I have been an ebay seller for a while of random personal and thrifted goods but never trading cards, I have recently gotten in to pokemon as a personal hobby and after ripping many packs I am starting to sell duplicates online to fund some singles purchases and this video was THE MOST HELPFUL out of any of the 6 or 8 videos that I watched before this. Thank you for posting!

My argument for using my thermal printer is that I never have to deal with my ink drying up I'm the cartridge, and I never have to spend 40$ on a single ink cartridge. With tape I use a low stick masking tape, and fold a triangle into it that makes it easy to peel off.

Super helpful and nice update to your previous “how to ship on eBay” video 👌🏽

Great video. The jumbo card tip was especially useful for me.

Bro you are lowkey a genius! The printing on the envelope [5 HEAD PLAY]! And nice tip abt jumbos

Thanks for the info! I’ve been thinking about selling some of my childhood cards on eBay. If I do I’ll definitely be using this video as a reference.

Thanks for this! I just sent my first ESE orders out today. Opens up an entire avenue for revenue.

Thanks Nick! I never tried this but it will save time and money for sure I see that 💯. I was using thermal labels for ESE but thanks to your walk-through, I'm gonna format my orders like you shown! Much appreciated 🙏 always new things I'm learning from you, Nick! As always, very much appreciated!

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Awesome - Glad to Hear!

I had no idea you could ship jumbos ESE!! Great info!!

Thank you so much for making this, hundreds of purchased and printed labels later, no idea why this never dawned on me!

Thermal printing on sticky labels is the best thing I’ve used for my eBay TCG business. Fast and never have to purchase ink. The cost is already paid for and even just black ink is outrageously expensive. Plus this takes longer too. My time is the most valuable and saving time is key. Thermal will ALWAYS be the way to go with PWE ESE. I tried it with 5 envelopes and 3 jammed the printer with the seal flaps on the envelope. This was a good thought but doesn’t work for lots of orders. Maybe this is for the person with one or two orders a week. Not 60+ a day.

@mantazz679

9 ай бұрын

Really depends. I use a thermal printer too, and agree it is quite easy. Also, I don't have a dedicated envelope printer, so I would have to swap out regular 8X11 paper with envelope paper every time I wanted to print a label. Since a second printer would be required to avoid this issue, I think a thermal printer is a pretty fine solution in my case. However, I have seen extremely high volume sellers print directly to an envelope as well.

@jcgrubbs1

9 ай бұрын

@@mantazz679 correct but they usually purchased a very expensive printer with high printing speeds and won’t get jammed with a specific envelope. So now you’re spending extra on special envelopes, a high capacity printer, drum toner or ink or laser jet inks AND THEN tape. It’s just an over-priced hassle in my opinion. But to each their own. I prefer to look professional as well as very fast. I have a 10+ hour a day normal job and just can’t handle spending hours a day packing cards away when I do the same volume at around 25 minutes total now. Again, different volumes, products and different people may vary lol

@mantazz679

9 ай бұрын

@@jcgrubbs1 agreed.

@seanjohnson487

3 ай бұрын

Yeah the advice to print onto the envelopes is terrible. The average person is using an inkjet printer and ink is VERY expensive.

@CGray91

7 күн бұрын

The printer he is using could print 15,000 envelopes for 30.00 the Epson printers ink is the unbelievabley cheap. I have the same printer and I buy ink once a year. One bottle of ink gets 7,500 full size pages printed. The printer is also only 400.00 CAD.

Appreciate the insight Nick! Happy to see I am doing it pretty much the exact same way as someone that deals in your level of volume haha. I do like shipping shields just because I sell 9 card common playsets for Flesh and Blood for 2.49 a piece and all 9 perfectly fit in 1 ship shield. So if someone buys 2 sets I can fit 2 of those ship shields in a single PWE side by side and not lose on having to upgrade to a bubble mailer.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Makes Sense! Generally Speaking, I have very few situations where I'm shipping 10+ Cards for Sub-$20.00 on eBay. However, that happens all the time for me on TCGPlayer and I've had to get quite creative figuring-out how to ship those orders cost-effectively! At some point, I might do a kind of follow-up to this video talking about PWE Orders through TCGPlayer.

Great video! This definitely helped me out!

Brilliant. Genius. Legend. Thank you!

