There is a format called 93/94 that uses lots of the old cards. It's actually a pretty cool format if you played back in the day, and it's getting more popular, as magic players get more nostalgic and have more disposable income.
In my experience, Puca honors their guarantee. It only causes puca point inflation, so what do they care?
I suspect that the (few) packages I haven't received were never sent, but overall, I have, well, sent 269 cards with a total value of 298,389 PucaPoints and have received 554 cards from other members with a total value of 289,282 PucaPoints
It sounds like things went a little overboard, but I would be pretty upset if someone were harassing me on a trading site. If I ran the site, I would lean towards banning that user.
Everything about pucatrade is supposed to be fun....the fact that it's a trading site for game cards, the pay-it-forward nature of how it works, etc.
I agree with the idea that users shouldn't keep too many points sitting around though.
It has the different package sizes and range/requirements listed. It goes from Letter, to Large Envelope, to Package (or thick envelope), and then to Large Package.
In this case the range for Large Envelope is from 1/4 inch thick, to 3/4 inch thick. "A thick envelope is a large envelope exceeding 3/4" thick." Thusly, their definition of package is basically a box, and in order to be considered a "thick envelope" it has to be at least 3/4" thick if you look at it a certain way.
The thing is, USPS itself knows that people mail a TON of things sold on ebay with tracking via those bubble mailers, so by now, nearly all of the post offices and workers have been told to accept bubble envelopes as packages or thick envelopes.
The issue is, that certain older, or obstinate postal workers, REFUSE to go by that, they go by the "letter" of the wording rather than the common sense handling that they NEED the business so they allow people to use bubble envelopes as package/thick envelope items.
It should be noted that I have mailed out 1,000's of packages in the last couple years, and thus far I have had Zero that have showed up with some crazy postage due thing in them for not being thick enough. I did run into that twice about 5 years ago .... but that was 5 years ago....
Sounds like you ran into one of the annoying post office that I luckily at least seem to have avoided thus far :p.
You can call up USPS customer service at this number: Call 1-800-ASK-USPS® (1-800-275-8777) for further conformation, though the wait time is 30-45 minutes most of the time :(, though you can call and then have them call you back when its your turn so you can ask your question. Just say General Package Question (I believe) when it asks you to say what you are calling about.
Anyhow, hope that information helps. I guess in some technical way they are right to say that give the letter of the rules at that post office, but given how they are supposed to handle it beyond what is written (and common sense...) you did what you were supposed to do, and what I and everyone else does when mailing cards out with the small normal bubble mailers.
Up to you how to handle it though, depending upon the value of the trade, you may just go ahead and eat the cost and get it done, or you can request that the person refuse the package and have it returned to you and just cancel the trade.
I called that number and made a complaint. They agreed with me on the phone that the additional charge was incorrect.
I have mailed out 100s of these things too....I buy these bubble mailers by the 100, and this is also my first go around with this problem. That said, it's a real annoyance, because the guy is none too happy, and has to go to the post office and pay cash to pick up the card I sent him.
I called the post office in Meriden, CT again, and was told by a second person that unless it is more than 3/4" think it's a large envelope, not a package, and must be "rigid".
I don't know what the inconsistency is about, but it's frustrating to deal with the people in that post office.
My guess is, in this case, that either you used first class letter option accidently somehow (though $2.04 is the correct standard price for first class parcel 1-3 ounces when bought online with Delivery Conformation tracking.) It may also be that they didn't look correctly at the package to see the first class PARCEL/PACKAGE part of it, and assumed letter, and tacked on the extra to the bubble envelope because the thickness was too great to work for first-class letter. The $4.47 extra they are asking for, also goes along with them thinking that it is a first-class letter instead of a first-class package due to the cost for a 3 ounce first class letter (non-machinable) would be the difference between their post office priority mail rate and the extra they are saying is due on it. What you will likely need to do, is double check your shipping label information online to make sure you did it first-class parcel/package and not first-class letter, and if it was shipped correctly, you will need to contact the post office back, and explain to them how you shipped it, and for them to double check the package and remove the amount due on it, because it was, indeed, shipped correctly.
