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Have you guys heard about the new shipping option eBay is offering for sports cards listed for sale under $20? It's called "eBay standard envelope" shipping, and it comes with tracking. You can ship up to 3 oz for less than a $1, you just obviously have to purchase and print oiut the eBay shipping label.

This is great news and eliminates one of the biggest hurdles of using eBay to buy or sell. 

Just wanted to share!

Yes, I just saw this today, too. So the seller still has to provide an envelope, and eBay recommends using a PWE or a paperboard envelope (the link eBay gives for that envelope is 100 for $31.27, so about 31 cents per envelope). So perhaps shipping will be $1.50 for cheaper cards instead of $3 to $5? That would certainly be an improvement, but probably does not put COMC out of business (which is good!).

It's good ONLY if the sellers actually use it . I'm willing to wager there's still going to be plenty of sales that get sent in PWE just because it's easier for the sellers to not print the shipping label 

I have been using it.

Shows tracking of the cards, had 0 issues so far.  Charges about 71-91 cents per envelope on single card purchases.    I havent tried to send multiple cards.

You can then print out a label from your computer that is about 5x9... Its a little larger than that becuase i cut it down to fit on that size envelope and tape it on with packaging tape like a larger label.  

So far 5 stars from me.  

The only issue i would say is sometimes that type of service is hard to get the ebay app to accept when selling online so i have to fanagle it every once in awhile

parsley24, are you shipping in PWE?

I was planning on shipping in a toploader and team bag, in PWE, so figured that would be safe. I get the reason for the cardboard that Reb mentioned, but I feel like PWE is sufficient, especially with the protection of the toploader. 

Of the almost 100 trades I've done on here, using PWE for shipping, I've never had an issue. 

Shows tracking of the cards - Which is both good and bad at the same time. Good because buyers can't claim they never recieved something if they did (because of the tracking) and Bad because if something gets Mis-Delivered the buyer is SOL if it doesn't get returned to PO or re-delivered properly(yes happened to me already and took another week to actually show up but that may not always be the case)

The only issue i would say is sometimes that type of service is hard to get the ebay app to accept when selling online so i have to fanagle it every once in awhile - This is another reason why sellers may not use it if they can't get it to go through right away (yep had a seller msg me about this very issue)

the plastic flimsy top loader (I dont know what those guys are called but not the hard ones), a penny sleeve.  I then use a hard stock notecard (like a thank you card or birthday invitiation), and mail in this.  This is how i do a lot of onsie twosie PWEs through this site as well. 

The message above me sounds like he had a few bad experiences with it, but i have had so far great success.  i am a fan as I hate paying for bubble mailer on $1 cards, or someone saying they are PWE it through ebay and i never recieve it.  As a buyer on ebay i have had at least a hand ful of those PWEs with out tracking this last year that never showed.  GIVE ME THE TRACKING.....

The plastic flimsy top loader - Card Savers maybe 

No, they are not SOL if misdelivered. They are only SOL if they don't bother to report the missing mail to the PO; called a trace.  I've had tracked items not actually get delivered to me (misdelivered).  The PO's procedures are that the intended receiver and sender both request a trace.  I've always told the seller to request a trace and I also request trace on missing items. The missing items have always showed up within a few days.  Same holds true for tracked items that haven't been delivered yet but are seemly "stuck" somewhere. I recently had a piece that was sitting "stuck" in a postal center.  The sender submitted a query and within two days it was delivered.  It was dirty and dusty as if it had been "lost" on the floor of the sorting room. https://youtu.be/TUYhWWhxdjc

Yes, about a month ago.

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