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<p>[QUOTE="illini420, post: 747235, member: 19423"]Well you can control the cost of shipping to the grading service by shipping regular first class or flat rate priority (instead of registered) and just not insuring. you can also reduce the cost of insurance on the way back to you by lowballing the values somewhat, but unless you're submitting a large number of coins, that wouldn't make much difference. Plus, the value you declare determines which price tier for grading fees and the grading services will not tolerate it if you really lowball the values to try to save on grading fees. </p><p> </p><p>That said, I wouldn't skimp on shipping/insurance and would declare the full value (price I paid cause that's all the postal service will generally pay w/o a big fight).</p><p> </p><p>Either build the cost of grading/shipping/insurance into the price you're willing to pay for your coins (or tack it on to the price when selling) or maybe look into getting a FedEx account and private insurance if you do enough volume to justify those expenses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="illini420, post: 747235, member: 19423"]Well you can control the cost of shipping to the grading service by shipping regular first class or flat rate priority (instead of registered) and just not insuring. you can also reduce the cost of insurance on the way back to you by lowballing the values somewhat, but unless you're submitting a large number of coins, that wouldn't make much difference. Plus, the value you declare determines which price tier for grading fees and the grading services will not tolerate it if you really lowball the values to try to save on grading fees. That said, I wouldn't skimp on shipping/insurance and would declare the full value (price I paid cause that's all the postal service will generally pay w/o a big fight). Either build the cost of grading/shipping/insurance into the price you're willing to pay for your coins (or tack it on to the price when selling) or maybe look into getting a FedEx account and private insurance if you do enough volume to justify those expenses.[/QUOTE]
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