Thanks for making this. It turns out I was doing most of this already, but I never knew the eBay 6x8 envelopes fit the jumbo Pokemon cards. I had been posting them and having the customer pay for 1st class shipping, but having the cheaper option available is great.

Very informative! Thank you very much!

😢 bro lol I just received a card and was like "how the hell he do that". Using this method thank you. Saved me head aches and money

Nice video and a great idea.. to be fair thermal labels are given out for free though so the cost of them is a non issue.. this may save a slightly marginal amount of time though. I’d also say the time saving is negligible for anyone bulk printing more than like 25 labels at a time and after that a thermal will be faster anyways. At that level the speed of a regular printer is offset by the time to put a sticker on an envelope. Still an excellent video and I learned something from it I’d also suggest using card saver 1 versus regular top loaders.. they are superior in just about every way for a PWE shipper and the cost is negligible in bulk

Great video! Lots of great value in here. I don't sell much on eBay, but I might start doing ESE with sports cards. I also like the tip about the jumbo cards - do you know if those cardboard mailers exist without the eBay branding? Keep up the great work!

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! And Yeah, you can buy those cardboard envelopes without the eBay Branding - I just use those ones because I get them for free with eBay Store Subscription QTRLY Coupon to eBay Shipping Supply Store. But, if you search 6x8 Cardboard Envelope, you should be able to find non-branded ones.

I use ESE very heavily but I don’t use PWE’s… I have a thermal printer and it saved me a shit load of money and time.. I use these brown paperboard envelopes that are 4x6 that come in a pack of 100 and they come with 100 paperboard shields that you put inside the envelope… been working great for me

Great video! With the larger card orders of 3-12, have you run into issues of the envelop being too thick and the post office adding postage due for it being non-machinable?

Great video. When you ship 10 cards do you automatically pick the 3oz rate or go by what it weighs?

I agree, I always use Team bags And always use tape on the Team Bags

You gotta have a printer with the slot for those kind of letters though! If you sell a lot it's definitely worth buying one, heck I wish I could do it but shipping here in Italy is completely different lel I really like your shipping methods, ultra stream-lined but still very professional. Nice job!

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

KetchumAllCollectibles just commented about not being able to use his printer for PWE's - I literally never knew that was a thing! Haha 😆 I've always thought all printers could print those different types of paper and envelopes. And Yeah, unfortunately this video doesn't help you International People too much! LOL

Great vid & info! Thx

Great video, thanks!!

Awesome video Nick! Lots of great information in here. I'm curious, if you get shipping labels free from UPS, wouldn't using the thermal printer still be a better option from a cost perspective? The inkjet printer definitely looks better, no doubt about it. Also, excellent tip on the jumbo cards. I've never seen someone cover that information before, and that seems like a great method! Keep up the great content!

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

If you're getting the thermal labels for free, that definitely changes things! I hardly ever ship UPS though; so, I feel bad getting labels from them; so, I'm buying all of my thermal labels.

@TheLabTCG

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon Ah gotcha. I do a decent amount through UPS, makes sense.

@metamonpulls1560

Жыл бұрын

UPS gives free shipping labels?

Loving the content Nick! How do you ship coins/pins?

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Thank You! Individual Coins are the same as what I did within this video: placed into a toploader and shipped ESE. Lots of Coins and Pins are placed into team bags and then into a #000 Kraft Bubble Mailer and shipped via First Class Mail.

I’ve used the cardstock envelopes to ship cards ESE for over a year and just last week started getting them kicked back for $0.40 postage due. I talked to somebody at the post office and they’re saying it’s a non-machinable charge. Never had an issue until now.

Very informative and impressive video! Only thing i would have liked to see was how you placed the cards inside of the envelope. So do you wrap in the cards in a paper package slip? or are they just loose inside the envelope. Also curious how you fold the paper if you do insert a package slip. Also if you use tape on the inside of the envelope to secure the cards from movement or any tape on the outside of the envelope. I know how i handle the shipments but i feel like theres always room for improvement on my end. Also my printer does not allow me to print directly on the envelopes its a high end printer so im surprised it doesnt work but every time i have attempted it the envelopes dont load properly and it ends up consuming way more time then its worth compared to the saving on labels.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

I use self-stick #10 Envelopes. I'll just take that packaged Team Bag and place it into Envelope (No Packing Slip or Tape); I don't use any extra tape on the outside either.

