I don't know why I even have to post this, not that I have to, but people are so lazy nowadays that they have been shipping in toploaders with no penny sleeves. Ok, this does 2 things: 1) Upset me due to the senders laziness. It's a penny. 2) In transit, the card is not carried by a white gloved letter carrier who slowly walks across country to personally deliver your package. It's put through sorters and smashed in bins and all kinds of dumb stuff. The card slides and bounces in the toploader during transit. The bottom 2 corners, and sometimes the top 2, are relentlessly damaged and sometimes tape glue gets stuck to the card. SO, spend a cent and keep your receivers happy. Spend a cent and protect the items that we all cherish so much. Spend a cent and save yourself the neutral or negative feedback. This is not rocket science, it's a hobby. Take a second and get your junk together before you trade/sell your cards. Oh, and don't wait a week to send out either. That junk sucks too.
I second this!!
amen!
Justin
Totally agree.
Agree it is maddening to open a package to find a card in a toploader with no penny sleeve. Fortunately I have have very few instances of damaged cards from this unsafe practice. Damage from tape, however is a different story.
I think this problem is more so from Ebay sellers who somehow got a hold of some trading cards to sell and know nothing of the hobby, and of other sellers like some at sportlots, who just don't care because they are sending low valued common cards.
Everybody should adapt the Golden Rule to sending cards. "Send cards safely onto others as you would have them send safely onto you"
This has happened with traders on TCC also. That's why I posted it here. I have had 3 cards, in the last 2 weeks, from both TCC and Ebay sent in a toploader with no penny sleeve and the one from Ebay was sent PWE with a shipping value of $3.95. All 3 cards had soft corners on the two bottom corner and one had tape on the top. One had no tape on it and slid out and had some light damage to the top. It's stupid because I treasure cards in general and I don't want to see any damaged for no reason. It's like damaging a Picasso even if it's a lower end card. The companies are trying to give us cool stuff to look at. Plus, I don't want to waste my time getting damaged cards or having to send them back. It's a hassle that can be avoided for 1 cent.
Great post.
A rule everyone in the hobby should abide by.
Great post. A few months ago I bought 3 packs or 100 to use for all the cards I ship out.
amen
$1 for a pack of a 100, or a failed transaction (TCC) or neg feedback (eBay) and a item damaged and a full refund (paypal)? Seems like I would take option #1!
I heard that, Jason. Most of us have our cards in toploaders with penny sleeves. If you don't have extra, use one off a lower end card of yours. It's not worth the negative implications.
great post
So has this practice got in better?
I haven't had any problems since I posted this, so I guess so. We'll see in the upcoming months though.
Yes penny sleeves and send out on time.....
I just received a card from a seller on ebay with NO toploader and NO penny sleeve in a PWE. It was just inside a folded piece of paper. Luckily, there was no damage to the card. Though, I am not sure what to do with the feedback now since the card was not damaged despite the extremely poor packaging.
Its not hard to reuse bubble mailers, reuse old taped up written on top-loaders, and penny sleeves well there is a reason they have that name! I would leave a neutral! I hate leave neutral or bad feedback but something you just have to for people to get the point! PWE is fine to me if they charge me a buck for shipping and its a cheap couple dollar card, but at least use a old top-loader AND PENNY SLEEVE!!
But some people will never learn!
Not that I'm condoning cheap/lazy shipping, but if you get a card that isn't damaged there's really no reason to complain unless you were charged excessive shipping costs. I'd like for everyone to ship my cards to me the same way that I ship out cards, but as long as they get to me without a scratch I could care less how they're shipped. As long as you get the card in the condition that you expected to get the card in, and weren't charged excessive shipping fees, it should be a great buy/sale/trade for everyone involved.
it seems lately I have been getting a lot of autos in PWE's even though they say they are going to ship in bubblemailers. To top it off they are still charging me like $3-$4 in shipping charges! Needless to say I have been leaving several neutral to negative feedbacks (I don't like to but sometimes it can't be avoided)! Sorry I had to vent a little!!!
Justin
Being they charged .99 for shipping one could see that it might ship that way, irks me when they charge $2-3 and ship PWE. I'm wary if shipping cost is low and nothing specified on how it will be shipped, at that point I would ask a question as it's a pain to try and return something and if low cost item it cost's you almost as much as item cost to send back.
It really kills me when people who sponsor box breaks here on TCC do the same thing. I wont single anyone out but on two separate occasions the same sponsor shipped all of my pulls in a team bag with no top loader or penny sleeves...grrrrrrrrrrrr. The first time was shame on him, the second time was shame on me...There wont be a third. I tried to give the guy a chance after the first time because he was relatively new to box breaks but c'mon...
Yeah, it's just doodoo to get cards like this. It would just be nice if everyone shipped securely and folded the tape over so we could get the cards out and not destroy the toploaders. It's very simple and not very time consuming. I'm all for negative feedback for stupid people. Hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes.
Thanks for offering, but I'm fine. I usually order a pack of sleeves whenever I order my boxes (which is only like three-four times per year). I do the same with the toploaders. Also, thanks for the advise on the team bags. I hope to be doing another group break in the near future, so I will use that method while packing. Thanks again.
Walmart sells penny sleeves for $0.97cents!! And they sell toploaders for like $3 bucks for 35!! So for $4 bucks you are set up for at least 10-30 transactions! As for other things as I said like 2-3 other times I think in this topic, re-use your old bubble mailers!! Its very easy! Reuse you old toploaders, team bags (doesn't matter if they seal or not) because they make tape for that! Tape is only $3 bucks at walmart and is great for re-taping those used bubble mailers!
I will write up a whole topic (with pics) or make a video on how to pack up a great package with re-used supplies and still packed 50x better than most that use new stuff!! Might be in the next day or 2 as I have about 3-4 packages going out! And PS I don't go to the post office anymore!! I use paypal shipping!! More money and time saved! Plus if you don't have a car (I do) this is a huge one!!!!!!!
Also buy or trade with me once and you will see a well packaged product!!
My Walmart does not sell toploaders and penny sleeves. That seems weird since I live 45 minutes from Walmart's headquarter, but that probably doesn't even factor into their equation when they stock the shelves. If you have a wholesale store in the area like Sams Club or Costco, you can probably find a great deal on bubble mailers there. I get a box of 25 mailers for $4.78! I don't see a need to reuse them when you can get them that cheap. If I had to buy them for $1/each at Walmart, I would probably take your advise though.
I cut up the bubble mailers I receive (used one) to make a pocket to put cards I'm shipping into. Kind of like double mailing it for extra protection, and those don't add much weight to package for the extra protection. I don't know about the rest of you but I have received some that look like they got ran over (stuck in their sorting machine or something). Kind of an "to each their own" as I worry about the integrity of a used mailer, and I like to prevent any problems (granted with overkill in my case ) as when I'm receiving something I would like to get it in the same ship it was shipped in as I'm sure others would like to receive that way from me.
I totally agree, Dwight. I believe I received one of your "pockets" before. If not, then I've received one from other traders and they work well. The Post Office does not care about our items. If they get here safely is one thing, but if they don't is another and neither of those is something the Post Office is too concerned with. I'm sure if you've (everyone) been sending packages a while, then you more than likely agree. It's not about overkill, but making a reasonable attempt to protect the cards. I dislike overkill as much as inadequate protection. By looking at some of these suggestions, we can all cheaply, safely and time efficiently protect the treasures that we hold so dear. It just requires someone to want to try. That's what I think most are missing when they send incorrectly. That's why I previously stated I would leave a neutral. That's why I started the thread. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions and remarks.
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