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No more PCGS Blue Box.... feeling pretty blue
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Just heard that PCGS made announcement
PCGS Slab Boxes. No More PCGS blue boxes.
PCGS just announced that they are switching to a cardboard box to return
certified coins.
guess its an end of an era, wonder if the blue boxes will now be worth something as I am sure folks always want what is no longer available...
PCGS Slab Boxes. No More PCGS blue boxes.
PCGS just announced that they are switching to a cardboard box to return
certified coins.
guess its an end of an era, wonder if the blue boxes will now be worth something as I am sure folks always want what is no longer available...
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It always seemed like an egregious waste of resources when they provisioned an entire blue box for a single coin submission.
Makes sense from both and economical and environmental standpoint.
It always seemed like an egregious waste of resources when they provisioned an entire blue box for a single coin submission.
Yes, I thought the same thing. I was very surprised they were sending these out freely like they have been? Oh well, maybe the OP is right. These can now be worth a premium? I have a few.
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--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Makes sense from both and economical and environmental standpoint.
It always seemed like an egregious waste of resources when they provisioned an entire blue box for a single coin submission.
If nothing else, it provided a larger package that would decrease the chances of the item/s getting lost or stolen. How is it any more wasteful than those who use those way oversized UPS or FEDEX boxes to ship one measly coin? The box may still be the same size, just different material.
Getting submissions back in blue boxes were the only thing I got for free that I could sell on eBay.
Makes sense from both and economical and environmental standpoint.
It always seemed like an egregious waste of resources when they provisioned an entire blue box for a single coin submission.
If nothing else, it provided a larger package that would decrease the chances of the item/s getting lost or stolen. How is it any more wasteful than those who use those way oversized UPS or FEDEX boxes to ship one measly coin? The box may still be the same size, just different material.
Good point! That probably is the reason. PCGS is thinking of their customers, as not wanting the coin/coins to be lost or misplaced by the Post office.
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Makes sense from both and economical and environmental standpoint.
It always seemed like an egregious waste of resources when they provisioned an entire blue box for a single coin submission.
If nothing else, it provided a larger package that would decrease the chances of the item/s getting lost or stolen. How is it any more wasteful than those who use those way oversized UPS or FEDEX boxes to ship one measly coin? The box may still be the same size, just different material.
Cardboard, the typical shipping box material and the new PCGS packing material, is relatively bio-degradable.
Another way for PCGS to cut losses in buying new boxes every time is to offer some buyback program like with plastic bottles. 25 cents per box probably would've saved them a boatload of money and have been enough to incentivize opportunistic collectors/dealers to collect the boxes for return after large shows.
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Maybe not, they will still probably sell them.
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Thought that was partly where the $10 per order handling fee went... to cover the cost of the box... think that fee will be reduced?
I think I was getting them when there was no fee?
going to cardboard boxes such as the style used by NGC may seem like a cost cutting expense but it probably won't save much money. they'll still have a cost associated with the cardboard plus the additional cost of having to pay for labor to "build" the boxes. it may not seem like much but time is indeed money and those blue boxes were probably pretty inexpensive.
It comes down to quantity. Even if it saves them a few cents per box they will likely be saving quite a bit. I'm sure they did their cost/benefit and financial analyses.
Thought that was partly where the $10 per order handling fee went... to cover the cost of the box... think that fee will be reduced?
Excellent idea!
At least print PCGS on the cardboard box. Is that to much to ask?
The PCGS boxes were always inferior to the NGC boxes anyway. No big loss here...
I disagree with this.
The actual plastic used in PCGS boxes is much stronger than the plastic used in NGC boxes. But I'm not a plastics expert, so I cannot elaborate the differences technically. I just know from trial and error.
But some might consider the utility of the NGC boxes to be greater than PCGS boxes because the NGC hold both types of slab.
Thought that was partly where the $10 per order handling fee went... to cover the cost of the box... think that fee will be reduced?
Last year at CSNS, I grabbed 35-40 boxes that were being discarded without even trying.
Did you rent a utility van to get them home?
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Last year at CSNS, I grabbed 35-40 boxes that were being discarded without even trying.
Did you rent a utility van to get them home?
What? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOOOOLOLLLLLLOOOOL Clever.
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Last year at CSNS, I grabbed 35-40 boxes that were being discarded without even trying.
Did you rent a utility van to get them home?
No, but it was a good thing I didn't ride my bike to the show that day.
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Thought that was partly where the $10 per order handling fee went... to cover the cost of the box... think that fee will be reduced?
It can't be to cover the cost of the USPS shipping box, since they don't pay for those!
I have several hundred of those blue boxes out in the big garage.
Zero change they are giving back any piece of that 10 bucks!!
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Makes sense from both and economical and environmental standpoint.
It always seemed like an egregious waste of resources when they provisioned an entire blue box for a single coin submission.
They only came back in a blue box if the order was 5 coins or more. 1-4 coins came back in those stick together cardboard things.
I have a bunch saved up, but don't like this move.
For those complaining about waste with the large Fed-Ex boxes ; the Insurance Companies require those / much harder to steal than a small box
That's true, but it's still wasteful.
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If the blue boxes can not hold the new PCGS slabs then makes sense. Glad I kept all my old Teletrade boxes as these can accommodate the ANACS First Gen, ANACS last gen, ICG, all NGC, and now the new PCGS slabs. With the dozen or so extra slab boxes in closet I aint payin nothing for any new slab storage boxes.
The new slabs fit just fine in the blue boxes.
If the blue boxes can not hold the new PCGS slabs then makes sense. Glad I kept all my old Teletrade boxes as these can accommodate the ANACS First Gen, ANACS last gen, ICG, all NGC, and now the new PCGS slabs. With the dozen or so extra slab boxes in closet I aint payin nothing for any new slab storage boxes.
The new slabs fit just fine in the blue boxes.
According to DW every 4th box made has one end slot that is slightly too small for the new slabs. The rest fit fine.
Lance.
Lance.
A four cavity mold with either a dimension or cooling / shrink problem on one cavity. The blue box molds are probably pretty old.
Then again, maybe the injection molder wants more money per piece and pcgs said uh, uh, no, no.
I used to get mine off the BST as needed.
Here are six of them used to organize my silver Washington Quarters.
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I used to get mine off the BST as needed.
Here are six of them used to organize my silver Washington Quarters.
Nice job!!
I too store my collection in them. Maybe they should make a nicer box and sell them outright.
Why haven't any 3D printer folks started selling made-to-order slab boxes? You could make them fit ANACS, PCGS, and NGC coins in the same box. You could also make them smaller or larger. That's one of the first things I would make if I had one
How much would you pay for a 3D-printed custom box that's as strong as the PCGS blue boxes?
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Last year at CSNS, I grabbed 35-40 boxes that were being discarded without even trying.
Did you rent a utility van to get them home?
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The outside labeling idea is brilliant. I am stealing that.
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