If even after contacting them, they still insist that you were shipping it incorrectly, then its clear that particular post office is defrauding their customers, or at least are complete idiots when it comes to dealing with first-class package items shipped in bubble envelopes, and the only thing you could do from there would be to contact someone higher up in the postal system for that area to have them deal with it.
I called the post office and they insisted I was wrong and said I was scamming the post office. He said the package was not stiff enough and was easily bendable? I don't know what that means exactly, as it's a small package barely bigger than a toploader with a toploader inside.
The guy was a jerk.....if anyone has a specific suggestion as to what I should say, I'd welcome it.
I mailed a package that came up postage due. Normally I use two stamps and a PWE, but I was mailing a Zen fetchland, and used Paypal Multi-Order Shipping for a 3oz package, and a #000 bubble mailer. The cost through Paypal was $2.04. The only thing being mailed was one card double sleeved and in a toploader with a post it over the top.
The package is being held at a CT post office with postage due of $4.47. I called and said that I didn't understand why this was happening, as I mail this type of package all the time without issue, and they said that they are more vigilant in XXXX, CT, and I was scamming the postal system.
Does anyone have any experiences like this? How do you class the shipment with Paypal? When you pack the package, do you just put the toploader in the mailer? This is a #000 bubble mailer, which is the same as the ones I get from vendors/other traders, and I'm pretty sure they are paying the same price as me.
I offered the guy on Puca to pay for the extra postage or have him return it to me at my cost, or he could open a case if he wants to handle a different way.
That sounds really weird. When I ship a single card in a 000 it's less than 2 ounces and it's always around $2 (probably $2.04). I have mine marked as small package, first class, 2 ounces. I asked my post office about it a while back and they said that as long as it was less than _____ ounces it didn't matter. I don't remember exactly how heavy that was but I remember it being something like 6 or 8 ounces and that I could mail a lot more than a couple top loaders.
Double check your settings and make sure you had it as a small package and not an envelope. Maybe?
I mailed a package that came up postage due. Normally I use two stamps and a PWE, but I was mailing a Zen fetchland, and used Paypal Multi-Order Shipping for a 3oz package, and a #000 bubble mailer. The cost through Paypal was $2.04. The only thing being mailed was one card double sleeved and in a toploader with a post it over the top.
The package is being held at a CT post office with postage due of $4.47. I called and said that I didn't understand why this was happening, as I mail this type of package all the time without issue, and they said that they are more vigilant in XXXX, CT, and I was scamming the postal system.
Does anyone have any experiences like this? How do you class the shipment with Paypal? When you pack the package, do you just put the toploader in the mailer? This is a #000 bubble mailer, which is the same as the ones I get from vendors/other traders, and I'm pretty sure they are paying the same price as me.
I offered the guy on Puca to pay for the extra postage or have him return it to me at my cost, or he could open a case if he wants to handle a different way.
Thanks! Yeah, the GW deck was the one that top 8'd (Loren Eakins) and seemingly all the pros were on the list, particularly the Channel Fireball guys. With 3 Dromoka's Commands main, and the Hidden Dragonslayer and Courser of Kruphix for lifegain, it was very hard to beat. It definitely seems like it has a lot of interaction with the whole format, and the power level of the cards is very high.
I can't believe I am saying this but the post-PT Standard format at GP San Diego has been interesting. I am sad that Kenji is already out for Day 2, but alas. I watched the Legacy Open a bit as well and got to see Tom's early feature match. I loved every minute over it. I had to let out a laugh when he played the second Vines. Pro tip: Have all the cards in your hand to just win the game.
It was interesting...I played the event and was lucky enough to top 64 with UR Thopters. There were tons of pro tour lists there (Thopters and RDW), but the real story was the GW Aggro/Megamorph deck, which just kills Thopters and really the whole format. The deck was very, very strong. I would be on that or something that beats that if I planned on playing standard.
I remember the days of Legacy, buying up a playset of Scalding Tarns for $10 because they were cheaper than Polluted Deltas at $30. That was in 2012...