Do you just drop the cards once in team bag in the envelope? Or do you tape to a paper so it doesn’t slide?

Genius. Print directly to envelope saves labels,tape,money,time, and weight.

Nice video, thanks🙂

Does this solve the tracking issues?

At 11:25 when you use the 3oz that is the regular SWE LABEl which makes it about. $1. and change correct. Because the first class with tracking for 3oz is going to cost over $3 to mail. I just my ebay paper board envelopes today. Im surprized how thick/heavy they are. Almost 2 oz with nothing inside. But i like them.

I figure why not throw my $.02 in haha. I print 100 labels with a dymo at a time including the ebay standard envelope ones. All labels will print on the same 4x6 label(cost is right at $.02 a label). You can also work while the labels are printing since they are connected and self-roll. You can place the label itself over the pull strip on the envelope to save extra time on having to tape that. For $.02, even if the inkjet is free I think you gain the extra amount in time saved. Printing through bulk shipping also auto-detects combining orders which can save time plus money if you are missing it by manually printing. It also adds the tracking for you for combined shipments - another manual operation that you do not have to do. I know you are the expert for shipping raw singles so I may be assuming things here with the bulk shipping compatibility or how you package the envelope itself. *** I also have a beef against inkjet - those things were always a hassle for me. I only keep a laserjet for full page print outs *** It is cool to see it printed right on the envelope though, I have not tried that myself.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Your arguments against my far superior method are weak-at-best Rusty! Haha I'll give you the fact that you do have to separate ESE Orders from Regular Orders before bulk-printing and occasionally remove printed ESE's / add new PWE's during printing. However, with this method, I'm still using the bulk-shipping option (tracking info. automatically applied to each order and auto-detecting combined shipments). Really, the only steps that I'm eliminating (which I feel makes this beneficial) are the cost of thermal labels and extra time to place thermal label onto PWE. I'm saving a bit not having to pay for thermal label and then saving time only having to seal envelope with the pull-strip vs. placing label onto PWE and then sealing PWE. I guess this is more beneficial at a larger-scale though because if you're only printing a few ESE Orders everyday; it would kind of be a pain having to use both printers where you're probably only saving $0.01-$0.02 / Order. I just look at it as $0.01-$0.02 / Order X 30ish Orders / Day X 365 Days / Year = $109.50-$219.00 Saved.

@TCA_Gaming

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon The ESE Master ... You are right about another printer as well. I have a laserjet printer(limited capabilities but prints 6000 pages fast for $15 worth of ink), epson scanner, Dymo 4XL and 450 Twin so I don't think I could hook another printer up on this laptop haha

Awesome, I have been trying to do this, but can't get the formatting to work

Thermal prints endlessly for free never really runs out of ink. Can obtain free sticky labels. Inkjet printers - ink is extremely expensive. how exactly is this a better option?

I am just getting ready to order some of these paperboard mailers. I mail an item that I make and sell and I ship it in an #0000 poly mailer for 2 oz. which as of today 7.13.23 is.83 cents. like you every now and again one will come back wanting more postage and I'll put it in one of the small paperboard small 4x6 mailer and will mail it for 2 oz and check off NON MACHINABLE. I thought the ebay mailer ==> 10:00 was too big to mail for first class letter size and I was going to cut it down to a smaller size. I'm going to order some now. Thanks for the video.

Thanks I think the biggest reason to print directly on a SWE is that it makes them not stand out. When you attach a label on a ESE it’s definitely going to stand out.

Self sealing A4 kraft brown envelopes because they are sturdier and smaller so when you pair with Card Saver I you don't have to tape anything down and you don't need to sandwhich the card because A4 kraft brown envelope is more rigid. Single card or cards go into individual penny sleeve. Up to 3 sleeved cards into Card Saver I put in the self sealing A4 envelope and put 4x6 thermal label on the envelope along with "Please Do Not Bend" sticker ....when you buy the supplies in bulk it cost .17 cents for each order of 1 card

Theme deck flex in the background

Another reason to use team bags is you never know if it’s gonna rain I’ve received a card in pwe and it was ruined because it rained the night it was delivered

Do I NEED software to convertt the csv file? Im new to this... Ive got the info but cant format it or add my info

wishing I would have went thermal right now. For whatever reason, I cant specify the label to print out longways. no option to rotate, cant edit the pdf in anyway. so dumb man, just keeps printing little labels facing the wrong way, even with the custom specs input. Have a sell for tomorrow, and im essentially screwed now...

