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« Reply #20 on: February 23, 2006, 07:10:17 AM » |
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Variety pack  That's the first time I've heard them called that... other variety packs spring to mind, but I won't touch THAT here! Nice to see that you are doing your bit for the environment, albeit with questionable methods  What more could a guy want...Alias spice for me maybe.
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« Reply #21 on: February 23, 2006, 07:25:36 AM » |
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Variety pack That's the first time I've heard them called that... other variety packs spring to mind, but I won't touch THAT here! Nice to see that you are doing your bit for the environment, albeit with questionable methods What more could a guy want...Alias spice for me maybe.
What about an Evangeline Spice, Becks? Evangeline Spice......super caliente'  |
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« Reply #22 on: February 23, 2006, 07:52:26 AM » |
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« Reply #24 on: February 23, 2006, 08:07:53 AM » |
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I think youre pretty safe with Aus post...they seem to be reasonably good, except when they cant find parcels in their own parcel room  |
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« Reply #25 on: February 23, 2006, 08:14:41 AM » |
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Heehee... that's happened to me before as well. After turning the parcel room upside down, they finally worked out that it was in the (small) stack of unsorted parcels that was lying on the desk in front of me! |
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« Reply #26 on: February 23, 2006, 08:26:37 AM » |
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I think youre pretty safe with Aus post...they seem to be reasonably good, except when they cant find parcels in their own parcel room Sometimes they also get stuck in the Kangaroo's pouch, then you are screwed |
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« Reply #28 on: February 23, 2006, 08:33:21 AM » |
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I think youre pretty safe with Aus post...they seem to be reasonably good, except when they cant find parcels in their own parcel room Sometimes they also get stuck in the Kangaroo's pouch, then you are screwed You'd better watch your red cards Becks, you'll be facing some match bans soon |
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« Reply #29 on: February 23, 2006, 08:37:33 AM » |
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Goodness me  This is the worst damage I've seen to a card since my film card rip  I hope everyones on your side and can do something about this. Cheap card or not, all mail should be handled with care no matter how small, light, or thin the package may be  |
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« Reply #30 on: February 23, 2006, 09:01:15 AM » |
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Exactly Mike, and alot of the time, a $5 card looks the same as a $500 one when wrapped up  |
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« Reply #31 on: February 23, 2006, 09:37:39 AM » |
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I've received many parcels from the UK and Germany where holes were punched in the bubble mailer, luckily near the edge of the parce so the card was undamagedl. I always thought that the holes were punched by the overseas post office and not by USPS since I never received any parcels from the US with holes. |
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« Reply #32 on: February 23, 2006, 09:53:14 AM » |
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Maybe the package fell on the floor and they stabbed with one of those sticks with the pointy end. The kind that you see workers using in parks to pick up the litter! |
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« Reply #33 on: February 23, 2006, 02:57:17 PM » |
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Maybe the package fell on the floor and they stabbed with one of those sticks with the pointy end. The kind that you see workers using in parks to pick up the litter! Nice description. Exactly what happend to Chris happened to one of my envelopes from the UK some time ago. The card was hardly pointed right through the Top Loader and damaged. And it was an expensive card, a Honeydukes Candy (no variant). I had luck and got a replacement for this insured card. And i had much more luck, because replacing would have been much harder (or impossible) if one of the other two cards in the envelope would have been damaged. So 3 cards were inside and it was nothing but fortune that the Honeydukes Candy has been damaged and not one of the others. I was so thankful.  The other 2 cards in the envelope were the Triple Auto and the Pear Tree Leaves. |
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« Reply #34 on: February 23, 2006, 09:02:16 PM » |
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*wince* Poor little card!
This is a good reason to continue my practice of putting cardboard around card top loaders when I ship them after a sale or a trade... At least it offers a LITTLE more protection...
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« Reply #35 on: February 23, 2006, 10:19:58 PM » |
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This is a good reason to continue my practice of putting cardboard around card top loaders when I ship them after a sale or a trade... At least it offers a LITTLE more protection...
I agree 100%. There is nothing wrong with packaging a card as if it were going to go through a war zone..... |
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« Reply #36 on: February 23, 2006, 11:09:20 PM » |
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I received an auto from the UK. The card was in a sleeve, top loader and cardboard envelope. I wasn't too happy to see that the card had a big crease -- both the top loader and the sleeve were creased in the same spot. Somehow, the envelope had been folded at a sharp angle. I didn't say anything to the seller, since it was obviously not his fault.
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« Reply #37 on: February 24, 2006, 12:10:46 AM » |
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LOL it's really all claws out for the UK here huh? Chris - does it say where your parcel got to? Like a 'return to sender' stamp or 'not known at this address' I have sent 1000s of parcels now and have never had such a problem... *touch wood* although now I've said that I'm going to have 100 parcels all turn up bent, driven over by a lorry and probably punctured with a hole punch, swiss army knife and also - it'll probably get used for Legolas' knife throwing target practice too... Although I have had some delayed mail... and Sara and I can't communicate by post at all and one thing is missing at the moment but I have more faith in the system than some seem to here |
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« Reply #38 on: February 24, 2006, 03:26:23 AM » |
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You are really lucky Roz. The state of some of the stuff Royal Mail have delivered to me is a disgrace. And this is stuff within the UK so it is definitely them. I have had cards from Chris on many an occasion and for the postie to have done that much damage was a real achievement on their part, bearing in mind how well he wraps his stuff. My favourite postman trick is when they fold a cardboard do not bend letter in half even though it is the same width as the post box |
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« Reply #39 on: February 24, 2006, 04:10:15 AM » |
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well since christmas I have had 4 items i sent lost in the post
The worst is a International Signed for package to Japan worth £350+
Yes it is insured but the post office is arguing about value they want a invoice from a manufacturer
They want me to quote a value before profit, Tax and postage so they can pay the smallest amount of the value of the items to me.
I am arguing that they are collectables and I cannot get a invoice which is true as any i send would be for boxes not cards. Also they are not replacable and profit is dificult to say as each card has a different value and so how can you say how much if anything you made on each card. With the amount of time I hold on to cards like those I probably was selling them at a loss to start with
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