Using PayPal Multi-Order Shipping, you can print out a tracking USPS label that fits perfectly on the front of a bubble mailer. I use this for just about all my expensive trades. Costs about $3 and I don't have to go to the Post Office.
Oh, I had no idea...ill have to look into that, but then I'd have to buy bubble mailers and I usually buy them only as I need them. I might have one more.
Looks like there is no way to ship with tracking, which is the only time I need more than a forever stamp to mail trades.
I have no affiliation with the seller, but have successfully purchased the lot of 50 envelopes on 3 separate instances, and never had a problem with a single envelope. An envelope with 1 toploader and 2-3 cards can be mailed within the US for a single stamp. If you get up to 5-6 cards or two toploaders you'll need a second stamp. The envelopes are small, but I've yet to have a single one get lost in the USPS.
At most office supply stores you can spend 50-99 cents for a single envelope, and I used to agonize if the card I was sending justified a PWE of an "upgrade" to a bubble. But now at 16 cents a pop, pretty much any transaction over $3 gets a bubble from me.
If you buy the Kraft size #000 in bulk (500) you can get them for less than 7 cents each last I checked. I last bought 2000 of them for about 5.5-6 cents each. When purchased in bulk, bubble mailers are quite literally less than a nickel more expensive than a regular PWE.
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Any Puca trades you can send me would be greatly appreciated! Big want list and lots of points available.
Yeah, I bought a bulk box of 500 bubble mailers for something like $30 off amazon - super cheap, especially since the shipping on such a large box is probably half the price. Also got 200 new toploaders for $15, that's enough to last a long time especially if you reuse the ones you get in return, and there's probably even better deals to be had on larger amounts of them
If you buy the Kraft size #000 in bulk (500) you can get them for less than 7 cents each last I checked. I last bought 2000 of them for about 5.5-6 cents each. When purchased in bulk, bubble mailers are quite literally less than a nickel more expensive than a regular PWE.
I'm sure it's cheap, but it would take me years to go through that many even if i sent out every Puca trade in one, and I wouldn't do that because it would cost me three times as much to ship.
I just opened one where the top loader is closed with what looks like black electrical tape (and no order #), so that one will probably just get trashed since I will nevedr get the gum off the plastic.
Those kinds of toploaders are the ones that get used first in sending out orders. You don't reuse them? That's silly.
Those kinds of toploaders are the ones that get used first in sending out orders. You don't reuse them? That's silly.
I have a lot more toploaders than I send out latley, I think I have 30 that are relatively clear of tape gum. Why would I use the gross ones? They just give people a bad impression of me as a sender. They also stick to other top loaders in my shipping box and gum them up.
How long do y'all wait for someone to mail a card before reporting an issue?
It is nearing a month since a person committed, but not shipped. I've sent the person a pm, but no response. Should I wait til the 30-day mark or just be done with it? The card is not a pressing need, but it is tying 400ish points.
Thank you.
I reuse toploaders, too, scraping off the worst of the gum.
Cheers!
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Their guidelines assume communication and when someone vanishes I'd push it.
I think I have 30 that are relatively clear of tape gum. Why would I use the gross ones? They just give people a bad impression of me as a sender. They also stick to other top loaders in my shipping box and gum them up.
I reuse toploaders, too, scraping off the worst of the gum.
Maybe I'm in the minority, but I've never cared about what the toploaders look like. In fact, a part of me likes it when a toploader looks like it's been used six or seven times (reduce & reuse before recycle!). As an added bonus, any gum will help keep the toploader stuck in the envelope so fewer problems of the toploader moving around inside the envelope and ripping out (the only shipping problem I've ever received).
I certainly wouldn't think anything less of you for sending me a 'gross' toploader! But to each their own - the extra taped toploaders always get sent out first by me, and I don't think anyone on the other end cares at all.
Like I said, I have more than I will likely use for more than 6 months even if I receive no more cards. I can toss the odd TL with too much gum on it. Besides, I don't tape them to the inside of envelope. I use A1's, so it is unnecessary.
Regarding purchasing bubble envelopes, I recommend the seller Ecoswift on ebay, purchase size #0000:
25 bubble envelopes at 22.7 cents each: http://www.ebay.com/itm/25-0000-4x6-SMALL-SELF-SEAL-KRAFT-BUBBLE-MAILERS-PADDED-ENVELOPES-4-x-6-/350604310543?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a1a5380f
45 bubble envelopes at 17.8 cents each: http://www.ebay.com/itm/45-0000-4x6-SMALL-SELF-SEAL-KRAFT-BUBBLE-MAILERS-PADDED-ENVELOPES-4-x-6-/350604310737?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a1a538d1
50 bubble envelopes at 16.4 cents each: http://www.ebay.com/itm/50-0000-4x6-SMALL-SELF-SEAL-KRAFT-BUBBLE-MAILERS-PADDED-ENVELOPES-4-x-6-/350604310799?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a1a5390f
I have no affiliation with the seller, but have successfully purchased the lot of 50 envelopes on 3 separate instances, and never had a problem with a single envelope. An envelope with 1 toploader and 2-3 cards can be mailed within the US for a single stamp. If you get up to 5-6 cards or two toploaders you'll need a second stamp. The envelopes are small, but I've yet to have a single one get lost in the USPS.
At most office supply stores you can spend 50-99 cents for a single envelope, and I used to agonize if the card I was sending justified a PWE of an "upgrade" to a bubble. But now at 16 cents a pop, pretty much any transaction over $3 gets a bubble from me.
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Or if anyone lives nearby and wants to road trip, I have a big box of toploaders to give away.
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Those kinds of toploaders are the ones that get used first in sending out orders. You don't reuse them? That's silly.
I have a lot more toploaders than I send out latley, I think I have 30 that are relatively clear of tape gum. Why would I use the gross ones? They just give people a bad impression of me as a sender. They also stick to other top loaders in my shipping box and gum them up.
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It is nearing a month since a person committed, but not shipped. I've sent the person a pm, but no response. Should I wait til the 30-day mark or just be done with it? The card is not a pressing need, but it is tying 400ish points.
Thank you.
I reuse toploaders, too, scraping off the worst of the gum.
Cheers!
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I would have pm'd the guy after 48 hours and then 48 after that without a reply I would file a case:
B. Sending
Every time you initiate a trade, you are entering a contractual obligation to mail the card to your trading partner in the specified edition, condition, and language within the guidelines specified below.
Their guidelines assume communication and when someone vanishes I'd push it.
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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I've never cared about what the toploaders look like. In fact, a part of me likes it when a toploader looks like it's been used six or seven times (reduce & reuse before recycle!). As an added bonus, any gum will help keep the toploader stuck in the envelope so fewer problems of the toploader moving around inside the envelope and ripping out (the only shipping problem I've ever received).
I certainly wouldn't think anything less of you for sending me a 'gross' toploader! But to each their own - the extra taped toploaders always get sent out first by me, and I don't think anyone on the other end cares at all.
Reprint Opt for Modern!!
FREE DIG THOROUGH TIME!
PLAY MORE ROUGE DECKS!