Thread: Good deals gone bad!

I had one sent from Canada. The envelope was ripped open and the razor gone. Got my money back, but dammit, I wanted the razor!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

These boxes are what I use, they hold up to 4 razors and still have room for bubble wrap or newspaper and the real kicker is that they cost less shipped to my door from ULINE then walking across the street to buy 6x9 bubble mailers from Staples..... Go Figure

8 x 3 x 2" Indestructo Mailers S-974 - Uline

my razor was shipped on this box!
its smaller than usps small box and its really though box!

This is really a shame.

Unfortunately when you pack in an envelope, it goes through a machine at the post office and more often than not, it gets torn up.

Packing in a box with bubble wrap around the razor and the box filled with packing peanuts or newspaper goes a long way. Even a 6x9 padded type envelope with the razor packed in bubble wrap stands a better chance.

Sorry this happened, but good for all our members to see.

Thanks,

Lynn

What I like is in the auction, the postage is listed with insurance at a high amount. When I recieve the package, it is postmarked at 1/4 the price without insurance.

How do you like that ??

Recently, I won an auction with almost $10 in shipping cost posted in the auction. Yeah, even insurance was listed in the auction. So, I paid the shipping cost only to recieve the package with $1.59 postmarked on it ... shipped without insurance, of course. Freakin' deadbeats.


Now, I have been lucky so far and havent experienced anything like the other members posting their woes .... but I would absolutely contest the buy through paypal if a package arrived in such a condition.

Also, I do contact the seller sometimes and request certain packaging ... if I think they dont know what the heck they are doing. The seller usually gets bent about it, but if I dont recieve the item in the condition stated on the auction, I'm contesting ... and I let the seller know it right up front. Even if it's a $10 auction... lol.

IMO, the seller posts the auction with insurance on the shipping .. hey, I expect insurance. Call me crazy.

Although I've yet to buy a razor from E-bay, I have bought other things. The best "weapon" I've had so far when it comes to damages during shipping is PayPal. They really do stand behind the purchaser, NOT the seller. Those pics are painful to look at, as the seller was either too stupid to pack it correctly, or just didn't give a $h!t. Sorry this had to happen as it looked like a nice razor.

Mike

USPS Insurance is a big scam. You have to sue them in a Federal Court in order to get them to pay. Even then it is very questionable. At least Fedex and UPS pay their insurance claims.

Originally Posted by Jermwood

I just received a Koch and Schafer "Super Kama" today that I won on ebay for a good price. I was so excited to get it so I could get it cleaned up and honed to shave with it. And this is what I saw when I opened the mail box... Needless to say I'm gonna try and get my money back. As a precaution when bidding on razors on ebay request that shipping be done in a box and not an envelope. Or at least a bubble pack envelope! This thread is to open it up for all those horror stories of good deals on a nice razor gone bad, lets hear 'em, with pics if possible!

The stupid shipper should get a bill from the USPS for repair of their zip code reading machine for envelopes.