Your Worst Bubble Mailer Stories??
I went from complete heart attack to simply dumbfounded with this one after seeing that the game is relatively unscathed. It may have received slight corner wear from rubbing but it didn't get any crushing or squishing which is quite frankly a miracle. Though it came UPS instead of USPS, not sure if that had anything to do with it...
Yes, seller knew what they had, this wasn't some old lady selling games for $5 each or anything like that. The seller knew they had a rare game, knew the value of the cart and we negotiated price of the CIB. I sent the generic "please pack well, please notify me when shipping" and I assumed that due to value the seller would actually pack with care. Sure enough, bubble mailer shows up on my doorstep.
Either way, I was expecting a CIB with a Very Good box and nice contents and that's what I got. Guess I dodged a bullet here but I'm sure others have not been so lucky. What's the worst you've seen?
Yes, seller knew what they had, this wasn't some old lady selling games for $5 each or anything like that. The seller knew they had a rare game, knew the value of the cart and we negotiated price of the CIB. I sent the generic "please pack well, please notify me when shipping" and I assumed that due to value the seller would actually pack with care. Sure enough, bubble mailer shows up on my doorstep.
Either way, I was expecting a CIB with a Very Good box and nice contents and that's what I got. Guess I dodged a bullet here but I'm sure others have not been so lucky. What's the worst you've seen?
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My worst bubble mailer stories are the the ones that I won't go through the hassle to return, like when I got Pokemon Lets Go from Best Buy on sale and it came crushed, but my fiance just wanted to play the game so it's not like I'm going to return it and roll the dice for a nice one. Or when I buy a 9/10 box and it comes in 8/10 condition and decide life is too short and I'll just be sad about it forever
Nothing on the top of my head comes to mind but im sure ive gotten several crushed games over the years for this reason.
RIP those hinges. I've had way too many DOA Saturn cases cracked from buying online. You need to ship those in boxes. It's so frustrating.
and the seller had flattened the box.....
which turned out okay for me, as i had only bought the CIB for the 3d glasses....
which was the only thing i was missing from my collection's CIB copy at that time.
but expensive shite like that SNES game, you should ALWAYS ask the seller to use an actual shipping box...
don't just ask for them to "please pack well" , because then this shite happens...
Shipping in a box doesn't cost any more money than to ship a bubble mailer, it's just lazyness on the shippers part.
Anything that can easily be broken or cracked or crushed etc I ship in a box no matter what the value is.
Shipping in a box doesn't cost any more money than to ship a bubble mailer, it's just lazyness on the shippers part.
I'd argue it's actually cheaper. I have more spare boxes than I know what to do with, and I'm always annoyed when I have to buy bubble mailers. They're not exactly meant for reuse.
Anything that can easily be broken or cracked or crushed etc I ship in a box no matter what the value is.
Shipping in a box doesn't cost any more money than to ship a bubble mailer, it's just lazyness on the shippers part.
Not defending the practice of shipping boxes in mailers but yes it costs a chunk more to ship something in a box in the US. For cheaper items costing 3 dollars to ship vs 5 if the item is 7-8 dollars is a difference. Box adds minimum 4 ounces to weight for the smallest boxes.
Now pending where the box goes in the US. Coast to Coast shipping is outrageous and shoots up pretty quick. If I ship an item in a mailer, which I dont do for items that can easily be crushed, I know the consequences and am prepared to refund. Cheap small items are going in mailers.
Now Jone. That is horrific. If I sold that to someone it would be going Express 2 day with insurance in a box with nice wall of padding. Like one of those egg drop projects from school project days. Shipping that in a mailer seems like an april fools joke
Anything that can easily be broken or cracked or crushed etc I ship in a box no matter what the value is.
Shipping in a box doesn't cost any more money than to ship a bubble mailer, it's just lazyness on the shippers part.
I'd argue it's actually cheaper. I have more spare boxes than I know what to do with, and I'm always annoyed when I have to buy bubble mailers. They're not exactly meant for reuse.
kraft mailers cost me .12 cents. I get large bubble poly mailers from ebay supplies with store coupon. Boxes for most established not once in a while sellers will always cost more.
Boxes add a minimum of .50 cents and more likely a 1.00+ to any shipment
a) How?
2) I don't believe you.
III) You've got a problem now.
Only time its happened to me was 2 or 3 CIB's that i won very very cheap over 6,7 years ago and i was still upset with the sellers and let them know.
HOWEVER....................... They took the time to fold in instruction manual into a square and secure it with a rubber band so it wouldn't get damaged.
Anything that can easily be broken or cracked or crushed etc I ship in a box no matter what the value is.
Shipping in a box doesn't cost any more money than to ship a bubble mailer, it's just lazyness on the shippers part.
I'd argue it's actually cheaper. I have more spare boxes than I know what to do with, and I'm always annoyed when I have to buy bubble mailers. They're not exactly meant for reuse.
kraft mailers cost me .12 cents. I get large bubble poly mailers from ebay supplies with store coupon. Boxes for most established not once in a while sellers will always cost more.
Boxes add a minimum of .50 cents and more likely a 1.00+ to any shipment
That's very cheap for mailers. I will admit that I very rarely sell+ship, though... if I were running any decently-sized operations I'm sure my box supply would vanish overnight.
Haha, $2500 dollar game and couldn't be bothered for an extra $2 dollars for shipping materials. Glad that made it ok, though.
Well, that would raise the average cost of shipping materials, so...
Saturn games in bubble mailers.... ugh
RIP those hinges. I've had way too many DOA Saturn cases cracked from buying online. You need to ship those in boxes. It's so frustrating.
Giving me flashbacks to collecting PS1 long boxes. Nothing like sliding a game out of a bubble mailer and having the hinges come tumbling out afterwards.
Wow glad that made it ok Jone...
Nothing on the top of my head comes to mind but im sure ive gotten several crushed games over the years for this reason.
One of the best shipping mishaps
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=169582
I'm pretty sure that this damage is happening either at the PO that received the package or the one doing the delivery. Possibly even in the trucks. I tend to think that because some people have more than a couple "horror" stories of damaged packages where as someone like myself who's received hundreds and hundreds of packages between my wife and I, have only seen probably 2-3 damaged items in a few years. Also, if I had to venture a guess on why some areas might be better than others, I'd guess volume. I live in a small rural town, surrounded by farm country. I guess, comparatively, my local PO just doesn't have to sort through and "hustle" through as many packages as others. But, that's just a guess.
Is the seller a member here?
Wow glad that made it ok Jone...
Nothing on the top of my head comes to mind but im sure ive gotten several crushed games over the years for this reason.
One of the best shipping mishaps
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=7&thr...
WHAT DUMDUM SHITASS WOULD SEND IT IN A BOX THAT FLIMSY