I purchased a card last
week from a high rated comic book seller on eBay for a great deal. It isn’t a major card but a
nice cornerstone for one of my mini-PC collections. It shipped quickly and was
secured nicely so I have no complaints about that but when I got the card and opened
the cardboard they had around the top loader I got hit with a smell almost as
bad as cigarette smell. It smelled like the seller had just sprayed a flowery
air freshener right in to the padded mailer.
I tossed all the
packaging, including the top loader and penny sleeve, and I have the card
sitting next to my monitor in hopes that the smell will eventually dissipate. I’ll
admit, I would rather have a rose smell compared to tobacco but any aroma
other than gum doesn’t belong on a card.
Ha, sometimes I store my cards with old airfresheners just to freshen them up a little.
ReplyDeleteI've used dryer sheets. They seemed to work well
DeleteGum and that antique shop / musty attic smell that comes on 50's and early 60's vintage. Love that smell.
ReplyDeleteSame thing has happened to me before. I took the card and placed it on a folded piece of paper towel, then put the paper towel on a dryer sheet, then put the three items in a ziplock bag and left it there for a few days. After that... I let the card breathe for a few more days and it was fine.
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