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I have done most of my sales to-date on ebay. But lately I have made some sales on U.S.A. Coinbook. I have not used tracked shipping often, but less than 2 weeks ago I printed a shipping label on PayPal for $3.09- CT to NM. I may have done a couple of others, too. It always seemed that PayPal offered a discount similar to ebay's Today I needed to mail 2 more of the same type of package. I tried every which package-type calculation. The cheapest they had was $7.55. There were simply no appropriate choices for a standard padded envelope with a 2-3 ounces of coins. I went to the post office and was charged $3.70 for the first package from CT to NYS. I haven't done anything with the other one yet, but I think it would cost even more. PayPal customer service was no help and neither was their online community help (could not figure out how to post a question, only how to search their data base). |
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One of the few advantages with ebay. They lock the price, print the label and notify customer, plus report when delivered. BUT you can look up any type of mailing on the USPS in seconds. I weigh at home and have a listing for each ounce below 13. Match the weight to the cost. Eventually you will memorize them. And then they will change the prices  |
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Thanks, moxking. I am trying "Media Mail® service (2-9 days)". This one goes to Austin. It comes with tracking for $2.75. I think the difference between this and what I'm used to using is the shipping time. I hope there is not a glitch with this choice. It seems appropriate for this type of package, according to USPS specs. I still don't understand why I wasn't given the choice I used for the NM package on PayPal.
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As long as you are sending media, it's a good choice.
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As long as you are sending media, it's a good choice. For the most part it is, just never use it for Hawaii, Alaska or Territories. Media gets put on with whatever space is left over once the normal mail is loaded. It can sit for weeks if not longer sending media male to those places |
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Media gets put on with whatever space is left over once the normal mail is loaded. It can sit for weeks if not longer sending media male to those places I thought I would give it a try. Buyer is supposed to get the coins on Tuesday, according to tracking. That would be less than a week. I already told her that she may have to wait for a while. If I have good luck I will use it again when I print from PayPal. I think USPS would have been at least $4.00 vs. the $2.75 I paid for media mail. I'm making almost nothing on the coins as it is. |
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I thought I would give it a try. Buyer is supposed to get the coins on Tuesday, according to tracking. That would be less than a week. I already told her that she may have to wait for a while. If I have good luck I will use it again when I print from PayPal. I think USPS would have been at least $4.00 vs. the $2.75 I paid for media mail. I'm making almost nothing on the coins as it is. You can't use media mail for coins. IF it gets there you got lucky. |
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https://about.usps.com/notices/not1...121_tech.htmQuote:
Media Mail packages must have a delivery address and the sender's return address and are subject to inspection by the Postal Service™. Upon such inspection, matter not eligible for the Media Mail rate may be assessed at the proper price and sent to the recipient postage due, or the sender may be contacted for additional postage.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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You can't use media mail for coins. IF it gets there you got lucky. Right. A coin book, yes. A movie on CD about coins, yes. But the coins themselves, no not allowed under Media Mail rules. |
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Burton & KenKat, I did a bit more research on Media Mail and found the caveats that you shared. I'm not endorsing it but, as I said in the OP, I had expected to get a reasonable deal from PayPal, whereas nothing they offered was appropriate. Oddly enough the package was literally delivered in less than 48 hours of the time I dropped in mail box!!
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Yeah, the rules are tricky. They allow CDs, but not video games on disc format. Technically sending stuff media mail, that's not media, is fraud. A lot of people do it, but I'm not comfortable doing it.
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10/18/2019 4:58 pm
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CDs were included because thats how books-on-tape for the blind are distributed after the tape era. Otto there is nothing in life that requires what you consider a fair deal. There are requirements that all of us follow the rules, lest we ruin what deals are on offer. The post office may have ended whatever deal they had with PayPal and ebay. It might be as simple as PayPay is reselling Pitney Bowes service which is shutdown because of a ransomware attack. Might be anything else. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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