I don't do team bags anymore, sometimes it traps air inside (although I think the ultrapro brand doesn't do this as much as other cheaper options) and keeps the envelope inflated, I want these envelopes as flat as possible so it doesn't screw up the machines at the post office nor my envelope.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Hmm, Interesting! I've never run into an issue with the Team Bags trapping air inside. But, then again, I've also never used any other types of Team Bags aside Ultra Pro Brand.

@Jkoihm

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon yeah your points on the teambags def makes sense on the professional presentation, card touching tape, and also water proofing the card as well, it's something I decided it wasn't worth paying up for teambags although there's a lot of pros as you've mentioned. I do use a sticker tab so the buyer can pull the card out easer which also prevents the card from touching the 'painters' tape I use instead of scotch tape.

@rippingandflippingcards4135

Жыл бұрын

@@Jkoihm I use painters tape folded over on the sleeve so its not on the card but customer can pull the "tab" and get the card out easy. I hate when i buy a card and i can't get it out without cutting the side of a sleeve especially when someone jams 2 cards in a top loader. jerks! ha

i was wondering how i was going to do jumbos. i bought comic sleeves to try and figuare out this. my question is does that size envelope work with the older/bigger jumbos?

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Not. They're just a little too small to fit any other Jumbo Cards.

What’s wrong with printing a label I don’t even have to lick my envelope to keep it closed. I just use the label to seal it so I don’t see what the problem is. Labels only cost four cents and I get them for free when I actually take them to my post office.

how can I ship an Item like a "2 in 1 Audio Splitter Adapter 3.5mm Headphone Jack" that is under 1oz? That's not going to cost like $3.90 with USPS

I have an EPSON 6000… when I go to print the printing label prints vertical and very small on the envelope and I can’t seem to find a setting on how to rotate it. Do you have any tips on what settings I need to change it to? I’ve changed both my computer and printer to the envelope #10 setting and it still won’t work

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure on that 🤔 My computer / printer automatically has labels rotated like I had show in video - I didn’t have to do anything special on my end to get them to print like that.

What size is the team bag for the 2 Pokemon cards you put into the team bag or are they all 1 size? Thank you.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

They’re all the same size, just Ultra Pro Team Bags

Im back with a question - I don't see the option to create a Envelope/custom size on my HP printer. Im dying of having to cut paper periodically. Can i buy your printer off of you? ;) Any insight appreciated! Thanks Nick

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

There’s usually some way that you can create a custom-sized layout for printing, not sure where it would be for you though if it’s not in that print window 🤔

I cant get the setting right on my printer to print onto my #10 envelope. I have a brother printer. 2:57

People tape toploaders shut?? I fold a sheet of paper around the card (in a toploader or semi-rigid) in such a way that the card won't move, and the paper will extend to the end, or near the end of the envelope. This way it doesn't move much if at all. No teambag, seems like a waste

So I’m about to mail off my first ESE in an Armalope or paperboard mailer. There will be a toploader as part of the packaging. Do I ask the person at the post office if it’s ok to mail or should I just hand it to them and hope for the best?

@whitecastle3032

3 ай бұрын

I use armalopes and I would say your best bet is to just drop it in the mailbox. I have had a return before for insufficient postage due to it being a thick card, and they couldn't run it through their machines at one of the post offices along the way to the customer.

Hey can you tell me how can I put dimensions 0.25 -?

Just wondering how did you establish a relationship with suppliers? I’m in the UK and I can’t find much information about it, I’m buying product in slightly cheaper to sell the cards but I am making a loss each time as I’m just trying to start things up. Any advice would be much appreciated 😁

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure how Distribution works Internationally; however, in the USA, there's a list of Pokemon Distributors on the Pokemon Website. I just reached-out to a few of them and got approved for an account. This was all Pre-COVID though; it's a lot tougher even here in the USA to get in with Distribution.

@shawndodd1046

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon Thanks for your help, I don’t suppose you could give me a rough template of what you would email them please?

