Shipping Question

steve B · #1 04-07-2018, 05:49 PM

For a set it's a nuisance, but when I was doing biggish lots of junk - 100-400 cards- I made "wrappers" out of printer paper and wrapped each hundred or so individually. If the cards were nicer I'd use wrecked 80's commons on either end as a bit of protection.

I could fit 400 in the bigger small flat rate box, 2-300 in the smaller one.

I also bought a lot of maybe a couple thousand British cards, lower grade. They came in a flat rate box, with a 91 score set in a binder and a bunch of other 91 score all used as packing material.

frankbmd · #2 04-07-2018, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve B

For a set it's a nuisance, but when I was doing biggish lots of junk - 100-400 cards- I made "wrappers" out of printer paper and wrapped each hundred or so individually. If the cards were nicer I'd use wrecked 80's commons on either end as a bit of protection.

I could fit 400 in the bigger small flat rate box, 2-300 in the smaller one.

I also bought a lot of maybe a couple thousand British cards, lower grade. They came in a flat rate box, with a 91 score set in a binder and a bunch of other 91 score all used as packing material.

I once ordered 100 smaller bubbly envelope mailers online. A rather large box arrived that was filled with at least 250 of the same envelopes. On the invoice/packing slip enclosed there was a note saying that if the order didn�t fill their shipping box that additional product may be enclosed as packing material.
I didn�t complain. Unfortunately I am still sending cards in the �packing� material from that order

and I can�t remember where they came from when the time comes to re-order.

I think the actual cost with the packing material was 6 cents each for the mailers, a good deal in my opinion.

prestigecollectibles · #3 04-07-2018, 07:12 PM

I shipped about 3500 cards in this large flat rate box. I put the cards in 660 and 550 ct boxes and then inside the flat rate box.

buymycards · #4 04-08-2018, 06:54 AM

If you are looking for a larger assortment of Priority shipping boxes than your local Post Office carries, you can set up a free account at www.USPS.com.

The boxes are free and they are shipped to your home for free. Some of the items that I use are:

Priority padded bags
Box 4 and Box 7, which are small square Priority boxes
The game box that Robert showed
Regional Rate A and Regional Rate B boxes

For some reason, these items have never been available at Post Offices and they are only available through USPS.com.

The Regional Rate boxes can save you a ton of money when you ship Priority to zones 1 through 4. You can print Regional postage from the eBay/Paypal site when you sell something on eBay.

Regional Rate pricing can be found here, along with all of the current Postal pricing - https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/notice123.htm#_c078

Zone charts can be found here - https://postcalc.usps.com/DomesticZoneChart

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