What is the general way to mail out cards? I've never sold cards online before, but I've sold other things. I'd just like to know what people usually do when they mail out cards, ie. how to protect them and such.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Mailing Cards
- Thread starter Asutorotorein
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Put the cards in a sleeve, toploader, and envelope (I use cushioned). That is the best way (I think).
You might also want to provide mailing insurance or a certificate of mailing, which you can get at the post office. They're to make sure the cards get to their owners in case any postal workers lose it or give it to the wrong person. Since you're selling this for the first time, it's important to get a good impression and maintain a good track record by making sure everything arrives at their proper destinations.
It might not be as important to you, but in the neighborhood where I'm at, the postal workers lose, give to the wrong person, or otherwise misdeliver about 10% of all the mail coming in. We lose a lot of important bills or checks like this.
It might not be as important to you, but in the neighborhood where I'm at, the postal workers lose, give to the wrong person, or otherwise misdeliver about 10% of all the mail coming in. We lose a lot of important bills or checks like this.
~Roxasora~ said:
That is the best way. But I never have cushioned envelopes, so I use Toploader, sleeve, and regular envelope. Don't tape the toploader. Just don't do it. And when you think about it, it cost like what? A buck to ship it. Maybe a buck fifty w/ toploader. Why does it cost 5 bucks to ship stuff on ebay? *sighs*
No its not it makes me feel better when people do it and i do it all the time and there are not expensive at all. PLus they help a little bit more then just a toploader.Ardoptres said:
TCC Co-Founder said:
Because eBay doesn't charge fees on the listed shipping cost. The seller is pocketing the difference. This is why you sometimes see an obviously $500 item listed for $10 with a $300+ shipping charge.
Lately eBay has been killing auctions that have "unreasonable shipping costs", but that's probably not going to affect Pokemon cards. $5 is reasonable if you're doing FedEx or UPS.
Thanks for the tips guys! 
I put my cards in a sleave, then in a toploader, then put it in the cheap white mail, put a stamp on it, write "Do not bend" then ride my bike to the mailbox.
White envelopes are cheaper to send I find, but I keep a few Yellow protective ones with bubblewrap in them in case I send money or alot of cards.
White envelopes are cheaper to send I find, but I keep a few Yellow protective ones with bubblewrap in them in case I send money or alot of cards.
Kingvike28 said:
Half-wrong. While Delivery Confirmation (which is what I think you mean by "tracking") cannot be bought on a letter size envelope, insurance can be purchased for anything you send via any method (I just insured a thin letter for $200... it has two Charizard ex in it side-by-side). I've never had anything go wrong during shipment, nor have I been declined protection from the unimaginable (from USPS).
Chairman Kaga said:
That depends. If insurance is included, you're looking at roughly $3.50-$4.00 in postage for $50 in items alone (it costs about $2.50 give or take for the First Class Postage, plus $1.70 for the insurance), not to mention the 12% in eBay fees, and roughly 4% in Paypal fees, and then any kind of bubble wrap mailer, toploader, tape, etc. It adds up really fast.
Most do overcharge to pocket the extra (or as some say, cover their "time" and "gas"), but don't be too quick to judge... there are some good ones out there.
I usually use a sleeve/toploader/bubble envelope, but if it's just one card, i don't feel that the bubble envelope is needed