The USPS effed me again the other day. Three chips wrapped in cereal box cardboard in a regular business envelope should ship for a stamp or two. Usually does. But the lady the other day wouldn't do it - forced me to pay the $3.whatever that a padded mailer would cost. I'm not even gonna try shipping that way any more. Everything goes in a padded mailer for $3-$4. Makes selling a single chip pretty hard.
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Poker Chip Shipping Tips and Tricks (2 Viewers)
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Klobberer
Full House
My vacuum sealer is the best kitchen purchase I ever made. I do huge batches of smoked meats, chili and charcuterie. A giant lasagna...no problem. Large cuts of meat? Portion it out and freeze with zero freezer burn. Vacuum sealed they last a year in the freezer. Shipping poker chips is just the gravy.
If found now anything over two coming up "sender postage due" and just makes the receiver pay for it. @Zmasterben got me....
I accidentally shipped an LFRB of Ysabel ships with MFRB postage. Got through fine 
Was it pick up? They don’t seem to check much that wayI accidentally shipped an LFRB of Ysabel ships with MFRB postage. Got through fine
I accidentally shipped an LFRB of Ysabel ships with MFRB postage. Got through fine
You wild man you....
don’t remember, the early Ysabel shipping is kind of a blur
I accidentally shipped an LFRB of Ysabel ships with MFRB postage. Got through fine
Next time try a single letter stamp and see if they notice.
Uhh. What?
Klobberer
Full House
Wow! Sitting on the exhaust pipe. Nothing warped?
No damage that I can see. Just a bit of soot.
And this is why the entire external surface of the box should be taped, and the contents should be packaged as a single brick (no loose items).
That’s a good point. There was a barrel of primary pca 500s wrapped in a napkin wrapped in tape floating in there with a dealer button, cards and other items...
TwoSevenOff
High Hand
Anyone here try shipping with UPS Ground? It seems like the default here is USPS.
GetUrShineBox
Flush
Hi, does anyone have the link(or feel free to explain) for the cheapest but best way to ship a barrel?
Thanks
Thanks
Jeevansluck
Royal Flush
I like to roll it in a sandwich bag or saran wrap, then take that and roll into a padded USP mailer. Tape the shit out of it, and send. Proven results. No broken chips.
Another way is to buy plastic sheets for coins and slide into a padded mailer. They fit perfectly. I use both methods randomly. Again, no broken chips. Many chips shipped.
StatTracker
Two Pair
I like their flat rate boxes for simplicity in quoting. Switched over to USPS a bit ago because it's cheaper and (maybe this is just biased) faster
Take the barrel and get a sandwich bag and spread the chips out across the surface of the bottom of the sandwich bag so they're snugly packed together and overlap each other. Fold the opening of the bag over itself, and tape it together. Take a piece of bubble wrap and wrap the sealed and taped bag and seal the ends to make a brick. Repeat with another piece of bubble wrap and stick it in a padded mailer or a SFRB if you're so inclined.
Klobberer
Full House
Vacuum seal and bubble envelope for around $4...
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GetUrShineBox
Flush
Yes. What does this cost? Do you just send regular mail and not priority?
In a padded envelope? A little over $4. $5 max
Chiphuntr
3 of a Kind
How many chips can fit in a well packed
SFRB?
MFRB?
Are we talking 500-600
LFRB?
SFRB?
MFRB?
Are we talking 500-600
LFRB?
Jeevansluck
Royal Flush
I have personally received 600 chips in a single MFRB..
But to be safe, and depending on size, and shapes of shipments, it changes.
To be safe and have it all padded etc, more like 400-500. It makes a difference if there are DBs and 43mm chips etc.
EDIT : it's worth pointing out, you'll definitely never top out on weight limits. It's like 20lbs or something. You won't be able to fit 20 lbs of chips in an MFRB.
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Actually, yes you can. I would not recommend it, but I have received well north of 1000 chips and 22 lbs in a MFRB before. But to be safe and well padded, keep it to around 600.
Not going to name names, as that’s not the point here... I only hope this post will alert and inform future sellers to some basics of shipping barrels.
Twice recently I’ve received 1-2 barrels in a Warnecke (or similar) five-bay box *with no padding* in the empty bays.
No matter how much padding is put *outside* the Warnecke box, every time the package is tipped, the chips inside are going to move around that empty space. The cardboard dividers without chips are going to collapse if there is nothing between them:
You can fill the empty spaces in the box with foam peanuts, or cut foam, or rolled/folded bubble wrap... or in a pinch, crumpled paper is better than nothing.
Another option is to murder the box so it only holds the number of barrels being shipped. This is pretty quick and easy to do with scissors and tape. Then wrap and protect the reduced-size box within the package per usual practices.
Twice recently I’ve received 1-2 barrels in a Warnecke (or similar) five-bay box *with no padding* in the empty bays.
No matter how much padding is put *outside* the Warnecke box, every time the package is tipped, the chips inside are going to move around that empty space. The cardboard dividers without chips are going to collapse if there is nothing between them:
You can fill the empty spaces in the box with foam peanuts, or cut foam, or rolled/folded bubble wrap... or in a pinch, crumpled paper is better than nothing.
Another option is to murder the box so it only holds the number of barrels being shipped. This is pretty quick and easy to do with scissors and tape. Then wrap and protect the reduced-size box within the package per usual practices.
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