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05-05-2012, 02:15 AM #1
$4.50 usps fcm s/h !?!
Man, I cannot believe I am starting to see a lot of listings with high $3.95+ through $4.50 shipping and handling charges. I recently started doing USPS Click N Ship and I pay on average $1.64 for a single and up to 3 cards on average. I don't get certain sellers. I have been charging $3.00 (but I paid roughly $2.80, with delivery confirmation per card when I set that price, now I will be lowering it)
Unfortunately, I also admit I probably may be beating a dead horse on the "General Sports Card Talk", it seems the days to buy a decent card at a reasonable price are long gone.
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05-05-2012, 03:41 AM #2
I agree. Most of all the auctions I've seen or have bid on, the seller says that you save $$ on shipping for more of what you buy. Lately I purchased 4 separate cards from a seller and he/she said you save on shipping with more you buy. They were 4 insert cards, which I wouldn't mind it if they sent with no DC or tracking. Average shipping cost for 4 insert cards for me is around 1.15, maybe less. I ended up paying at the end 2.45 without shipping and seller said it would cost another .80 cents for tracking. $3.25 or so to ship 4 thin inserts. I know a 10 pack of bubble mailers is what, $4.35 (at least here where I'm at)? And it's $3.25 to ship? Sigh.
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05-05-2012, 09:21 AM #3
That's guys making a profit. You have to imagine most guys have their own scale and can ship thru paypal. For 3 ounces I pay $1.64 and that includes a DC #. And I don't sell on ebay I just use it to ship trades/sales on here. I just was sick of paying so much at the Post Office. Only way I go in there now is to ship internationally since Paypal doesn't offer the 1st class cheaper rates online.
You also have to figure do guys charge for shipping supplies in there price? I personally buy bubble mailers every so often, but reuse the ones I can that come in. Have a whole stack. But I'd imagine as a seller you'd want to send out new ones?
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05-05-2012, 12:38 PM #4
costs me like 90 cents to mail in a small vanilla envelope (with top loader inside of team bag)
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05-05-2012, 02:25 PM #5
Do you guys mail inside something padded, or just a regular envelope? Haven't heard of packages costing around $1.00 in a long time...
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05-05-2012, 02:27 PM #6
If you do a PWE trade you can get away with a couple cards for around 85 cents in the US. I just worry about stuff that way. So I pack it well. Usually it ends up being 65 plus 20 cents for non machinable if it is thick and won't go thru the machine.
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05-05-2012, 02:28 PM #7
I know about PWE, I'm just wondering if the above posters are referring to costs for packages or for regular envelopes.
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05-05-2012, 02:33 PM #8
Oh definitely plain envelopes at the post office I'd imagine. Because to print off paypal it is a larger label and that won't fit on a regular envelope. Unless you print it some other source. I know minimum $1.64 on Paypal for a single card.
I've sent single cards in a toploader wrapped in a piece of paper in a PWE for around $1
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05-05-2012, 02:40 PM #9
Yeah, for me PWE only takes one stamp for a single card packaged like that.
I'm just saying it's weird for people to say they wouldn't mind the seller shipping without DC/tracking on a sale. Which is a bit misguided, because DC and tracking is more to protect the seller in case something goes wrong. It only costs like $1.64 to ship up to 3 ounces (say $2 including supplies and packing materials/labels), but it's kind of erroneous to look at it in terms of how one can ship for less in an un-padded envelope.
This is not to justify overcharging, I'm saying certain comparisons that have been made are like apples and oranges.
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05-05-2012, 05:46 PM #10
yea, inside one of those padded mailers. I buy them in bulk and when I usually go to post office, they weigh it and it's usually 1.15 to 1.20 with out tracking. I don't know if I'm supposed to pay more?
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