You won't believe what they did next.
The secondary trading card market is plagued with sellers who cancels an entire order with a false reason to maximize their profits. This signifies a dim-witted seller unknowingly setting themselves up to lose a valuable customer.
Inventory mistakes happen, but it's ridiculous to cancel an order of three 2021 Sword & Shield McDonald's Collection cards with a combined market value of $3 just because bids only reached $2. This seller claimed that all three cards were "Damaged," and followed this by immediately relisting all three of these cards as "Near Mint" for $10 (over three times its market value) -- with the same photos -- showing they're not damaged.
Perhaps this was for the best because they allegedly shipped multiple sealed vintage packs in a standard white envelope with a presumably nonmachinable stamp that costs $1.19 -- when they charge $5 for standard shipping. Needless to say, the buyer claimed that most of their cards were damaged.
By the way, the USPS states that a plain white envelope with nonmachinable characteristics "must be no more than 6-1/8 inches high x 11-1/2 inches long x 1/4 inch thick." Violations of this policy are subject to postage due.[1]
Sources:
- USPS. "Sizes for Letters." pe.usps.com. Retrieved April 30, 2025