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 Posted 10/30/2008  12:25 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add ken8400 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have been selling a few things on ebay. I don't think my shipping is the best way to go. I ship Priority Mail W/Delivery Confirmation. Price seems kinda high , $4.75 anywhere under a pound. I did a search on shipping coins and found nothing. I mosty sell proof sets and I want to sell some single coins. Just wondering what type of shipping most of you guys use? thank you , Ken
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 Posted 10/30/2008  4:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KurtS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ken,
While I don't use " ebay", I regularly sell coins to other collectors.
The buzz w/others is that "priority" isn't as cost effective as first class w/delivery confirmation and insurance.
Here's an article I wrote on cost-effective shipping for coins.
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 Posted 10/30/2008  7:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I usually use priority when I ship most things just so the package gets there faster (I always like my stuff to get there as quick as possible to make the customer happy and make it less likely anything will happen to the item)but most of my coins I sell or in the higher value range and usually certified and never heard any complaints about the shipping charges. The only thing negative I have ever heard about shipping has been on this forum never by any of the customers that have bought from me
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 Posted 10/30/2008  11:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
priority comes with free dc if you generate the label on the computer. Isurance is pretty much a fool's game except for pretty big ticket items where a hit would hurt you badly.
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 Posted 10/31/2008  01:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ken8400 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That was good reading and alot of ideas. thank you guys.
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 Posted 10/31/2008  07:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sort of depends on the value of the coins. If not to valuable and not to may, I would just place in a 2x2, place inbetween two pieces of cardboard so not noticable what is there. Place all in a standard envelope and send via regular mail. I've done this many times and never a problem. No one suspects coins so nothing is accidently stolen. Just make sure there is no movement possible so the shaking method will not work.
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 Posted 10/31/2008  10:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SPQR to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Depends on the coin value and the amount I charged for shipping based on that value.
If it's a common, circulated low value single coin, it's getting stapled into a 2X2, taped to a 3X5 index card and mailed via US first class.
If it's a low value type or date set, they get bagged into a small ziplock, taped to a cardboard insert, and mailed in a small bubble mailer.
Higher value items get packaged better and always get delivery confirmation. Always, always, always use delivery confirmation on anything you aren't going to like refunding if it doesn't show up (and not just coins, either. It's amazing how many times people have claimed non-delivery only to shut up once the completed DC was brought up.). Delivery confirmation is your proof of shipping and once the PO says it's delivered, you've done your part. Paypal considers a completed delivery confirmation as proof of due diligence on the sellers part and will take the shippers side in disputes concerning non-delivery claims.
Plus it's CHEAP to use.
Lost packages are RARE in the USPS system.
Shipping overseas is always a crap shoot though, especially to Eastern Europe and some places in Asia.
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 Posted 10/31/2008  11:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ken8400 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yea , I was thinking about sending single coins in a 2x2 like you guys wrote. It only cost a stamp under an oz. For proof sets I guess I will stick with Priority W/DC.
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