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Tscastle
Posts: 869
Joined: Mar 2021
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| Thursday, February 16, 2023 8:20 PM | |
Received the following “envelope” in the mail today.
https://imgur.com/8SHx6lQ
https://imgur.com/gBsSOAr
https://imgur.com/TCN6Hn7
Luckily the cards were still secure in the packing and remained in the envelope half that I received. Clearly marked non-machinable, yet also clearly went through the machine.
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ComposerMike
Posts: 801
Joined: Aug 2020
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| Thursday, February 16, 2023 8:41 PM | |
It seems all envelopes go through the machine whether they are marked or not.
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althib
Posts: 1,034
Joined: Jul 2019
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| Thursday, February 16, 2023 8:42 PM | |
Ouch!
A chance the cereal cardboard and tape was there to salvage everything. The envelope almost looks like it was opened by someone with his finger.
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SET BUILDER: Baseball ◉ Hockey ◉ Misc. Sports ◉ Non-Sport & Oddballs
PC: Felipe Alou ◉ Derek Aucoin ◉ Steve Begin ◉ Jennifer Botterill ◉ Kevin Dineen
L.D.T. ◉ Bob Kudelski ◉ Manon Rheaume ◉ Gabriela Sabatini ◉ P.J. Stock |
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bassmon
Posts: 308
Joined: May 2020
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| Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:02 PM | |
Whoa, never seen that before. Does look like some one opened it. 
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Dmbramer
Posts: 601
Joined: Dec 2019
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| Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:06 PM | |
curious.. Was Half the envelope real thick. So the machine just ran into a brick wall? Instead of Spreading out the cards?
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Tscastle
Posts: 869
Joined: Mar 2021
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| Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:37 PM | |
It was a little thick, nine cards stacked together in a single pile between the cardboard. The machine definitely ripped the end off (notice the return address label is mostly gone). The envelope is about 1.5 inches shorter than it should be.
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abothebear
Posts: 68
Joined: Jan 2022
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| Thursday, February 16, 2023 10:16 PM | |
I've had some rough ones lately. And one I sent a couple of weeks ago in a bubble mailer (as a package!) looked as if it was sent through the machine. I haven't had any problems until recently.
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Generally, the condition I look for is: 1800s-1929 - G and up (1+)... 1930-1951 - VGEX and up (2.5+).. 1952-1967 - EX and up (5+)... 1968-1978 - EXMT and up (6.5+)... 1979-1994 - EXMT/NM and up (7.5+)... 1995-present - NM+ and up (8.5+) |
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jamestagli
Posts: 84
Joined: Jan 2018
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| Tuesday, February 21, 2023 11:49 AM | |
according to my postmaster friend pete,"tell your friends, everything gets machined, period"
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jsteved
Posts: 307
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| Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:39 PM | |
I stopped writing "do not machine" on my envelopes a while ago because most of the envelopes I get have the marks on them from going through the machine whether they say nonmachinable on them or not (hand written or stamped by a postal worker). As was mentioned above, the keey is not having too thick of an envelope especially when everything is shifted to one side.
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lildog7
Posts: 973
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| Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:41 PM | |
Something similar happened to me recently. I got a letter back with "un-deliverable" marked on it because a machine mangled part of the address even though I had paid the extra postage and hand delivered it to a teller to make sure it was marked "non machinable". Luckily I had the cards packaged well enough that they were all intact and there was no damage. Other than the state line of the address it wasn't even really that bad.
I brought it back and showed them but they still made me pay for all new postage. I did make the lady at the desk mark the letters on the front and back that I dropped off on that visit, making sure it was very clear they were non machinable.
Sucks because now the person waiting for the cards from my end has to wait even longer (which I did communicate to them).
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