My hard lesson learned today

[sycks22]

Send it to PSA, they might not recognize it. Gorilla glue works wonders. Sorry to hear about the card.

[Zach Wheat]

I've done worse....bought a nice T205 Cy Young from a board member and somehow managed to throw it away with the packing material. Wow.

ZWheat

[darrend505]

Youch! I have yet to do that, but anymore I try to open the envelope from the sealed flap to avoid just this kind of situation. Or make sure all the contents are the end opposite of which I am cutting.

[drc]

I learned you have to ship glass photos in boxes not bubble envelopes. The buyer was not pleased.

[matthew]

Had a nice Zeenut several years back (from a highly respected seller) arrive in a semi rigid with a small piece of tape. The card had slid up under the tape & now I have a nice Z with a small bit of paperloss.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by drc

I learned you have to ship glass photos in boxes not bubble envelopes. The buyer was not pleased.

I think we all have made a shipping mistake at one point. Mine was when I auctioned off a rare book collection. I mailed a thick hardback, mint book in a bubble-mailer. Yes, it was stupid. After receiving the book with four bend corners, the buyer emailed back: "Don't they have boxes in Georgia?"

[thescooper]

I used to sell rare lp's (records to you younguns) I always sent VERY DETAILED instructions how to open the package, it wasn't rocket science but it worked everyone got their record opened ok with no damage, my boss says a happy client pays with happy dollars

[Bilko G]

I did the EXACT same thing with a ROGER MARIS funeral brochure. Used a pair of scissors to open the bubble mailer and choped the brochure in half almost

[toppcat]

Anytime I ship a card that is not slabbed I fold a small piece of paper over the top opening of a semi rigid or rigid holder and then tape that to the holder; the tape cannot stick to the card that way. The paper needs to be wider than the tape obviously but this works great.

[buymycards]

Hi,
I feel the best way to ship a single card is this:

• Put the card in a sleeve
• Put the sleeved card in a topload
• Put the topload in a "team bag"
• Put another topload on each side of the original topload
• Seal the bag and put a piece of tape along the seal
• Put the whole works in a small bubble mailer

Works well for me. BTW the seller should reimburse the OP for the cost of the card plus shipping.