12 Trades Out Of 38 - Damaged Cards

**centrehice** · 02-02-2013, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by spg

Whenever I'm trading for anything high-end, I've asked about condition 100% of the time. I've only had one issue in 100 trades on here where the card was damaged even though I asked.

Most are damaged in transit, those that are not, I don't trade with those people again. I've been trading cards for close to 50 years, I know what I'm doing.

**jaybird_1981** · 02-02-2013, 02:16 PM

Weird I rarely get damaged cards.

**MattDMC** · 02-02-2013, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by jaybird_1981

Weird I rarely get damaged cards.

Same here, haven't received 1 yet here or from an ebay seller knock on wood.
I find it kind of hard to believe that 12 out of 38 came in damaged but at the same time I'm not saying it isn't possible.

**Crosby 87** · 02-02-2013, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by jaybird_1981

Weird I rarely get damaged cards.

same here, could probably count on one hand here. No where close to the 30% rate he is expericing.

**mooneyes** · 02-02-2013, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Crosby 87

same here, could probably count on one hand here. No where close to the 30% rate he is expericing.

Same with me, only 1 time, and the dude refunded my paypal with no fuss....only issue I ever had one here is on the Chat sites, but only with One particular member...O-o

**ericsnewmsn** · 02-02-2013, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by centrehice

Most are damaged in transit, those that are not, I don't trade with those people again. I've been trading cards for close to 50 years, I know what I'm doing.

Perhaps therein lies your issue... Unless you ask, or like myself publicly display your birthday, you have no idea of the age of your trading partner. I know I take much more care with the cards I handle now as opposed to when I was only 16. I'm not throwing all youngins under the bus, as anybody is capable of poor shipping, but when I was a kid I just didn't care about condition nearly as much as I do now.

**Frendo** · 02-03-2013, 08:12 AM

Just bad luck...or?
I has been very lucky with just ONE problem of 750-850 shipments between 2000-2011.
But since sep-2011 somethin has happened and I started to receive tons of damaged cards, cracked slabs, lost or stolen cards/mails....only at this week I received 2 mails with 2 very nice PC cards with minor/semi-minor damage (crappy protection, no tapes etc)

I received also a extremely rare (only seen once in my life) regional issued card this week with no top loader just only a penny sleeve as protection!!!

But luckly enough that the card wasn't even damaged but think if that card actually got badly damaged then...so I would be really mad then!

Just hope that this gets better in the future (but I don't think so...sadly but it's the truth)

**ginx86** · 02-03-2013, 08:18 AM

Seems like this would have to be caused by the postal system instead of the people that shipped them because that is a really high damage rate. I've been trading for years and I don't remember ever receiving a damaged card.

**Timmyblacks** · 02-09-2013, 01:02 PM

maybe your local PO/mailman is just particularly rough with their packages.

**flemingc04** · 02-09-2013, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by centrehice

At least with eBay the people don't sent ruined cards.

That may be the case from your personal experience, but I have had to return cards twice from ebay purchases because of cards being damaged from poor shipping. While I know your experiences are all shipping related, I have received about 3-4 more cards that had undisclosed damage that didn't happen in transit. Even today I have come across 3 ebay listing where there was some sort of damage and nothing was mentioned in the listing.

Basically I'm saying that ebay isn't 100% either.

12/38 though is a very poor record. One thing I would suggest since you have experienced so many, is to post exactly how the cards will be packaged and mailed when the trade is posted.