Suggestions For Mailing Hand Collated Sets

[Promethius88]

Ugggh, hand collated sets always seem to be a pain to ship. I have shipped several recently and I probably go far beyond what I need to day.

I sleeve the cards on the ends. Then I cut two pieces of cardboard to fit on each end, because of course, no set fits "perfectly". I then cut a piece of cardboard to fill the gap on the open side. This piece can fit all the way down the side of the box. The little end pieces of cardboard have to fit between that piece and the back side of the box. Any room left over on the ends, fill with packing peanuts or whatever filling you have available to make is snug.
Oh.... you have to make sure those cut cardboard pieces are taller than the cards but shorter than the sides of the box or it won't close correctly.
Finally, I cut another piece of cardboard to go on the top of the set. The cardboard from a typical Amazon box is usually the perfect thickness. The set is then really locked in there and isn't moving at all.
Close the box and wrap it in bubble wrap, put it in a bigger box with packing peanuts around all sides.

I probably go to the extreme, but I know that no matter how much that outer box gets kicked around, those cards aren't moving.

[wdwfan]

You can put them into BCW boxes (half in 1, half in the other or divide by 3). Then put the BCW boxes into a larger box with padding. I sold off a couple of junk wax sets this week using this shipping method.