Heritage charge 17.5% BP + $26 for shipping but...

no signature required? The postman just left the packing in my mailbox. I know I am a small potato to them but still... The 2 coins is value at $1650.

 

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You received your coins (I'm assuming they arrived undamaged and in a reasonable amount of time) and you're angry?! Why?
You sound like you are one of those people that are impossible to please.

 

So then if someone was to drop one of your coins on the ground, but it happened to be okay that time, you'd be okay with anyone dropping any of your coins on the ground? Just because something risky turned out okay one time does not mean that he is happy assuming that risk every time, especially considering the price paid for shipping should have included signature confirmation at the very least.

 

Did you read the OP?
He complained that the package was sent without requiring a delivery signature.

 

Read my post again.

 

I read it once. It doesn't merit a second reading.
At no point was the OPs package dropped or otherwise subjected to any damage. It was simply delivered to his mailbox.

 

The rules are published. Did you read them? They are the same for every buyer. The way they ship is up to them. If they are willing to risk the loss of the package by not requiring a signature, so be it. It's no skin off of your back.

 

I agree. If I'm paying an auction house over $300, including $26 specifically for postage, I think they can afford to send it with signature confirmation.

 

Why, as a buyer, would you expect or demand signature confirmation?

 

Are you sure the label doesn't say signature delivery on it? GC sent me a $2k+ order a while ago, with signature, but the mail guy just put it in the box. It happens

 

Okay, follow along here. Something risky was done to a coin of his, and while nothing bad happened this time he was upset over the needless risk.

Your position was that he should be happy and not complain because the coins were fine. I was making an analogy about dropping a coin to illustrate the problem with your position. Just because something risky did not lead to a problem this time does not mean that taking needless risks is something he should be happy with. Dropping the coin illustrates this point perfectly.

 

It ensures that there is no point at which the package is unattended. What if you lived in an apartment or condo and your packages got left at your door? Would you want thousands of dollars of coins sitting in a publicly accessible hallway? Worse yet, what if the package had some information on it that would indicate it contained numismatic items? Now you're advertising that you have a collection. Registered mail is even better, since it ensures the entire chain of custody from shipment to receipt.

 

But there was no risk to the OP. If they were lost, stolen or damaged in shipping, he gets his money back. Heritage, or their insurance company, eats the loss.

This thread is much ado about nothing.

 

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See post number 13.
Apartments and condos don't have locking mail boxes? WOW!

 

Let's say you won a coin at auction that you had been searching for for a couple years, and when the package finally gets to your door, instead of the coin, it contains a check for your original purchase price. You'd be perfectly happy with this then? (Note: This is also an analogy.)

My point is that of course there is risk to the OP. If he was happy with just having the money, he wouldn't have bought the coins in the first place.

 

And should your package magically disappear, no conformation, you get paid twice, if you happen to find it in your bushes later on.... Sound like a mistake to me or really poor business practices at Heritage or post office. I understand the one response too... It come, I got it, no worries... But many people would use this to their ADVANTAGE...
They shouldn't be tempting people with bad business... Then, if it vanishes, he makes a cLAIM AND they raise holly hell about it..

 

Your right, he is wrong... he is just a very trusting sole and see's no problem in it... That is until it happens to him, The post office has a video of it going on the truck and into the mailbox... Then, you drop it on your way into the house unknowingly... I pick it up, keep it, then he files a claim and wants his money back. He will then be really mad that they did not require a sig... Until that day, it is all todo about nothing...

 

Saying there's no risk to the OP is completely wrong. As soon as that package is scanned and delivered and left in his mailbox of on his step the risk is 100 percent on the OP. If someone steals it or it is misdelivered the post office, heritage and their insurance would all just say the package shows it was delivered.