for loose diamonds is folded up in a piece of paper about the size of a lottery ticket. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
Back when PO handling included things like three-story drops, I'd package coins, address them, and throw them down the stairs to a concrete floor. Then I'd take them to the PO.
Boxes were wrapped in three directions with fiberglass reinforced tape. I shipped a bag of silver that arrived "looking like a basketball", but not short a dime.
Never mark anything "FRAGILE". They misread it as "FOOTBALL".
Label on box: DO NOT BEND
Clerk, box over knee: DO TOO BEND
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I've gotten coins in a flip, taped to paper, and then taped to the inside of the envelope. I was afraid that I was foing to damage the coin while I was cufting through the tape and unraveling. At least the paperclip should have come off easily enough! After scratching the heck out of the coin! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1143 Posts |
I had 50oz JM silver bullion bars shipped loose via UPS. My driver is handing me the box and I notice the bar quite visible from the hole in the box. Thats enough to get your blood going.
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Posted 05/25/2011 10:00 pm
