Shipping Question -- What's this $1.20 Shipping label

mattcurren · 02-07-2020, 01:04 AM

I got a few cards in a trade and the shipping label was only $1.20
All the trading I do is very low end but when i print out my own labels the min. price for even 2 ounces is like $3

How do you get this $1.20 option? Thank you

dictoresno · 02-07-2020, 01:09 AM

probably equivalent to a double stamped non machinable rate envelope but not first class.

towerymt · 02-07-2020, 01:37 AM

A thin padded envelope w/o tracking can go for about that. Its rare such an option comes up for me at the post office, but I do recall sending a PSA graded card like that without tracking and it was only about $1.35.

nbalinks · 02-07-2020, 03:02 AM

Etsy has a USPS option of a flat envelope with tracking for $1.80! Envelope has to be under an inch thick. Saves us a lot of money. Hopefully eBay will offer this option soon.

shrevecity · 02-07-2020, 07:14 AM

If the item is under 3/4 thick the USPS counter clerks will sometimes ship them for that rate. Some POs are more strict on the rigid part of the policy than others. If its under 3/4 thick and rigid it is not supposed to be used.

LJaucoin · 02-07-2020, 09:15 AM

I have never seen a $1.20 postage look like that. But, if you use stamps.com there is a $1.20 option for a bubble mailer with no tracking. I use it lot for cheap lots

mattcurren · 02-07-2020, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LJaucoin

I have never seen a $1.20 postage look like that. But, if you use stamps.com there is a $1.20 option for a bubble mailer with no tracking. I use it lot for cheap lots

o wow that's good information. I wish paypal shipping had that.
What do you (or anyone) think of stamps.com

LJaucoin · 02-07-2020, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattcurren

o wow that's good information. I wish paypal shipping had that.
What do you (or anyone) think of stamps.com

I use it for the pure ease of not going to the post office..no issues what so ever.

02-07-2020, 01:37 AM	#3
towerymt Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: VA Posts: 8,547	A thin padded envelope w/o tracking can go for about that. Its rare such an option comes up for me at the post office, but I do recall sending a PSA graded card like that without tracking and it was only about $1.35. __________________ In search of... 2018 Topps Chrome Update Max Scherzer #HMT77: Superfractor 2019 Topps Update Carter Kieboom #US109: Platinum

02-07-2020, 01:09 AM	#2
dictoresno Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: NJ Posts: 4,260 smzcards	probably equivalent to a double stamped non machinable rate envelope but not first class.

02-07-2020, 03:02 AM	#4
nbalinks Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,604 nbalinks nbalinks	Etsy has a USPS option of a flat envelope with tracking for $1.80! Envelope has to be under an inch thick. Saves us a lot of money. Hopefully eBay will offer this option soon.

02-07-2020, 07:14 AM	#5
shrevecity Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 28,059	If the item is under 3/4 thick the USPS counter clerks will sometimes ship them for that rate. Some POs are more strict on the rigid part of the policy than others. If its under 3/4 thick and rigid it is not supposed to be used.

02-07-2020, 09:15 AM	#6
LJaucoin Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 127 golfballs_337	I have never seen a $1.20 postage look like that. But, if you use stamps.com there is a $1.20 option for a bubble mailer with no tracking. I use it lot for cheap lots