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Can any one tell me what the shipping would be to ship 2 bricks of cards internationally from the US to england?
 

 

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go into your local post office and ask, tell them the weight and they should tell you
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You should probably just check on the USPS website.
 

 

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Can any one tell me what the shipping would be to ship 2 bricks of cards internationally from the US to england?

2 bricks are 24 decks, you may use 2 Flat Rate Envelopes (but you have to pack the decks properly) and the postage is $13.95 x 2. Actually I would suggest you (or the buyer) use Medium Flat Rate box that costs around $48, much more expensive but it is a BOX!! (a Medium Falt Rate Box may contain at most 81 decks if you don't wrap the decks inside it)
 

 

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Can any one tell me what the shipping would be to ship 2 bricks of cards internationally from the US to england?

2 bricks are 24 decks, you may use 2 Flat Rate Envelopes (but you have to pack the decks properly) and the postage is $13.95 x 2. Actually I would suggest you (or the buyer) use Medium Flat Rate box that costs around $48, much more expensive but it is a BOX!! (a Medium Falt Rate Box may contain at most 81 decks if you don't wrap the decks inside it)
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This is what my buyer wanted:
- 8 S&M v6
- 2 bicycle big gun
- 2 tally-ho circle backs
- 4 standard bikes
- 2 massas
- 2 bicycle vintage tangents
He told me he had 118$ but after we finished the deal w/shipping, he said that actually he didn't have the money, that he only had 30$ but would have the 118$ once he would have sold his gold arcane... WTF?
 

 

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Can any one tell me what the shipping would be to ship 2 bricks of cards internationally from the US to england?

2 bricks are 24 decks, you may use 2 Flat Rate Envelopes (but you have to pack the decks properly) and the postage is $13.95 x 2. Actually I would suggest you (or the buyer) use Medium Flat Rate box that costs around $48, much more expensive but it is a BOX!! (a Medium Falt Rate Box may contain at most 81 decks if you don't wrap the decks inside it)
Thx a lot!
This is what my buyer wanted:
- 8 S&M v6
- 2 bicycle big gun
- 2 tally-ho circle backs
- 4 standard bikes
- 2 massas
- 2 bicycle vintage tangents
He told me he had 118$ but after we finished the deal w/shipping, he said that actually he didn't have the money, that he only had 30$ but would have the 118$ once he would have sold his gold arcane... WTF?

When shipping, if you use Priority Mail packaging, don't use the ordinary flat-rate envelopes.  They make padded ones that are large enough to hold nine decks in a three-by-three grid, and you could fit twelve decks stacked three long, two wide, two high with a little added padding.

You can order them for free, shipped to you by the Post Office, from the USPS.com website - and you can find out what a flat-rate envelope would cost to ship.  The international limit for envelopes is four pounds, but you can fit twelve decks and some padding for under three pounds.  Safe rule of thumb is that three poker-sized decks plus some bubble wrap is about ten ounces, and throw in an ounce or two for the envelope itself.

Another bonus: if you go to the website, you can purchase and print your postage right there, in addition to filling out and printing the necessary customs forms, all on a single sheet of paper!  Print it on sticker paper and you don't even need tape to hold it down.
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Please don't use the bubble envelopes internationally for 12 decks.


Fork out the extra money and pack it correctly. think about how much you COULD end up having to refund in busted decks because of the poor package handling.  Trust me, if made that mistake a few times when first shipping out the Brimstone decks.


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In addition to what Don says about paying online you get free 'tracking'... USPS offers no REAL tracking internationally but it is a nice feature when shipping in the USA.
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Please don't use the bubble envelopes internationally for 12 decks.


Fork out the extra money and pack it correctly. think about how much you COULD end up having to refund in busted decks because of the poor package handling.  Trust me, if made that mistake a few times when first shipping out the Brimstone decks.


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In addition to what Don says about paying online you get free 'tracking'... USPS offers no REAL tracking internationally but it is a nice feature when shipping in the USA.


The padded flat rate envelopes only work well if you add additional padding and reinforce it with packing tape.  It's practically bullet-proof under those circumstances.  USPS employees told me that they're cracking down on overstuffed paperboard flat rate envelopes, while the padded ones are practically designed for it.
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