shipping within Canada

[icefields]

dont know if this is common knowledge or not

but a little while ago i spoke with a postie who informed me that i could
buy a 6 lot of bubble envelopes at the dollar store, the real small ones, (i think they're smaller than the size O) and ship within Canada for only a 54 cent stamp. with one card in a toploader they barely fit thru the the little plastic window that denotes regular letter mail. one game used card / two regular thickness cards will fit weight and size requirements.
has cut my postage in half

[reoddai]

I'd like to hear more about this.

Could you tell me the thickness of these small packages? They would have to be less than 5 mm thick to go with only a 54 cent stamp.

I think one card + a top loader is already 2 mm thick, so it would only have to be 1.5 mm of bubble on each side.

Cheers,
reoddai

[Orfew]

I have tried this. It sometimes works but they have also come back to me insufficient postage. It was about 50/50 so it is a bit of a risk.

[maple19]

I have tryed it and a lot came back back insufficient Funds

mike

[flemingc04]

I almost always pay $1.18 for shipping in Canada, but on a few occasions the staff have told me that I could ship cheaper because I have a thinner envelope. I think out of those times, I have only had one returned with insifficient postage.

If you were told you could ship for $0.54, do you usually buy a $1.18 stamp or something in between? I'm used to paying $1.18 for shipping in Canada and $1.96 to the US.

[Flyers16]

Are you talking about the bubble mailers that are about the size of a standard envelope? There is just enough room in one of them for a top loaded card. I've used them to mail single card trades, using standard envelope postage. I think they are safer than using a PWE.
Only once has it come back indicating insufficient postage. Maybe I've been lucky so far.

[todtz79]

what is the name of the dollar store 's name

[babying]

I tried that before and I lost a couple of packages. The lady (hot too) told me that the reason it got lost is because the package is too small.

[game8]

I have done the 54 cent stamp at the post offices suggestion before and they have come back. There is a about 70/30 chance of it getting through

[icefields]

well i have a convenience store just down the road (beside the dollar store lolol) and i always take my envelope in and she checks it out, runs it thru that little plastic hole thingy and then she weighs it. i have sent out several and not one has come back or been lost. the envelopes are made by selectum and are 4X8 inches. i get 6 in a pack for a buck.they are smaller than the ones walmart sells at size O. you can literally only put one thin topholder in them. i also send em to the states at 1.18 canadian. same convenice store same lady. and they are great protection wise.