Victor C.
Shocking damage gold coins slabs
I was shocked to receive 2 out of 8 NGC Mint State gold coins damaged- one with 1" scratch on rt upper and the other with 2" tear on left edge that can be lifted & 2X1 cm hole on rt edge. I called & Eric sent a prepaid return label for coins to be returned & swapped out which is good. I thought a lot about me being scammed because they never asked which 2 specific coins were damaged to be returned so I called again to get acknowledgement from Carl with slab ID#. How often do you get damaged NGC slabs esp.on high grade gold coins? Probably nil. I was thinking shipper maybe intentionally sent them so I would return them.Shipper would deny receiving them & I would be out of a lot of money. Another reason why I said this is because the return label list shipping from address in Phoenix to address in Irvine, CA without my name on it. Carl said that their shipping co. is in Irvine but I have no way of knowing that since my package was sent from Phoenix. Burden of proof is on me so I have to protect myself. I took photos of damaged slabs with Priority small flat rate box with label & brought it to Post Office 2-8th. There was a long line.She gave me a receipt & I took a photo of her with package. You cannot imagine the mental anguish this has caused. I was very upset that I could not focus on anything else not knowing if package will arrive tomorrow at correct shipping address or if swapping will be done right,etc. All I can say is this should never have happened. Very bad experience
Response from Gold And Silver OnlineFeb 10, 2014
Victor, Again, I apologize that you received two damaged cases. We are not perfect, sometimes we make mistakes, all that we can do is make it right. That is why we sent you the label to send the coins back. We have 2 separate shipping facilities that are not in our offices (for security reasons), thus the reason for the different address. I assure you we are not trying to scam you (we wouldn't have hundreds of 5 star reviews if we didn't have integrity). Once we receive the coins back we will replace them, guaranteed. I understand your concern and as always if you need to talk with us please give us a call. Sincerely, Eric Griffin



