I agree with Toadman--I get three weekly magazines and my wife gets a slew of shopping mags (LL Bean, Coldwater Creek, AVON, etc,) all sent without covers and most of them don't even have the little stickies that keep them closed AND I VERY SELDOM HAVE AN DAMAGE.

As Toadman said, I would complain to your local postmaster because it probably is happening locally.

Grumpy