I sell post cards and use ESE. I use a thermal, soft sleeve and ecoswift mailer. Wouldn't you be spending more money on toploaders, bags, and ink? I mean you might be saving a little time shipping, but it seems like it would be negligible.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

I tried using those cardboard mailers awhile back and got a lot of complaints from people because the card wasn’t in a toploader even though card arrived without damage 🙄 So, I switched over to PWE’s / Toploaders to keep customers happy and cost was about the same as PWE / Toploader combo. I should have emphasized my point better in this video. The method that I talked about here doesn’t save a ton of money and probably isn’t worthwhile for someone shipping a few ESE’s. But, for me, I save between $0.01-$0.02 / ESE doing things this way and I’m shipping 30-40 ESE’s everyday. So, that savings adds-up over the course of month / year. Plus, I do think my method saves a good bit of time in volume.

@dreamybuys1133

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon ok, that would make sense if trade card collectors are that particular about condition. I'm only selling vintage post cards, so most of the time there is going to be some type of wear/damage before i even ship the card, but the ecoswift is the most durable ive found that is machineable. I've only shipped around 5k cards using ESE, fortunately i've had no complaints. I average 15-20 cards a day, i feel like ive got my business running efficiently, from the time my inventory comes in to the time its shipped, i dont deal with a card more than 2 minutes. Thats sorting, listing, storing, pulling and shipping. I see a trade card seller that prints strait to mailer occasionally in the post office line. I like the way the pkging looked when i first saw it, but to me ink is the biggest scam in history, maybe a thermal that will accept mailers will be the next big thing. lol

Any of the POs that the ESE travels through can reject for insufficient postage. I'm starting to see it a lot more lately.

Can 10 to 12 cards still go ESE without getting jammed up? Ive only been brave enough to max out at 9. But maybe i am leaving money on the table.

@gators-rock-tim-t9247

3 ай бұрын

ebay has a new evp for ese that has 3 pockets and they say you can put up to 8 cards in each slot...

Envelope thickness is uniform, less than 0.25” inches at all points, and not too rigid

Yeah I'd like to print on the envelope but its is cut off.

I always thought that you can’t ship hard top loaders into ESE’s because they can ruin the USPS processing machines. I only use the semi-rigid ones for my shipments which, by the way, I think are cheaper than the hard ones.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think we’ll ever know the actual answer to whether toploaders jam machines! LOL As mentioned in video, Post Office that I used to go to said I couldn’t do that; but, Post Office that I go to now says that’s fine 🤔 As far as the cost goes, on eBay, semi-rigids are cheaper. But, I’m able to purchase toploaders for cheaper than semi-rigids through one of my Distributors.

A top loader in a standard envelope first class should have a non-machinable charge. They constantly jam the mailing sorting machine. You probably don’t think your customers are getting charged postage due for a non-machinable charge, but I guarantee some are if the post office is doing their job correctly.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure that there are some people who are getting charged the extra non-machinable rate; but, I’d imagine that it’s the vast minority. Surprisingly, I’ve never actually gotten a message from anyone about having to pay extra (least not that I can remember). I think it all just comes down to specific Post Office. Like I mentioned in video, Post Office that I used to go to wanted me to pay non-machinable rate. However, Post Office that I go to now says that I don’t need to pay non-machinable rate 🤷‍♂️

Thanks! I need to buy an inkjet printer...

I wish they offered QR code for this service I don’t have label printer.

The thermal printers haven’t done me wrong. 15k cards sold last yr. I prefer semi rigids over top loaders unless it’s a thick sports card. Never had complaints. Now if only they would do something about the people lying that the card was ‘lost’ in the mail ool

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they definitely need to improve the Tracking Info. with ESE! It’s weird how I hardly get any Item not Received Cases when Tracking Info. shows as being Delivered; but, when Tracking Info. doesn’t work for whatever reason, I get a flood of Item not Received Cases. I wonder why that is? 🤔 Haha 😆

@southdaytontradingco

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon exactly lol. Usps is bad but not that bad lol.

When I try to print my labels directly to my envelopes it shrinks it down to a very small size… is there something that you do prior to printing to edit the label?

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

I've never had to do anything differently aside select that I'm printing onto #10 Envelope - sizing always just automatically adjusts to fit onto Envelope.

