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Post office asked me what i was shipping....
Skinpinch
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I went to ship an item today, and I asked for $495 insurance. The post office clerk was kind of surprised. He asked me what was in there. It was a graded card wrapped in thick cardboard, and in a bubble mailer. I thought for a second before I gave my answer.....I told the truth. "It is a baseball card." He was a fifty plus year old Phillipine gentlemen.
I have heard of postal workers being accused of pocketing envelopes that had cards in them. Being that mine was fully insured with signature confirmation, I probably don't have to worry. But has anybody had postal workers question them on what they were insuring?
I didn't really feel that it was his business, but then again, I didn't want my package to become a security question mark or anything by being elusive with my answer. So I told the truth.
Which brings me to another post offic topic. If you are shipping an item paid via paypal and it is valuable, you have to get insurance AND signature confirmation. The post office always tells me that they have to sign for items insured over $50 dollars anyway, and that signature confirmation is not needed. I always tell them that it is protection for me so I don't get screwed(being that signature confirmation is accessed online, while insurance cannot be). Don't let the post office talk you out of the signature confirmation if it was paid via paypal. Stick to what will protect you.
I have heard of postal workers being accused of pocketing envelopes that had cards in them. Being that mine was fully insured with signature confirmation, I probably don't have to worry. But has anybody had postal workers question them on what they were insuring?
I didn't really feel that it was his business, but then again, I didn't want my package to become a security question mark or anything by being elusive with my answer. So I told the truth.
Which brings me to another post offic topic. If you are shipping an item paid via paypal and it is valuable, you have to get insurance AND signature confirmation. The post office always tells me that they have to sign for items insured over $50 dollars anyway, and that signature confirmation is not needed. I always tell them that it is protection for me so I don't get screwed(being that signature confirmation is accessed online, while insurance cannot be). Don't let the post office talk you out of the signature confirmation if it was paid via paypal. Stick to what will protect you.
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Registered mail is all about the tracking #. You can check it on the usps website. The package or bubble mailer if going registered
must be signed for. However, the website does not show you who signed for it. It's usually best to pay the extra $2.25 I think for "return receipt" which is the green thing you fill out and when they sign it, it's sent back to you with the signature. IMO, anything over $500 should go registered mail and should be shipped in a small box of some sorts rather than a bubble mailer. The only time I've used a bubble mailer which is allowed with the gum tape sealing
the mailer lip is when someone in Canada wants me to ship it
insured. If it goes insured to Canada, then it must go registered
mail which is the only insured way. It's the best way to send
valuables. No point shipping something worth lets say $800 by
priority mail or first class. Factor in the insurance cost of $9.20 to cover for the $800 plus the weight postage and it's pretty close
to the registered mail cost. Registered mail starts at $7.50 for the
service; then add on the weight postage, and insurance is cheaper
for some reason. It's not the regular insurance rate. It's a cheaper
rate....don't know why but I've never complained. And yes, it makes me nervous when they ask what is inside. I just shipped a registered package to PSA this past Monday and insured for $900. This soft spoken slow (not dumb, but in movement) female asian clerk made me very nervous. I had to remind her to roll date the whole box, and remind her it was insured because she missed it. After her looking at the address and looking at the insured amount, she asked the dreaded question...."what you have in here"? I just told her I had sports collectibles. I feel that they shouldn't have to ask this because they always ask me "do you have any liquids, perishables, or potentially hazardous materials in here" as soon as I bring my stuff to the counter.
My Graded Football & Hockey Gem Mint Auctions
My mail lady asked me the other day about what it is that I'm always receiving in mailers and little boxes, but I think she was just curious.
Unfocused, impulsive collector of everything ...
lie and you'll get what you deserve.
$3.85 plus $.55 get you an on-line trackable package, so I charge my bidders $5. The buyer pays for insurance which is reasonable up to about $500. It does get high after $500, but most of my sales are for less than that.
Always looking for 1957 Topps BB in PSA 9!
Don't freak just yet. Thanksgiving was in there.
I shipped two different submissions in one box on Monday, November 21, also from Jersey. Inside that package were a dozen or so cards for my '53 registry set (including the Jackie and the Jim Gilliam rookie), seven or eight cards for my '61 set, and a really nice '62 Al Kaline AS. I sent it via priority mail.
NOTHING, for days. I was checking the website several times a day, no record of the package having arrived. I was having a heart attack, particularly because I didn't think I'd ever be able to replace the '53 Gilliam with one as nice as the one I sent.
YESTERDAY, it showed up as having been received on 11/30. Today, the grades were posted on one of the two submissions.
In the meantime, I submitted a bunch of modern cards, and I sent them overnight on 11/29 (not knowing the November special was going to be extended). So I'm not going to worry about those submissions not showing up on the website, either. PSA must just be a little behind in entering the data.
-Al
And I don't care if it is a $1 common to build a set or a $100 card- my stomach still hurts....
2nd post....but a long time lurker!
Dave
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
Hopefully they wont be too backed up for long. Thats frustrating.