Shipping fails

[ClementeFanOh]

Good morning Jim- Wow, not good at all. I've been fortunate in this regard
(knocking on the wood in my head as I type). The thing that I've noticed is
not so much the poor shipping protection practices, but rather the bad
judgment and seemingly limitless number of excuses from sellers once they
get paid. For example, in your case why couldn't the seller have posted a
message that he'd be out of town a couple days due to emergency, then
ship after? If the situation truly was an emergency- if he essentially grabbed
his wallet and keys and ran out the door- could he have not posted that
message while eating, waiting as the emergency resolved itself, etc? Or asked
his wife to do so in his stead? If he had time to collect the money, he had
some time to communicate a delay. THAT is what gets to me. For Heaven's
sake, it'd take one minute to post a message on a site, right? Trent King

PS- I'm hoping this comment doesn't usher in some bad karma.

[Vintagedeputy]

I agree, Trent. Perhaps I’m being too trusting of the fact that he said he had a family emergency, but I give him credit for responding to my email right away and completely agreeing with me that it should’ve been shipped better. Maybe I’m just in a good mood today where I might’ve blasted him harder otherwise. In the past, I’ve received cards shipped loose in a box, pennants folded up and rolled into a bag, etc. This one just bothered me because this was a sportscard auction, rather than a random, non-hobby person off the internet. My kids when little would have known to use a penny sleeve and top loader.

A delay of a few days would’ve been annoying, but preferred compared to the shipping method.

Jim

Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh

Good morning Jim- Wow, not good at all. I've been fortunate in this regard
(knocking on the wood in my head as I type). The thing that I've noticed is
not so much the poor shipping protection practices, but rather the bad
judgment and seemingly limitless number of excuses from sellers once they
get paid. For example, in your case why couldn't the seller have posted a
message that he'd be out of town a couple days due to emergency, then
ship after? If the situation truly was an emergency- if he essentially grabbed
his wallet and keys and ran out the door- could he have not posted that
message while eating, waiting as the emergency resolved itself, etc? Or asked
his wife to do so in his stead? If he had time to collect the money, he had
some time to communicate a delay. THAT is what gets to me. For Heaven's
sake, it'd take one minute to post a message on a site, right? Trent King

PS- I'm hoping this comment doesn't usher in some bad karma.

[Zach Wheat]

Was he/she trying to take advantage of eBay's discounted shipping where there is a fine line between protection and going over the weight limit? Just curious

[bnorth]

Did the card get damaged in any way?

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Did the card get damaged in any way?

I don’t believe so. The original sale didn’t have high definition scans and the card didn’t arrive with any creases or noticeable issues. One corner is a little softer than the others but I can’t say that wasn’t the original condition. I’m just glad my mailman didn’t fold it in half to put it in the mailbox.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I don’t believe so. The original sale didn’t have high definition scans and the card didn’t arrive with any creases or noticeable issues. One corner is a little softer than the others but I can’t say that wasn’t the original condition. I’m just glad my mailman didn’t fold it in half to put it in the mailbox.

LOL, so you are seriously complaining about a card that arrived undamaged because the shipping wasn't up to your expiations, nice.

[Directly]

Originally Posted by bnorth

LOL, so you are seriously complaining about a card that arrived undamaged because the shipping wasn't up to your expiations, nice.

I have to agree--I would be happy they shipped the card out, and arrived okay--

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by bnorth

LOL, so you are seriously complaining about a card that arrived undamaged because the shipping wasn't up to your expiations, nice.

Yes, I am. Buyers of valuable memorabilia have a right to expect things to be shipped to a certain standard. Sorry, but just being happy that it didnt get crushed isn’t good enough when expecting delivery from a company conducting a sports memorabilia auction. I won’t settle for sub-standard service.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Was he/she trying to take advantage of eBay's discounted shipping where there is a fine line between protection and going over the weight limit? Just curious

No, it wasn’t an eBay auction.