Can anyone tell me how much it costs to post 2 slabs and 3 slabs?
it's much appreciated if anyone can tell me.
What is weight of one slab please, the dimensions as well. Further, what is the sending post code and receiver post code and....
Why not have a look at Aust Post Web Site and do the postage costs yourself?
Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='29155' dateline='1379931648'What is weight of one slab please, the dimensions as well. Further, what is the sending post code and receiver post code and....
Why not have a look at Aust Post Web Site and do the postage costs yourself?
That's a very good question. The answer is, looking at their site and prices, gets me very confused. and so I didn't think anyone would mind if I asked nicely.
Lay them flat next to each other and in a padded bag they can still go as a letter (under 20mm thick) $1.20 (up to 125g should do 2-3 slabs) or if it is over 125g will be $1.80 postage (3 slabs might go over). Add yourself a registered post label and cost for the padded bag.
You can do a letter up to 500g for $3 as long as it still fits that 20mm thick.
edit:
In response to the above the AP website is confusing. Typing in all the specifications they ask doesn't make any change to the results for a letter and you can completely ignore the "documents only" checkbox.
Letters under 20mm
up to 125g $1.20
125-250g $1.80
250-500g $3 max 260mm x 360 mm
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='29157' dateline='1379931810'Lay them flat next to each other and in a padded bag they can still go as a letter (under 20mm thick) $1.20 (up to 125g should do 2-3 slabs) or if it is over 125g will be $1.80 postage (3 slabs might go over). Add yourself a registered post label and cost for the padded bag.
You can do a letter up to 500g for $3 as long as it still fits that 20mm thick.
edit:
In response to the above the AP website is confusing. Typing in all the specifications they ask doesn't make any change to the results for a letter and you can completely ignore the "documents only" checkbox.
Letters under 20mm
up to 125g $1.20
125-250g $1.80
250-500g $3 max 260mm x 360 mm
Thanks PP, much appreciated :yahoo:
Drake Sterling and Numisbid better watch out
'Lovely Lacey's Luxury Coins' is in town!!
lol, sorry you missed out Robbie.
Was fun tho but got to watch I don't send them all to wrong ppl.
that's cool
there more tomorrow night isn't there?
just pack them so that the cases can't rub against each other or it will ruin them
the surface is delicate (a bit like myself really ha ha)
If I have more than one slab to be posted I'll put each slab in a little zip lock baggie or wrap them in plastic (even glad wrap would do) and then tape the slabs together laying flat so they don't move and make the letter a package (doubles the post cost). I never tape the actual slabs, i have had some come to me like that and I hate scratched/sticky slabs. In a padded bag is all the protection they need.
OK ladies, got that.
I have got some of those zip lock bags, courtesy of Emu.
It really doesn't phase me if I get a scratched slab in the mail, I have my ways around that puppy :angel: :diablo:
good luck with the art of economical postage
it's a real skill!!
tomorrow I might list some shillings. I was thinking though, maybe I should list so they finish on a pay day, like Thursday. Do you think it would make any diff?
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='29171' dateline='1379933144'good luck with the art of economical postage
it's a real skill!!
I know. That 1st lot of pennies I sold, were going to cost in the high teens. I just about had a stroke. So b4 I listed, I took them to my PO lady and she sold me a red satchel. She said a lot of ppl find the PO site a confusing mess.
yep yep I think so
I have more B-I-N go off on the public service payday night & weekend after - this coming Thursday - (fortnightly from then on)
I even buy more myself in the lead up to payday
Quote from: 'trout' pid='29170' dateline='1379933103'It really doesn't phase me if I get a scratched slab in the mail, I have my ways around that puppy :angel: :diablo:
Yeah? hows that Trout?
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='29174' dateline='1379933334'yep yep I think so
I have more B-I-N go off on the public service payday night & weekend after - this coming Thursday - (fortnightly from then on)
I even buy more myself in the lead up to payday
Thanks. I thought it might be a bit like that.
QuoteYeah? hows that Trout?