Modern has gone so far beyond that....the websites based on speculation, the subreddits on speculation, articles from the major dealers, etc. This feels like when I was a kid in the 90s and baseball cards were all the rage. Lots of people making paper fortunes are going to look back 5 years from now and wonder what they were thinking.
It's to the point where I have to seriously think about cashing out my magic collection. If I could get even 70% of the $40,000 Deckbox says my collection is worth, I could buy 10 of the current car I drive. That's a significant part of a year's salary for me. Maybe I'm wrong about this, but with the crazy large print runs these days, any blip in popularity will crash card values. I guess maybe magic will become more and more popular and I will be way wrong...only time will tell.
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I suspect that the (few) packages I haven't received were never sent, but overall, I have, well, sent 269 cards with a total value of 298,389 PucaPoints and have received 554 cards from other members with a total value of 289,282 PucaPoints
Darkslick has doubled in the past 6-8 months.
Ali from Cairo has dropped a lot, though still not as cheap as its power level should be.
Circle of Protection: Artifacts used to be quite expensive way back in the day and is now cheap. Same for creatures and cards that have since been outclassed:Shivan Dragon, Colossus of Sardia, Royal Assassin, Mahamoti Djinn, Force of Nature, Northern Paladin, Clockwork Avian, Feldon's Cane, Tawnos's Coffin, Yawgmoth's Demon, Serpent Generator, pretty much all the elder dragon legends and other Legends fatties.
Lots of people have mentioned other cards that also spring to mind....Nantuko Shade, Masticore, Morphling, Jester's Cap, Balduvian Horde, etc.
Everything about pucatrade is supposed to be fun....the fact that it's a trading site for game cards, the pay-it-forward nature of how it works, etc.
I agree with the idea that users shouldn't keep too many points sitting around though.
I called that number and made a complaint. They agreed with me on the phone that the additional charge was incorrect.
I have mailed out 100s of these things too....I buy these bubble mailers by the 100, and this is also my first go around with this problem. That said, it's a real annoyance, because the guy is none too happy, and has to go to the post office and pay cash to pick up the card I sent him.
I don't know what the inconsistency is about, but it's frustrating to deal with the people in that post office.
I called the post office and they insisted I was wrong and said I was scamming the post office. He said the package was not stiff enough and was easily bendable? I don't know what that means exactly, as it's a small package barely bigger than a toploader with a toploader inside.
The guy was a jerk.....if anyone has a specific suggestion as to what I should say, I'd welcome it.
It's First Class Package 3 ozs Postage $2.04
The package is being held at a CT post office with postage due of $4.47. I called and said that I didn't understand why this was happening, as I mail this type of package all the time without issue, and they said that they are more vigilant in XXXX, CT, and I was scamming the postal system.
Does anyone have any experiences like this? How do you class the shipment with Paypal? When you pack the package, do you just put the toploader in the mailer? This is a #000 bubble mailer, which is the same as the ones I get from vendors/other traders, and I'm pretty sure they are paying the same price as me.
I offered the guy on Puca to pay for the extra postage or have him return it to me at my cost, or he could open a case if he wants to handle a different way.
I think ONS pack foils are the most pimp, and Gurus are the most pimp. Too many people run foil full arts....they are pedestrian.
It was interesting...I played the event and was lucky enough to top 64 with UR Thopters. There were tons of pro tour lists there (Thopters and RDW), but the real story was the GW Aggro/Megamorph deck, which just kills Thopters and really the whole format. The deck was very, very strong. I would be on that or something that beats that if I planned on playing standard.
Modern has gone so far beyond that....the websites based on speculation, the subreddits on speculation, articles from the major dealers, etc. This feels like when I was a kid in the 90s and baseball cards were all the rage. Lots of people making paper fortunes are going to look back 5 years from now and wonder what they were thinking.
It's to the point where I have to seriously think about cashing out my magic collection. If I could get even 70% of the $40,000 Deckbox says my collection is worth, I could buy 10 of the current car I drive. That's a significant part of a year's salary for me. Maybe I'm wrong about this, but with the crazy large print runs these days, any blip in popularity will crash card values. I guess maybe magic will become more and more popular and I will be way wrong...only time will tell.
I mean seriously? Auntie's Hovel?