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Rest in Peace
 United States
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Same here. I've had a lot of problems with the local Trenton facility (I live around that area) And btw, I refuse to insure for something around $20, the problem is that a few years ago they wouldn't charge extra postage for bubble mailers...all of a sudden they want $1.30 instead of $.44 and that adds up.
I will however mail in a bubble mailer for anything too bulky and/or over around $40, I usually insure over $100 particularly if its not junk silver.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Do you use Delivery Confirmation? It's a simple $0.80 investment that really pays off in the long run...and if you use PayPal shipping the cost is a lot lower.
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Rest in Peace
United States
5375 Posts |
That also adds up too, besides the half dollars I've rarely had anything lost. Of course I will print a label via paypal, however, if the value is higher.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I had a small package mailed from Virginia, US, Dec 17th, left Jamaica NY processing Dec 24th, and it finally arrived to small town SE BC Canada on the 12th. It had a tracking number which could be tracked US side but couldn't track it on Canada side.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Dottir, wow...that's a long journey! I have seen delays shipping out east, but never into BC--that takes a couple days from here.
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 United States
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I use USPS because its convienant. I ship all coins valued over $10 in a 000 padded bubble envelope and have had no problems. I have noticed that some PO's charge differently for the same weight and thickness of these 'parcels'. From 88C, to $1.22.
I send coins packed very rigid under $10, in a regular small envelope with the words 'non-machinable' written on the front. I also walk this to the clerk and they meter it for me. Its usually 64C. No problems to report.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Yeah, post offices are weird. And those bubble mailers can be expensive after you use 100 of them, since they're often 40 cents to a dollar each. I guess now that I'm starting to mass sell on ebay, I'm trying to balance cost effectiveness with packaging safety. |
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United States
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I get a 5 pack of 000 bubble mailers for $1.45 at a local thrift shop here in town. At Walmart, they equal out to .44 each for the 000 Duck brand. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Rest in Peace
United States
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5 pack for $1.45 is pretty good, I should try to find something like that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
564 Posts |
I ship coins every day in the mail. I use a standard white envelope. I rap the coin with paper and tape it really good to a normal sheet of printer paper. You can pay .20 extra to have it hand canceled and it won't go threw the machine. I have NEVER lost a coin in 2 years from a damaged envelope. I even have shipped ikes this way.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Do you use Delivery Confirmation? It's a simple $0.80 investment that really pays off in the long run...and if you use PayPal shipping the cost is a lot lower.
Delivery Confirmation is only $0.19 when using PayPal Multi-Order Shipping. Delivery Confirmation is free using USPS Click-N-Ship on Priority Mail. JPs Corner has #000 bubble mailers at 50 for $10.95 if you're picking up other supplies that's a good price (under 22 cents/ea). I sold a $60 Seated Half tonight and used PayPal Shipping (2ozs/USPS 1st Class w/Delivery Confirmation) and the total postage was $1.58 + 22 cent mailer = $1.90. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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DVCollector, yes, sometimes mail to this town takes forever!! Everything has to go to Vancouver for resorting, then is resent out to the other BC communities, is the way I understand how this works for BC. I think mail routes got changed majorly a few months back, with a lot of cutbacks on routes, but I don't remember the whole spiel or story. Funnily enough, from Texas I got a regular letter (card) from a friend in a week, yet special delivery small bubble envelope took 3 weeks ... its mostly just unpredictable as far as time in the mail goes I find.
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United States
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I also put my coins taped into a folded over piece of printer paper ;-)
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I buy the bubble mailers by the case. If I remember right, there was 250 in a case and they came out to about $.16 each or something like that.
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Valued Member
United States
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I bought a case of 500 a couple years ago for $42 shipped on ebay. They were the 4x8 size. Came out to about 8.5 cents each. If I can find my receipt I will give you the sellers name. I think they still sell on there. Edited by david29
01/15/2011 07:36 am
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