So, I get home from the shops and there is this floppy package waiting for me.
There is a tiny piece of sellotape along the back and an address sticker. Didn't recognise the name but could not remember ordering any clothes.
Oh, and there is a clear label stating that it needs to be signed for. Apparently my sister opened the door and this was handed to her. This was signed for? Not by either of us. Oh -would this be the TENTH example this year of a postal delivery worker committing FRAUD by faking a signature? Is that why this package was almost open?
Ahhh. NOT clothes. Comics. 1980s, quite prone to tearing and damage newsprint comics.
A closer look, yes a very thin, flimsy (judging by the catalogue bar code something that did hold cloth). Yes, bumped down at the edges and both ends.
See that damage at the bottom of this pack? Not a single piece of card and yet postage was £4.50 -more than the comicsw cost but you cannot be so stupid as to not realise it will cost you NO MORE to buy a proper postal packet to put these in.
I just sighed rather than going into a raging fury.
Feedback on this purchase......I'm calming down right now.
As I have looked after comics in all conditions and states for 50 years (I REALLY must get a life) I think I can repair the damage to these but it will take time. Nice buy but FFS how long before these people learn that just throwing a comic into a crap envelope and putting it through the postal system is NOT WHAT YOU DO.
I really do despair at times -especially when there are web sites telling you HOW to send comics in the mail. And even Ebay tell you what to do!!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/How-To-Properly-Package-Ship-Raw-Comic-Books-/10000000175497112/g.html
Oh, and there is a clear label stating that it needs to be signed for. Apparently my sister opened the door and this was handed to her. This was signed for? Not by either of us. Oh -would this be the TENTH example this year of a postal delivery worker committing FRAUD by faking a signature? Is that why this package was almost open?
I just sighed rather than going into a raging fury.
Feedback on this purchase......I'm calming down right now.
As I have looked after comics in all conditions and states for 50 years (I REALLY must get a life) I think I can repair the damage to these but it will take time. Nice buy but FFS how long before these people learn that just throwing a comic into a crap envelope and putting it through the postal system is NOT WHAT YOU DO.
I really do despair at times -especially when there are web sites telling you HOW to send comics in the mail. And even Ebay tell you what to do!!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/How-To-Properly-Package-Ship-Raw-Comic-Books-/10000000175497112/g.html