Please don't be lazy in packing cards for trading!

All new members should read this first before sending cards for their first trade. If not followed and problems arise negative feedback will be left and you will be barred from trading. Its easy to prevent though with a few simple steps.

Firsty its not hard. Simply pack cards the way you would like to receive them yourself. Common sense prevails. You wouldn’t like to receive cards lose in a white envelope so don’t do it to someone else.

The preferred method for a couple of cards in to place them in toploaders. Tape the top of the toploader and mail them in a bubble mailer with ‘photos do not bend’ written on it. Don’t know if that makes a difference but it can’t hurt. It also doesn’t hurt to sandwich toploaders between a decoy card or bits of cardboard to eliminate chaces of the card getting damaged.

For a number of cards where you can’t send all in toploaders the cardboard sandwich works best. Put all the cards in sleeves/toploaders and then pack between the cardboard and tape it all up. Just remember anything rigid taped onto the card is your best friend. This will make no real difference in the cost of postage either as its weighs hardly anything at all. Taping around the sides and top helps stop damage to the corners too. No need to tape it all up super tight that damages the cards, just enough to stop movement in the mailer.

For a large number of commons using a box with it packed so cards can’t move is the best idea.

What will not be tolerated.

Sending in a white plain envelopes.
Sending in card savers not toploaders(card savers are the flimsy version of a toploader)
Sending in just penny sleeves.
Cramming more than one card in a holder designed for only one card

If you are unsure how to pack a card/s for trade ask the other trader how they would like it packed. Its not hard to take initiative and do the right thing and problems will be a thing of the past. While we can’t always prevent bad handling from Aussie post this all goes a long way to preventing it happening. If a buble mailer is crushed with all the above precautions taken its put down to just bad luck.

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Richo said:

Well I just completed a trade and received my cards in a plain white envelope......now I have said before - I don't mind this if we have both agreed to this but I was a little annoyed that this was not agreed to or discussed. The cards were received fine and in top loaders & some bubble wrap so no complaints there........but, when you put a 50c stamp on a white envelope it means it goes through the automatic sorter and could get caught in the sorting machine.....unless agreed upon white envelopes should not be used fullstop !!!

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hill33 said:

There is no if or buts with using white envelopes. It's bubble mailers or nothing.

If members persist in using envelopes, then they will not be members any longer. That's how serious we are about this matter.

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chadjaja® said:

I thought it was clear in the guidlines stickyed to the forum?

Even after that and others getting them its still happening and thats why. Mail machines eat cards and I can vouch personally for that. No one wants that to happen at all.

Hill is right. Either do the right thing or go elsewhere ;-) Nothing wrong with a neg if the outcome or procedure is negative.

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chadjaja® said:

Well in the future just give a neg and no thread JZA. I can't remember the one you are talking about but I've always said to just leave the 'appropiate' feedback for how the deal went. What good is feedback if we don't tell it as it is. The poor next bugger is going to pay as well. All Admins get an email saying a neg has been left and thats it. Then the member will get a PM explaining why and if it continues they are out.

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