![]() ![]() Also even if it does the initial scan, it does not provide a delivery scan. A letter carrier cannot scan it – it has to get a scan at the outgoing PO in the sorting machine and in my experience about 20% of the time it doesn’t happen, and if that doesn’t happen, there are no additional scans. Besides only being usable for thin, flat, bendable, first class letter-sized and -weighted non-plastic and non-padded envelopes, the tracking is hit or miss. Someone at some point said to eBay: “Hey, there’s this Intelligent Mail Barcode thing I can get from LetterTrackPro, why can’t eBay offer that for us and let the half-assed tracking it offers count for TRS?”ĮBay probably doesn’t want to encourage its widespread use. High volume sellers in the sports card, postcard, stamp, and coin categories – which are huge – have probably been clamoring for years for eBay to figure out a way for them to obtain TRS status which they’ve been pretty much locked out of since they so often ship their low priced items in an envelope with a stamp. There is no real reason that it couldn’t be added as a shipping method in any category for use when appropriate. “I wonder why this is category restricted at all.” This is the envelope I’ve been using: I see that the price per 100 is a few dollars more than the 5×7 mailjacket that you linked from ebayshippingsupplies, though it’s slightly smaller. ![]() If the USPS enforces the machinable standards for eBay Standard Envelopes I think there are going to be some unhappy sellers when their envelope with 15 raw cards or 5 raw coins, for example, gets returned to them. Ebay has decided to prominently specify what can go in the envelope – for example ship “no more than 15 raw cards” or “no more than 5 raw coins” – but you really have to dig down a bit to find that eBay Standard Envelope thickness has to be uniform, not too rigid, etc., which are machinable mail standards. ![]() I’ve had a few mail pieces actually returned to me because the patch was a little too thick or when I tried to send a larger coin like a half dollar and didn’t put the extra postage on the envelope. One thing concerns me – the USPS charges a bit more for “nonmachinable” first class envelop mail and the Intelligent Mail Barcode doesn’t work, presumably because nonmachinable mail gets spit out of the scanning machines and has to be hand-sorted. It appears to me that eBay has made a deal with the USPS to use that system, based on eBay’s parameters and FAQ answers for Standard Envelope, with the bonus of a few cents off the usual price for 1, 2, and 3 oz first class envelopes. I would have to go to my LetterTrackPro account to see tracking updates. I have been using the Intelligent Mail Barcode from LetterTrackPro for several years for my postcards, small photos, and patches in my Never-To-Be-TRS eBay store which gave me a tracking number that eBay would accept as an upload to the sale but after that would not load updates, so there was never carrier validation. However, the domestic promotional shipping rule for $25 and up free shipping does not apply.Lower cost coins that I ship through eBay standard envelope are unavailable internationally.HOW I PACK SHIPMENTSI ship most coins in padded mailers, protected in 2x2s and/or protective flips/pages/pouches/safety mailers depending on the coin and amount of coins.Coins shipped through eBay standard envelope will be protected in either small coin envelopes/safety mailers/flips/between cardboard and shipped in a #10 standard envelope.I do my best to protect items thoroughly to avoid damage during shipment.This is great news. Shipping costs are calculated based on location, and I will combine shipping costs for multiple purchases. Shipping should be automatically combined when checking out.Free shipping applies when spending $25 on eligible items!I may also ship through eBay standard envelope for lower cost coins.INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING POLICYI ship internationally through eBay International Standard. Pictures are always taken by me and show the actual coin or coins you will receive.PLEASE DO NOT BID UNLESS YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH THE CONDITION AS SEEN IN THE PHOTOS!I am not a professional, and any grading is based on my own best guess.US DOMESTIC SHIPPING POLICY FOR COINSA flat shipping fee applies for all coins and coin lots, but I always offer combined shipping on any coin and coin lot purchases.
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