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<p>[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25365994, member: 134416"]It's a long story, but an 85% damage rate isn't a great record. One of them looked like it was run over by a King Tiger. There's zero benefits to me and it is my only special request.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know if it's the local post office or what, but those cardboard mailers just get absolutely mauled. The Justinian II only survived because it was so small and sank to the bottom, missing the mauling by about 5 mm. The next one was mauled, but not as badly. I think only one arrived without some form of damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Priority mail is a deal-breaker for me. Nope. I'll do FedEx or DHL Express, but no priority. I used to despise FedEx, but my FedEx packages from Germany have been quite excellent. It's usually not a problem with dealers in ancients. 85% offer first class mail.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only coin that was damaged via First Class was mailed so badly that it was hardly a shock that it broke in two.</p><p><br /></p><p>My postman is also quite careless. He WILL stuff and fold anything into that mailbox.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25365994, member: 134416"]It's a long story, but an 85% damage rate isn't a great record. One of them looked like it was run over by a King Tiger. There's zero benefits to me and it is my only special request. I don't know if it's the local post office or what, but those cardboard mailers just get absolutely mauled. The Justinian II only survived because it was so small and sank to the bottom, missing the mauling by about 5 mm. The next one was mauled, but not as badly. I think only one arrived without some form of damage. Priority mail is a deal-breaker for me. Nope. I'll do FedEx or DHL Express, but no priority. I used to despise FedEx, but my FedEx packages from Germany have been quite excellent. It's usually not a problem with dealers in ancients. 85% offer first class mail. The only coin that was damaged via First Class was mailed so badly that it was hardly a shock that it broke in two. My postman is also quite careless. He WILL stuff and fold anything into that mailbox.[/QUOTE]
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