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NJDevils
Posts: 6,344
Joined: Sep 2010
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| Monday, January 27, 2020 8:14 AM | |
Went into effect yesterday, the 26th. Getting tougher and tougher to ship anything.
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Small Flat-Rate Box
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$8.30
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Medium Flat-Rate Box
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$15.05
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Large Flat-Rate Box
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$21.10
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BSwagger
Posts: 1,568
Joined: Jul 2017
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| Monday, January 27, 2020 8:16 AM | |
Maybe this digital trading card thing will take off afterall? It's getting expensive to acquire a physical piece of cardboard through the mail.
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tonym
Posts: 1,192
Joined: Jan 2012
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| Monday, January 27, 2020 8:16 AM | |
yeh crazy.. i've actually taken items in packed in a regular box and checked to see shipping cost based on weight. If its not, then i take it right there and put in a Flat Rate box.
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sheepboy
Posts: 231
Joined: Mar 2017
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| Monday, January 27, 2020 9:47 AM | |
wow! i just self packed a large trade ended up at about $11. i think i could have packed it in a small flat rate box. not much of a savings to use a flat rate then...
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griffey423
Posts: 651
Joined: Jul 2014
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| Monday, January 27, 2020 9:49 AM | |
UPS and FedEx actually reduced their prices for a lot of the sizes of boxes that USPS considers flat rate. If you print online, I would check these others out as it may be more economical.
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tonym
Posts: 1,192
Joined: Jan 2012
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| Monday, January 27, 2020 10:02 AM | |
i just came from the PO, mailed off 23 cards in a bubbler, weighing 5.6oz to include tracking came out to $5 even.
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BSwagger
Posts: 1,568
Joined: Jul 2017
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| Monday, January 27, 2020 10:30 AM | |
Were they valuable cards tonym? I trade a lot of low value cards and I think I could ship those in a PWE for about $.70? I hate spending my hobby budget on postage.
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tonym
Posts: 1,192
Joined: Jan 2012
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| Monday, January 27, 2020 10:35 AM | |
i wouldn't say they were valuable on the Price side of things.. there was a couple Panini Black, (thicker stock), with a rookie auto in it. So i have them in individual top loaders and the two other larger top loaders containing the remaining. For me-- i just have a habit of sending what i think important cards in a bubbler, or larger quanities in a bubbler or box.
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Sportzcommish
Posts: 6,017
Joined: Oct 2016
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| Monday, January 27, 2020 11:25 AM | |
You guys need to check on USPS and order some Regional Rate boxes that come out cheaper than medium and large flat rate boxes. They're free and send you about 10 per order. You just print the postage at home. One of my trade partners saved $6.00 using them. I use them on larger trades.
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Garrison
Posts: 312
Joined: Nov 2018
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| Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:43 AM | |
I ship everything with this
Create Shipping Label - PayPal
I have it saved as a bookmark find it cheaper than most Flat Rate deals and USPS counter sales
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Working projects: - Mark McGwire Complete Collection of playing year cards
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