shipping question..again.

[Gimby]

Hey guys just a quick question going to mail an eleven card lot out with three jersey cards and the rest all avg thickness. My question is what is the safest way to ship it while avoiding overspending in shipping. I should also mention none of the cards hold a high sv.

What do you guys think? somebody help out a newbie

Thanks, Josh

[Jaso1199]

Are you shipping it within Canada? For me personally, I put the cards in team bags and then put them in 6" by 9" bubble mailer. If the package is thin enough the cards should get the safely, and it wont cost more than a couple bucks all in depending on the weight.

Jason

[Gimby]

its going to the states I was thinking using a couple top loaders for the jersery cards and putting three of the lower value cards three to a penny sleve, inside a team bag.

Thanks Josh

[30ranfordfan]

I wouldn't do just penney sleeve / team bag on anything.

If the GU are each in their own Top Loaders - you may have one (similar thickness) that would fit all the base / inserts / autos (whatever they are). I've mailed lots of stuff out like that.

[dmaksymyshyn]

Whenever I have a sit like this, I get a 2 piece SQUARE corner card box. Not the rounded corners one...they damage cards. Go base/decoys on the bottom, traded cards next, then top it off with base so the cards don't slide around and the package is tight, but not to squish the cards. tape both sides of the box, you are good to go. Padded bubble wrap envelope. You are gonna spend a little extra in shipping because of the plastic case, but, wouldn't you want your cards received the way you ship?

[Gimby]

ok without doubt do you know of where I can find these boxes checked the post office and they did not any....

Thanks josh

[xelloss1012]

The key thing shipping through CanadaPost is to make sure that the thickness of the package does not get to or over 20mm. This will ultimately determine whether they charge you letter rate or parcel rate.

If these are regular jerseys (55pt or 75pt), it's possible to stack the toploaders together to tape them (alternating top and bottom in stack to maximum protection strength of stack). Of course, to make sure to tape the toploaders shut (with the openings at the top touching each other so no tape is exposed over the opening thus exposing it to the card).

As a note, always keep cardboard decoys from packs as they are useful for packing protection for shipping (Since it's possible for the package to be punctured in transit).

If you're sending a large number of regular cards, a snap case (with internal square corners) is useful. Note that this item weighs 35g (25-count Ultra-Pro version). Add small paper inserts to remove open space between the card stack and side walls of the snap case. Pad the top and bottom of the inside of the snap case with clean thin cardboard decoys and a few pieces of packing foam(if you have that much space). This is for buffering and to prevent the cards from shaking in the case. Shaking of the cards increase the chance of damaging the corners.

If you plan to do a lot of shipping, it might be useful to have a digital scale that weighs down to grams.

The "boxes" that dmaksymyshyn is referring to I believe are the USPS Priority Mail boxes. If you have intact ones from shipments sent to you, I would not use them for any trivial shipments as they are too thick (about 8-10cm) by CanadaPost lettermail standards, making it a parcel.

P.S.: I'll have to make a thread sometime about shipping through CanadaPost including weight of various card types and toploaders.

[Gimby]

thanks very much guys