99% of the time I crack the coin out to add to my collections.
The slabs are great for authenticity, grading and most importantly the coin doesn't suffer due to lousy handling by the postal staff.
At the end of the day all I want is the COIN :ok:
In reality slabs are great to get value for your coin when you sell it, but as a collector the logistics of having my entire collection in slabs is far too hard.
I can house up to 300 coins in one PP Album, Imagine the space needed to house 300 slabs and the added expense to get them slabbed :dash1: :angel:
That's true and they certainly do take up a lot of space.
But I just unloaded some slabs last night and I will sell off my shillings for Thursday week.
Quote from: 'trout' pid='29179' dateline='1379935414'99% of the time I crack the coin out to add to my collections.
The slabs are great for authenticity, grading and most importantly the coin doesn't suffer due to lousy handling by the postal staff.
At the end of the day all I want is the COIN :ok:
In reality slabs are great to get value for your coin when you sell it, but as a collector the logistics of having my entire collection in slabs is far too hard.
I can house up to 300 coins in one PP Album, Imagine the space needed to house 300 slabs and the added expense to get them slabbed :dash1: :angel:
You are doing your family a dis-service. You halved the value of that proclamation ducat you purchased from PPH the second you cracked it out of the slab. If you (god forbid) got hit by a bus tomorrow that's several hundred dollars your family doesn't get. Just because you don't like how much space it takes up.
Quote from: 'markn' pid='29223' dateline='1380003229'If you (god forbid) got hit by a bus tomorrow that's several hundred dollars your family doesn't get.
A mere drop in the ocean though. There must be tens of thousands of vanished value in those 2x2's. :diablo:
Quote from: 'markn' pid='29223' dateline='1380003229'Quote from: 'trout' pid='29179' dateline='1379935414'99% of the time I crack the coin out to add to my collections.
The slabs are great for authenticity, grading and most importantly the coin doesn't suffer due to lousy handling by the postal staff.
At the end of the day all I want is the COIN :ok:
In reality slabs are great to get value for your coin when you sell it, but as a collector the logistics of having my entire collection in slabs is far too hard.
I can house up to 300 coins in one PP Album, Imagine the space needed to house 300 slabs and the added expense to get them slabbed :dash1: :angel:
You are doing your family a dis-service. You halved the value of that proclamation ducat you purchased from PPH the second you cracked it out of the slab. If you (god forbid) got hit by a bus tomorrow that's several hundred dollars your family doesn't get. Just because you don't like how much space it takes up.
With all due respect Mark.
It is MY coin and how I choose to collect is my personal business .
The ducat is in great condition and will remain so, Just because it isn't in a slab doesn't mean it isn't an uncirculated coin.
I am sorry if you think that a coin that isn't in a slab is worthless.
I love my coins and I look after them well, Just because I CHOOSE to crack the coins out doesn't make me stupid, It makes me a collector and not an investor.
It is NOT all about the space, I like to be able to handle and see my coins and if it is entombed in a chunk of plastic I may as well just collect pictures of the coins.
I may be a Dinosaur in yours and other collectors eyes but I collect simply for the enjoyment and for me it is NOT about the money .
I have absolutely NO problem buying a slabbed coin ( as long as the price isn't inflated because of the slab) and I tend to look at the coin and NOT the slab, After all I simply want/need that particular coin for one of my collections.
I consider you as a Mate Mark so let us not get into the slabbing punch up again, Some of us Hate them and some of us Love them.
Lets leave it at that :ok:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='29231' dateline='1380006143'may as well just collect pictures of the coins.
Now
THERE's a thought!
Cheaper, Easier, Doesn't need much space, AND you can back up your whole collection really easily, in case of burglars.
LOVE IT! :wavemulticolor:
Geez I dunno Fulvio ..... I hear there's a lot of counterfeit photos going around!!!
Is that not how the Rare Coin Co went down?
"Here's a beautiful picture of a .........."
