Rookie Question

[joshuanip]

Pay for the insurance. Buy a lot of bubble tape. Make sure the cards don’t wiggle and is snug. And use a small to medium size box labeled delicate all over it.

[hcv123]

Place cards in card savers (don't use top loaders). Secure the card savers between 2 pieces of medium to heavy weight cardboard. Wrap cardboard judiciously with bubble wrap. Place in a box in a manner that the wrapped cards cannot shift. Send registered mail insured for full value (up to 50K).

Get in touch if you want to sell when you get them back!

[Directly]

I know a collector who submitted six LeBron RC for grading valued in the $35,000 dollar range. He felt FedEx overnight was the way to go. USPS insurance is iffy they will pay a claim, even then it may take months to settle your claim! I would considerer USPS registered Insured Mail. Its always wise to have a private insurance policy on your cards for extra protection--good luck on your submission!

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by Directly

I know a collector who submitted six LeBron RC for grading valued in the $35,000 dollar range. He felt FedEx overnight was the way to go. USPS insurance is iffy they will pay a claim, even then it may take months to settle your claim! I would considerer USPS registered Insured Mail. Its always wise to have a private insurance policy on your cards for extra protection--good luck on your submission!

DO NOT USE FEDEX !! 1 - they will gladly take your $$ and insure for whatever you want - HOWEVER - in their fine print is a limitation of liability of $1k max for "collectibles". 2 - they have had issues with employees opening boxes and removing contents - it happened recently to a customer of mine who sent me some valuable cards.

Private insurance also a good idea.

[Directly]

Originally Posted by hcv123

DO NOT USE FEDEX !! 1 - they will gladly take your $$ and insure for whatever you want - HOWEVER - in their fine print is a limitation of liability of $1k max for "collectibles". 2 - they have had issues with employees opening boxes and removing contents - it happened recently to a customer of mine who sent me some valuable cards.

Private insurance also a good idea.

I recently had a card missing in transit sent USPS Priority insured, The box arrived empty (card missing), the box was compromised, ripped open. Fortunately I had a private insurance policy covered the loss. Appears both shippers may have issues!

[Cmvorce]

Thanks for all the input, everyone. Very helpful. I’m having a panic attack just thinking about it though.

[68Hawk]

Originally Posted by Cmvorce

Thanks for all the input, everyone. Very helpful. I’m having a panic attack just thinking about it though.

I'd wait for the National or other card show you can get to this year, fly out and have a little fun looking around, leave the cards with the TPG in person.
Too high value from the sound of what you're getting graded to trust a mail service.

[YazFenway08]

All of that input was great. I have received cards from a couple of the veterans that responded and they know what they are talking about...the packing and shipping was top flight.

Chris , you are ahead of the game in terms of your concerns....after decades of using penny sleeves and top loaders I break out in a cold sweat inserting and extracting cards from Card Savers. I know they are best for limiting movement, but damn...