I received an envelope and a piece of folded cardboard with 3 bits of sticky tape on it yesterday, Totally inadequate way of sending heavy coins.
there was supposed to be 2x 1 dollar coins but there was nothing in the envelope.
The bottom R/hand corner of the envelope was torn and I imagine the coins fell out while in transit.
I was charged $5 postage for this and received this garbage, a padded mailer is only 80cents .
I have emailed the seller and still haven't received a refund yet.
I have had all sorts of crappy packaging and the worst is when they sticky tape the coins to a piece of cardboard :dash1:
This is the first time I have opened an empty package tho.
Its fairly common on Ebay,i got 3 Pennies jiggling around in a standard envelope a few Months ago,i messaged the seller for his own benefit and got a reply "what are you whinging about,you got them dirt cheap,go jump".I was thinking about taking it further but decided its not worth it and just didn't leave FB.
Wow that's totally lame! Haha we should have a thread of how to post coins correctly, mine includes the staple technique for circulated coins – to hold them in place around the cardboard, but other items are put in zip bags and then taped to cardboard, haha then there are the ones you tape around the outside of the cardboard, haha im not totally mean I do leave a space where you can open it.
Nothing more tormenting then going round and round removing sticky tape and not getting to the coin – haha its like "but I can see it"
My worst so far was receiving 2 almost uncirculated pennies in the one padded envelope
which were sent in unfolded saflips.One coin had slipped out of the saflip and was floating around loose in the envelope but was OK.It could have been a disaster if the other coin had slipped out.I told the seller what had happened and he'll be folding his saflips from now on
one of my worst was a lustrous unc penny
wrapped in the tiniest piece of cling wrap
then sitting in a small folded piece of cardboard off a weet bix packet
then put into the envelope - no tape - no seal
I open the envelope
pull out the cardboard
then coin falls out and rolls onto the cement patio
as I was sitting on our outside chair when I opened it
seller has over 14,000 feedback too
only consolation was that I know the seller & knew that he was overseas with the wife's 19 yr old son holding the ebay fort for him
another worstie was 5 x 1937 crowns -all good grades and all popped in together (non in coin holders) in one small plastic ziplock bag and then into a padded envelope
I sent watchco an e-mail about not being very happy janet
staples are a killer too if a few coins are chucked into the one bag
better get back to work :) - bye!!
Mark got a coin packaged in 2 foil tart cases......used!! We still joke about it if we eat a custard tart.
Sticky tape applied directly to a coin has happened to me a couple times. Other than that ive had a good run.
The custard tart holders is the best/worst ive ever heard!
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='17186' dateline='1370396523'one of my worst was a lustrous unc penny
wrapped in the tiniest piece of cling wrap
then sitting in a small folded piece of cardboard off a weet bix packet
then put into the envelope - no tape - no seal
I open the envelope
pull out the cardboard
then coin falls out and rolls onto the cement patio
as I was sitting on our outside chair when I opened it
That's awful.
Worst I've had is study tape, but it was on well-used coins that were going to get an acetone bath anyway. At least they were secured.
Nothing sadder than a Custard Tart Case- with no Custard Tart.:icon_e_sad:
I had an Irish half crown delivered that was sticky taped to the inside of a normal envelope. To make matters worse the seller had stolen the image of a beautiful choice UNC coin and sent me a scrubber circulated dog. And to make matters worse eBay didn't find in my favour when I started an item not as described case!!!!
I learned about packaging the hard way very early on. My first job was as a truck spare parts salesman, and one day I had to ship six cylinder liners to the Mallee. I slit open the cans they come in, wrapped them very carefully, slipped them back in, and wrapped up the cans so everything was secure. Just then the boss told me to redo them because they would break in transit. I argued of course. So he took one, threw it waaaaaaay up towards the very high ceiling, and of course it shattered into a zillion bits when it came back down. I very sheepishly repacked them so they'd arrive intact. And ever since, I've been real careful about how I pack things. Even to the point of folding over the ends of sticky tape so as to provide a handy easy-to-pull tab.