Quote from: 'trout' pid='29231' dateline='1380006143'I consider you as a Mate Mark so let us not get into the slabbing punch up again, Some of us Hate them and some of us Love them.
Lets leave it at that :ok:
My statements were designed to provoke exactly that reaction. You don't like being told what to do by someone else and fair enough. But keep that in mind when considering your comments in the other thread. They were deplorable and did YOU a dis-service. I know you have a philosophy of saying what you think but PLEASE think before you do it. There is a real person behind each username on this forum and not everyone is as thick skinned as you or I.
BTW I don't think we've had a slabbing punch up on this forum. No point, that particular horse is well flogged.
Aww... you guys are gonna make me feel all warm and fuzzy....
Knock it off already! ;)
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='29226' dateline='1380005317'Quote from: 'markn' pid='29223' dateline='1380003229'If you (god forbid) got hit by a bus tomorrow that's several hundred dollars your family doesn't get.
A mere drop in the ocean though. There must be tens of thousands of vanished value in those 2x2's. :diablo:
That may be the case at the moment But in 10-20 years all the coins you have in them stupid cardboard foldovers will be toned and ugly.
Whereas the coins I have put into 2x2's will still be pristine :ok:
It's ALL about the coin for me Mate :yahoo:
hey guys
let's respect what and how people here collect
it's about sharing the hobby & ideas on collecting numismatics,
for those who like to enjoy the photography side of our collecting - taking pics - whether they be ace professional shots or blurry old 2 mp pics
no one is the winner here
and all that I see about to happen is people who seem to me to have enjoyed each others' company - are getting rubbed up the wrong way
and I think that is bad karma for the forum
Quoteno one is the winner here
and all that I see about to happen is people who seem to me to have enjoyed each others' company - are getting rubbed up the wrong way
and I think that is bad karma for the forum
I have to disagree with you RG :heart:
I would happily sit down an have a coffee/beer with Any member on this site and talk about numismatics :ok:
I do however appreciate and admire people that are willing to debate numismatics with Passion, Because without the passion there is NO point in collecting.
I do "Get It" that some people don't like other peoples views , But hay If we are all the same What is the point of discussion anyway ?
None of us think and collect the same way and that is what makes collecting and discussing issues SOOO interesting.
Quote from: 'trout' pid='29265' dateline='1380024546'None of us think and collect the same way and that is what makes collecting and discussing issues SOOO interesting.
:i_agree: While taking the mickey out of some people, like say Trout and AJ, is tremendous fun, a sport even, at the end of the day we all have our interests and ways of doing things. And that should be respected.
That said, discussions... arguments even, are a good thing, because they present alternative viewpoints we may not have thought of on our own.
Take Coffin Cheater Trout for example... While part of me cringes at the sheer waste of throwing away the time, effort and money that went into entombing a coin, I do find the way they're presented by the sheetfull quite attractive. An attractiveness that I doubt would be there in their individual plastic bricks. Its why I would never get a coin slabbed, even if there was money to be made from it. At some point in the future I *might* buy one, maybe, but don't hold your breath. And that's due in no small part to Trout's collection and evangelism.
When I share what I do and how I do it, its not meant to beat people into submission. Its simply documenting my findings at that particular point in time. I don't really care whether anybody goes along with it or not. I know *I* appreciate seeing what people are up to, whether it aligns with my interests or not.
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='29274' dateline='1380028259'Quote from: 'trout' pid='29265' dateline='1380024546'None of us think and collect the same way and that is what makes collecting and discussing issues SOOO interesting.
:i_agree: While taking the mickey out of some people, like say Trout and AJ, is tremendous fun, a sport even, at the end of the day we all have our interests and ways of doing things. And that should be respected.
That said, discussions... arguments even, are a good thing, because they present alternative viewpoints we may not have thought of on our own.
Take Coffin Cheater Trout for example... While part of me cringes at the sheer waste of throwing away the time, effort and money that went into entombing a coin, I do find the way they're presented by the sheetfull quite attractive. An attractiveness that I doubt would be there in their individual plastic bricks. Its why I would never get a coin slabbed, even if there was money to be made from it. At some point in the future I *might* buy one, maybe, but don't hold your breath. And that's due in no small part to Trout's collection and evangelism.