@joshpotts4328

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon That's good - it doesn't do that for me 😂

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

@@joshpotts4328 That's Weird... I'm not sure what's going-on there.

with the last method with the team bags isn't it with 10 penny sleeves the top loader and the buisness cards be to thick for the ese guidelines

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

10 Cards is pretty much right at the limit for thickness of ESE Orders.

Super annoying that ESE are not availible in the UK

I probably have sent around 300 cards the last few months, I have had 4 that I had to issue refunds because they never arrived. 2 never had any scans period. The other 2 had a few scans then just quit. And never arrived. Starting to get discouraged with their service.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, you just need to accept the fact that you're going to run into issues like that every once in awhile (1% of ESE Orders getting Refunded is about my % Too)... At the end of the day, ESE is really just a bit fancier of a PWE Service which will always have the most issues out of any mail-class since there's no "real" Tracking Information.

@My_Paper_Route

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon I am actually glad to hear that it's to be expected and that I am running close to the norm.

I think people just use thermal labels because they already have that setup for their postage. Also its easy to get thermal labels for free.

Ebay just let me know that the standard envelope ends march 1st. What is a cheap alternative????

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure what you heard; but, I highly doubt eBay will ever remove ESE Service.

Our post office mentioned the buyer may have to pay a 40 cent surcharge for using ESE with the ebay cardboard envelope. Not sure why...

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

I’ve heard that too; no idea why that’s the case because eBay ESE Page says that you can use them for normal ESE Postage 🤷‍♂️ I’ve never had a buyer email me after the fact saying that they had to pay additional postage and have never gotten one back saying I need to pay additional postage; so, hopefully that continues!

@rcellis6767

Жыл бұрын

@Old Skool Pokemon I've been sending them like this for the past couple weeks an no issues either! Fingers crossword. Great content, thank you!

My post sends these right back because they are not flexible. No matter what amount of standard envelope postage I put on them.

Me using a thermal label printer for my ESE's.... My damn laser printer won't load envelopes.

@KetchumAllCollectibles

Жыл бұрын

Inkjet printer costs so much more to maintain than a thermal so I am unsure if it actually makes sense to direct print I guess it depends on how much your ink costs and what volume of ESEs you are doing.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Tisk, Tisk... To be fair though, I didn't even know that was a thing where some printers can't actually print PWE's 😆 The cost of ink is definitely another consideration depending upon what type of printer you're actually using. The one that I use is definitely wayyy cheaper - I bought this printer back in October and have yet to re-fill Black Ink which costs $40.00 / Bottle (Re-Fill).

First!

Aww crap this is going to use all my printer ink and that cost me 69.99$ per cartage....

I actually didnt realize that it was up to 50$ I thought it was up to 20$ this whole time. I didnt know the 20$ was just insurance

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

That was a fairly recent change. It's still $20.00 Max Value per Card; but, now $50.00 Max Value per Order. And, Insurance has also increased up too $50.00 per Order.

I don't understand how buyers OR sellers can use this shipping service at any sizeable scale. Between the frequently lost envelopes with phony delivery scans and all the envelopes that are incorrectly held for an extra $4 in postage, I've found the service to be unacceptably bad as both a buyer and a seller.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

ESE definitely has its flaws; however, the success rate of ESE far outweighs those few cases where packages aren’t received and/or additional postage is required. I wouldn’t be able to sell “bulk” singles without ESE.

@benmann1896

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon I honestly don't understand how you have such a low rate of cards lost with that system. As both a buyer and a seller, I've had significant problems with well over 5% after 500 or so transactions.

@benmann1896

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon The worst part is, as a buyer I was recently told by eBay that those fraudulent "delivered" scans negate eBay's money back guarantee on missing packages. Got ripped off on 2 of my last 10 purchases using ESE.

How come you didn't show how you ship the cards in the envelopes?? Why didn't you show the video of you putting them in the envelopes and how you do it? I say that because there's no way that you're sending 10 cards like that in a eBay standard shipping envelope that would be way too thick I've had them to return them from not even being a quarter of that thick

Damn homie where's your nails 💅🏻

PWE? Plain White Envelope

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Yes. PWE = Plain White Envelope

because ink printers are a pain in the ass and expensive to maintain. labels are 10$ for 500. works everytime

People will complain to get something for free or claim they never got it.

@JoeyThrax

Жыл бұрын

That’s why I started selling cards in lots. Ebay needs to fix tracking

@christianconnor3311

Жыл бұрын

@Joey Thrax ♪ penny sale too. Those are the worst. One and done.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

That’s always going to be an issue with PWE / ESE Orders. ESE Tracking is great when it actually works; but, it doesn’t always work. Fortunately, the vast majority of ESE Orders are fine with zero issues. Those cases where buyer claims to have not received card (whether it’s actually true or not) are definitely the vast minority of ESE Sales.

