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kevaustin
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Joined: Aug 2020 
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| Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:07 AM | |
Ask the risk of sounding foolish, I am new to this. Two collectors have said something about a PWE trade. Can someone enlighten me as to what this is? Thanks
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jasongerman9
Posts: 1,903
Joined: Jan 2015
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| Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:11 AM | |
PWE stands for Plain White Envelope - pretty self-explanatory when you understand the acronym. Many members here prefer to deal with PWEs when it's only for a few cards, in order to save on postage that you'd have to spend to use a bubble mailer.
For what it's worth, I've heard of bubble mailers abbreviated as "BMWT", standing for Bubble Mailer With Tracking.
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spikemg
Posts: 196
Joined: Mar 2017
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| Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:12 AM | |
It means that they will ship the cards in (P)lain (W)hite (E)nvelopes
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C2Cigars
Posts: 11,492
Joined: Oct 2014
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| Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:27 AM | |
Plain White Envelope or anything that is not a padded envelope or box.
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kevaustin
Posts: 18
Joined: Aug 2020
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| Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:29 AM | |
Thanks everyone...makes sense now
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parsley24
Posts: 618
Joined: Oct 2017
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| Wednesday, October 7, 2020 11:36 AM | |
@kevaustin They are in the plain white envelop, but protected with a top loader hard card sleeve or some sort of cardboard protection. The last part is hard to explain, but think of a three row sheet from a binder page. Those three cards have a cardboard cover (some people make them out of cereal boxes) They are taped around the sides (always use blue painters tape as it doesnt damage the card holders and is easy to remove).
The card board needs to be just a tiny bit wider than the three sleeve binder page... and small enough to fit in the envelop.
I have started buying mailable thank you card notes from either walmart or target. Usually a good number a 1-3 dollars. They are fairly thick and do a good job at proecting smaller trades.
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andersonadams1
Posts: 45
Joined: Mar 2020
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| Wednesday, October 7, 2020 12:00 PM | |
There's a thread on here somwhere on how to ship PWE. I believe a member who is a USPS employee started it. Basically, you don't HAVE to use the cardboard but if you don't, put the cards in a penny sleeve and make sure it won't get crunched.
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bkim
Posts: 842
Joined: Jul 2016
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| Wednesday, October 7, 2020 12:09 PM | |
I think the collector/trader Mom works for USPS for decades
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bassmon
Posts: 307
Joined: May 2020 
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| Wednesday, October 7, 2020 4:55 PM | |
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BSwagger
Posts: 1,572
Joined: Jul 2017
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| Wednesday, October 7, 2020 6:09 PM | |
I will add that I have made many trades and most have been PWE. I prefer to usually trade about 18 cards where I can put two cards in each 9 pocket section. No need to add cardboard but make sure the open edges are folded in. You can ship 18 cards for 70 cents. Note that most of my trades are commons and minor stars.
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