When I share what I do and how I do it, its not meant to beat people into submission. Its simply documenting my findings at that particular point in time. I don't really care whether anybody goes along with it or not. I know *I* appreciate seeing what people are up to, whether it aligns with my interests or not.
Thanks Mate
:cards:
i just love this forum .. its the place to be
to learn , admire and dare say i .. covet others goodies :angel:
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='29259' dateline='1380022687'hey guys
let's respect what and how people here collect
it's about sharing the hobby & ideas on collecting numismatics,
for those who like to enjoy the photography side of our collecting - taking pics - whether they be ace professional shots or blurry old 2 mp pics
no one is the winner here
and all that I see about to happen is people who seem to me to have enjoyed each others' company - are getting rubbed up the wrong way
and I think that is bad karma for the forum
I tend to agree with you rob. Unfortunately getting people to agree on anything is troublesome. Put them behind a keyboard and a monitor and people become even more ornery. I'm not happy about what's been going on here in the last few days and I'm especially not happy that it's taking up my time to sort it out. We're all adults here, let's try to act as such and have some fun.
I have also been watching what is happening with this forum ,to many dissagreements starting to happen and breaking up very quickly , wake up guys before it is to late , count on your fingers now who post a lot , not many anymore , about a dozen or so I can think of , things are becoming very personal attacks on others , if somebody does not collect and save the same way as you do , well let it be , that is none of your business , just enjoy each others company and friendship ..don't argue about it ,it don't help ..
what I do is my business and I will not be told by anybody that what I do is wrong , any coins I buy or swap for ,I dont sell , any coins I find in the pokies or my change , well i keep them till i think i need play money to buy other coins with and then i list on ebay , most I list on ebay at $4.00 and if it sells for that then I make $ 1.68 if they pay by paypal if they pay into my bank then I make $ 2.00 big deal but that is my hobby and it give me something to do . that is my way of enjoying this hobby , and I am happy doing so . so remember speak from your heart and not you mouth .. happying collecting to all .. ,, kel ,,
Quote from: 'keldaw' pid='29312' dateline='1380063969'I have also been watching what is happening with this forum ,to many dissagreements starting to happen and breaking up very quickly , wake up guys before it is to late , count on your fingers now who post a lot , not many anymore , about a dozen or so I can think of , things are becoming very personal attacks on others , if somebody does not collect and save the same way as you do , well let it be , that is none of your business , just enjoy each others company and friendship ..don't argue about it ,it don't help ..
what I do is my business and I will not be told by anybody that what I do is wrong , any coins I buy or swap for ,I dont sell , any coins I find in the pokies or my change , well i keep them till i think i need play money to buy other coins with and then i list on ebay , most I list on ebay at $4.00 and if it sells for that then I make $ 1.68 if they pay by paypal if they pay into my bank then I make $ 2.00 big deal but that is my hobby and it give me something to do . that is my way of enjoying this hobby , and I am happy doing so . so remember speak from your heart and not you mouth .. happying collecting to all .. ,, kel ,,
Well said Kel.
:i_agree: Nicely put Kel.
Two slabs can be done for $1.20, three slabs for $1.80 + registration + padded bags, etc.
hahaha Thanks WWWW.
Nothing like changing the subject. And besides, I only wanted to know how much it cost too send 2 and 3 slabs registered post. Oh WWWW, I forgot to charge them for a padded bag. Next time I will use recycled.
So I can tell you all, I hope your all listening, for registered mail, 1 slab $5, 2 slabs $5 and 3 slabs $5.
Ok you can all go back to what you were doing, before WWWW and I changed the subject.
:laugh2: .... Pretty funny Lacey
I really must start reading entire threads before posting an answer to the first post. :P
Shame on wwwww and lacey for being ON TOPIC in this thread :)
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