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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numismania, post: 1926471, member: 28971&quot;]This!!</p><p><br /></p><p>As Peter Griffin says, &#039;It really grinds my gears&#039; when I get a coin in a business envelope with regular stamps.&nbsp; Seeing that, you KNOW the seller is pocketing some of that $5.25 shipping charge you paid.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I sell, I use Priority &#039;small box&#039; ALL the time, and charge $5.&nbsp; Yes, it is a lot in comparison, but if there are multiple buys, I combine the rest for $0 extra (&#039;if it fits, it ships&#039;), so the buyer pays $5 flat.&nbsp; Add in insurance (I only use USPS forms, shipping supplies...I know, it&#039;s cheaper to use PP shipping, but I&#039;ve had local mail carriers not scan the non-USPS labels), and the buyer can see by the total shipping cost I&#039;ve paid, that he/she perhaps split it with me, but it is always seen that shipping costs way more than the $5 I charge.&nbsp; Just using Priority is more than $5, before any ins and sig conf (granted, if it&#039;s under $50, it comes with $50 free ins, but most of my sales are over that amount).&nbsp; When the buyer sees how well it&#039;s packaged, and how fast it gets there (I&#039;ve had perhaps 3 shipments take longer than the 2-3 days avg receipt time for Priority), and knows I am not pocketing any $$, and sees I AM paying more than the $5, I still manage to hold a 4.9 DSR on shipping.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had buyers compliment me on how I ship, and on how secure it is. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the OP&#039;s example, for $5.25, I&#039;d ding him a 2 or 3 on the DSR, depending on what the coin was.&nbsp; I&#039;ve sent items back because they are shipped as described by the OP.&nbsp; NO WAY should a coin be shipped in a letter envelope.&nbsp; I had a PCGS slab sent to me that way, and as you could guess, it was broken/splintered, with plastic shards inside, on the coin itself, due to it&#039;s being subjected to going through the roller.&nbsp; IMO, if you pay that kind of shipping charge, you should, at the very ,expect it to arrive in a padded or bubble mailer.&nbsp; Anything less than a mailer, for a coin, is unacceptable, even with free shipping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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