Great video, but the title needs changed! Thermal labels are the way to go, printing on envelopes = wasting time and money. Proven by the mega card sellers with millions of cards in inventory ALL using thermal printer labels.

@PacksForProfit

10 күн бұрын

My thoughts on why are: 1) Speed. Printing on the envelopes takes significantly longer in quantities (and these days even minimum wage is $0.25 per minute). 2) Costs: Thermal printer labels are around 0.02 in bulk. Chances are ink actually costs more. A quick Google search says $0.039-$0.089 in ink costs per sheet of paper, so even envelope size is likely over 0.02. 3) If someone buys over 3 oz of cards, what's going to be your option? Might as well have bought a thermal printer at that point as you save time and money having the thermal printer vs slowly cutting a sheet of paper and taping it on a package.

I don't really see how this can save you time and money. A thermal printer actually costs less money than a regular printer because it only costs $1 for 50 labels. How many labels can you print with ink? I have over 60,000 cards listed on ebay, mostly sports cards. A thermal printer prints faster than the one you are using. It might save you some time, but I don't see how it can save anybody money. I'm assuming you've never used a thermal printer before. If you haven't then you can't really say it saves time and money.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

I should have elaborated a bit more on that portion of this video... I pay $0.03 / Label for my Thermal Printer and roughly $0.015 / Label for my Ink Printer. So, in my case, I am saving about 50% using Ink Printer vs. Thermal Printer. However, it really comes down to the type of Ink Printer that you're using (some probably would end-up costing more) as well as how many PWE Orders you're shipping. For someone who's only shipping a handful of orders everyday, it might not make sense as you're really only savings a cent or two per order. However, for someone like me (and probably you as well); those pennies add-up when you're mailing so many PWE's everyday.

@karmy2005

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon OK, thanks for clearing that up. If that's what works for you. It costs me roughly $0.017 per label, fairly close to where you are at. I've been selling cards for 33 years myself. I know a majority of the large card sellers like Burbank Sports Cards (2.2 million cards on ebay)and Got Baseball Cards (215,000) to name some use thermal printers because they last a lot longer than normal printers. I've been using a Zebra thermal printer which is currently over 25 years old and still working great.

stop biting your nails, Nice video too thanks!

I would never even do it the way you do it either as it too costly for ink, and electricity and printer. Have you ever used a thing called a pen? Write it out on a envelope take it to the post office and send it how they say the cost will be, simple Doesn't cost anything only the stamp and an envelope. You obviously have not costed in your full costs or you wouldn't be doing it with a printer full stop.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

That’s fine if you’re only mailing a few PWE’s everyday; but, that’s just not practical at-all as you scale-up and start mailing more-and-more PWE’s. I mail 30-40 PWE’s everyday, not a chance I’m writing all those addresses out by hand! LOL 🤣 You’re wasting an incredible amount of time writing-out addresses by hand.

@stevirobbo

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon lol the personal touch is better haha

Go see a voice coach bro

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Maybe just don’t watch my videos? Plenty of other content out there

@princered10

Жыл бұрын

​@@OldSkoolPokemon This was the first vid of yours I came across. Won't be watching more

Ya who has money for that printer? I sell a card for $1.00. Overkill.

@OldSkoolPokemon

Жыл бұрын

It obviously matters how many ESE Orders you’re shipping everyday whether or not cost is worthwhile. For someone who’s only shipping a few ESE Orders everyday, it may not make sense. But, for someone like me, who’s shipping 30ish ESE Orders everyday, it’s definitely cheaper in the long-run.

@labspeciman7402

Жыл бұрын

@@OldSkoolPokemon Umm... Derp. Are all your viewers high end sellers? I'll make sure not to watch anymore.

Yea.. nobody listen to this guy. This is all the worst advice possible. This guy is just not smart enough to realize how much more this costs him. Math is hard when your eyes are on the sides of your head I guess.

@travishutchison6459

5 ай бұрын

Seriously.. dude, it's gonna take you 3 years just to recover your cost of that ridiculously unnecessary printer. Enjoy losing money dumb dumb

Why are your eyes so far apart?