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eBay might have ACTUALLY done something really good for coin sellers - eBay standard envelope
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They added an option to ship between 1 and 3 oz items! Sounds dumb but this is actually awesome.
Key Benefits
Saves up to 70% vs. USPS® First Class Package Service
Available for trading cards, coins and currency, postcards and stamps
Integrated tracking and easy to print using eBay labels
Shipping protection plan up to $50 on combined items, in case of loss or damage
Drop off at regular USPS locations
Envelope requirements
No smaller than 3.5” x 5”
No larger than 6.125” x 11.5”
No thicker than .25”
Weighs up to 3 oz.
https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/shipping/ebay-standard-envelope.html
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Got one today. It was "machined" like a standard envelope (which it is) but did have tracking, was 1st Class and cost the seller $0.51.
Got that email today also. I wonder if you can order a quantity and the postage price stays the same?
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There's nothing to buy. Use standard envelopes and print a label.
I don't see this working if you want to protect the coin you are shipping.
I can see a 2x2" qualifying, but not a TPG slab.
If you have a coin worth less than $10 in a 2x2, I think it would work out great. Think of the YN's!
I received a Frank in a 2x2 in the envelope above today. Needed one to finish out a roll. Saw on my phone it had been delivered and when I got home and only saw a plain envelope in the mailbox, thought it was misdelivered. Nope.
Seller had taped small pieces of cardboard to each side of the 2x2. I could tell it was machined but no real problems.
it says in the language the envelope cannot be more than 1/4 of a inch thick.
this is a fantastic way to send massive amounts of low-dollar coins w/o the concern someone will say they didn't receive the item for whatever reason. i've been wanting this for EVERYONE for many years.
the only pattern i've really noticed is EVERYONE is catering to those with money and leaving others in the dust. this is a nice way to include those with thousands or tens of thousands of dollars worth of lower-dollar coins that otherwise sit until safe methods of advertising/selling are found.
i'm sure more buyers will also appreciate this. who doesn't like tracking!
fwiw. i've been shipping them this way for years. (w/o tracking lol)
i get card stock from a local print shop, cut it down and fold it in half and staple the coin(s) in-place between the folds and tape that to the inside of the envelope. doesn't take too long and i'm sure 99% of the buyers received the item(s). also print out addresses in nice big clear print since the printer allows for font type/size changes.
during these times $20/50/100 extra per week can really go far for a lot of people.
I just received a slabbed PCGS coin in one of these. Nothing in the envelope except for the slab.
Surprisingly, it wasn't damaged.
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Yea I have never sent a coin in an envelope. Always in a padded one. Don't think I'll be using these.
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I have shipped hundreds of new W quarters in stamped envelopes with the coin in a 2X2 mylar. My cost of .55 helps me keep the BIN price competitive. Not the first complaint of any damage.
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This sounds great!
Might even motivate me to start selling small odds and ends on The Bay again!
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Tracking number is a good thing.
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My trading card friends have warned me the loss rate on these is through the roof. Buyer beware.
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I tried my 1st 1 today and asked my postal clerk about it. There is no tracking. He said it was a regular prepaid postal label. Hmmmm.
I just don't trust a coin in a paper envelope. Getting a coin in the mail is exciting for some, especially younger collectors. I am not going to chance ruining a new (or old) collector's excitement of getting a purchase in the mail.
Anything that is mailed on the cheap, can't be packaged very well.
I will be watching to see if it shows delivered! It has a tracking number similar to the global shipping. My clerk said something along the lines they take a picture of the package.
You're a professional. Stamps may be Ok to send that way. I do not sell stamps. I certainly would be dismayed if a high grade coin gets damaged or lost in a post office high speed sorting machine.
Because it gets machined. There's a 2 by 2 in there and that by itself can wreak havoc in a facer, canceller machine.
You must use a different post office than me. The two po's that I usually use to mail the corrugated coin mailers with are both mandating that I use tracking. This costs me $4.10 for the package envelope. They won't let me mail them without the tracking. I am in Pa.
Hmm! Sounds like a plan! Thanks! I will have to try that!
that is a he** of a lot of honest people!
For years, I have been using these safety mailers for my PWE (plain white envelope) orders.
Buy enough bulk and they are less than .25 cents
Add a .75 cent stamp and they fit perfectly into a small envelope.
I am only out about $1.30 when you add paper and ink for printing a packing list and cost of envelope.
Great for single or multiple 2x2's, works in a pinch for a slab in padded envelopes, and even baseball cards.
I am curious as to the new Ebay envelopes. It could make life alot easier and actually save me both money and time.
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I have noticed a few more missing coins in the past two months.
Maybe 3 out of 100.
Wondering if the corrugated material is too thick or rigid?
Watched a few YT vids on some of the issues.
Tape over bar codes is possibly an issue in reading by USPS and showing up in transit.
USPS doesn't track these like we normally think, but hopefully coming soon.
Anything over $10 goes padded.
Talking $5 sales here... free shipping.
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well lets take a moment to thank the hard working folks at the USPS for getting it done!!!
just about all of us can gripe about something they are doing and/or not doing but at the end of the day, THEY GET IT DONE!
ty USPS
For years I've used 1st class no tracking to send coins under $20.00. I cut a file folder to the size of the envelop so it looks like a greeting card, inside I will insert up to 4 2X2s and fix them to the inside of the card with another piece of the file folder cut slightly larger than the 2X2s and apply 1st class postage 75 or 95 cents for a one or two ounce rigid package. None got lost, one was delayed during the Christmas postal fiasco and the buyer was very patient and it eventually arrived.
So far I've shipped 3 postcards using eBay standard envelop and two have been scanned as delivered. Looks like your account doesn't get charged until it shows up as delivered. Easy peasy, print a label or print directly on the envelop and drop in my mailbox at the end of the driveway. 51 cents with tracking is the bargain of the century. I'll do the same the next time I ship a cheap coin and see how it goes.
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As a Postal retiree it's certainly nice to hear good things about the Post Office for a change! I know I did my best for 33 years. Thank you!!
Yes, it's not USPS tracking. According to comments on other sites, the new eBay standard labels tracking is some kind of in-house system that also guesstimates the delivery date, which doesn't always align with the actual delivery date. This confuses and scares some buyers when tracking says delivered, but the item is a day or more away still.
Is ebay making new envelopes? I saw the template thing. I think you have to use your own envelopes that fit into the template. I do not know. Can someone explain this more. This is very exciting now. I can sell my $3.00 coins now one at a time and make a profit.
I do not see anywhere where it says that ebay makes the envelopes. Anyways, now I will have to buy a label printer. My regular printer is not up to the task.
I have shipped thousands of coins in regular envelopes w/safe-t-mailers. Number of claims for damage? Zero. Number of feedbacks saying "well packed"? Way more than zero.
FWIW
For those of us still stuck in the year 2000 on the technology learning curve, could you share the product number and printer combo. I spend waaayy to much on clear tape and paper... lol
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