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More and more PWE's....a sign of the economic times???

yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,253 ✭✭✭
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Today I receive 3 items in the mail. All PWE's. Only one was well protected on the inside. This has been a much bigger trend for me lately. Im getting nearly half my cards in PWE's even though Im paying the same amount in shipping. Not on graded cards of course...just on raw. Anyone else noticing this???

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  • fur72fur72 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
    Its not going to get any better with stamps going up to 44 cents on May 11th (TTM hunters beware).

    I know this sounds corney but when I am sending one card in a trade I send it in a card (xmas card, thank you card) After christmas I purchased a ton of xmas cards.

    1. I think it is secure enought to throw the card in a card saver 1

    2 Put it in the card then tape the card. And the cost is the same as a pwe.

    Try it some time.
    Cory @iamfur72 https://twitter.com/iamfur72

    My Sandberg topps basic set
    My Sandberg Topps Master set
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  • ElToroLocoElToroLoco Posts: 914 ✭
    I haven't had much of an issue lately, but I know that I keep the bubbler that it got mailed in to reuse later.
  • daddymcdaddymc Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭
    I blame part of it on eBay. They are pushing free shipping all of the time, and they have the DSR for shipping and handling charges. The pressure for low or zero shipping cost may be causing sellers to cut corners. My lowest DSR rating (4.8) is shipping and handling charges. I only charge $2.50 and that includes a padded bubble mailer, extra bubble wrap, delivery confirmation, and plenty of tape to make sure everything is sealed.
    Currently working on: Kurt Warner PSA 9 or 10

  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I blame part of it on eBay. They are pushing free shipping all of the time. >>

    ·p_A·
  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    Agreed, with the ebay part especially. More fees, more costs everywhere. You have to make it up somewhere.
    IT IS ALWAYS CHEAPER TO NOT SELL ON EBAY
  • thedutymonthedutymon Posts: 4,323 ✭
    Evening,
    It's just you cheap Sports Guy's. Last 500 Packages of Non Sports recieved. Not one, and I am not joking, Not One single PWE.
    Neilimage
    Actually Collect Non Sport, but am just so full of myself I post all over the place !!!!!!!
  • mcholkemcholke Posts: 1,000 ✭✭
    Timely topic, here is what I received in the mail today in PWE

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    Collecting Tony Perez PSA and Rookie Baseball PSA

  • 2dueces2dueces Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I received a card that looked like that in a bubble wrap. I guess it depends on the handling,
    but I would never ship in anything but a bubble wrap envelope.
    W.C.Fields
    "I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
  • SidePocketSidePocket Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭
    I see PWEs from small Auction companies mostly.

    "Molon Labe"

  • downtowndowntown Posts: 671 ✭✭✭
    I received a bubble mailer today....but the sender saved on shipping by not putting any postage on it.
    Somehow it made it to me without postage due!
    I collect Seattle Pilots autographs, 1969 Topps autographs, Signed Mickey Mantle Home Run History cards and have a JC Martin collection (he was my college Baseball coach)
    Doug
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    A few PWEs, but I've been getting re-used bubble mailers which I don't mind.
    Many of them are 6 X 10 that they cut in half and just tape up all the sides.
  • minnesotahuskerminnesotahusker Posts: 642 ✭✭✭
    I must be stupid...PWE is what?
  • halosfanhalosfan Posts: 2,644 ✭✭✭✭
    PWE = Plain White Envelope
    Looking for a Glen Rice Inkredible and Alex Rodriguez cards
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,231 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I must be stupid...PWE is what? >>



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