[Exhibitman]

A word for recycling. I keep the bubble mailers, cardboard mailers, cut cardboards and even packing peanuts that are delivered to me and I recycle them for my sales, consignments, shipments to TPGs, etc. Not only is it a good way to cut down on the trash I make, it also cuts my shipping costs to basically tape, labels, ink and postage. That way I can charge the buyer the rough postal costs and not lose too much money.

As for packaging, I usually sandwich a raw card in a soft holder between two pieces of corrugated cardboard then either put that into a bubble mailer or tape it shut all around and use the cardboard as the mailer. I usually put graded cards into a small bubble mailer then inside a second mailer, usually the cardboard type used to mail photos. Sometimes into a 2nd bubble mailer instead. If I am sending more than 2 graded cards I put the cards into individual bubble mailers then use a flat rate small box. Only one problem ever and that was when the mail truck ran over the package! Really...the customer returned it and the mailer had tire tracks across it.