General Forum

Ok, in ignorance what is PWE?

Plain White Envelope

I ship everything in bubble mailers or better.. I don't trust USPS.. I eat the difference if it costs more than the sale or trade..

Like others said, communication is the key.  I'm only 20-something trades in, but the majority have been PWE and I don't think I've had any issues at all.  

I'm usually trading for common cards, so spending several dollars when it's 5-10 cards going in either direction doesn't make a ton of sense to me.  

Also, too much tape can be annoying especially scotch tape. For the most part, most traders are considerate and use blue masking tape. But when scotch tape is used, I get somewhat annoyed because it's harder to open and/or take off. I have to take my time so I don't end up ruining the cards.

So for best practice.....use masking tape over scotch tape.

"Masking tape is low tack tape. ... Masking tape is easy to remove without leaving a residue, as long as you don't leave it too long (days). Scotch tape is a hightack tape used, among other uses, to stick paper and card together. Difficult to unstick and will leave a residue."

Also, another best practice that I do is re-use some of the trade packaging that I receive. Save money and the environment by not throwing away the stuff you can re-use. Save that stuff guys and re-use.

If you care about protecting the cards and being a good trader, use a bubble mailer. If you're a cheapskate who just doesn't care, use a bubble mailer. 

I had one person on here send me cards in flat pages, the cards came out of the pages and got damaged. The cards are  now damaged forever because the trader was more concerned with saving money than doing it right. This was a card that wasn't even sold in this country. 

Another pwe recently arrived shredded with no cards at all. It was intended to be a pif. The cards, especially those in toploaders, get caught in the rollers. Machines can't think about whether something can fit or not, and the answer is more often than not no.

I have actually been considering leaving neutral feedback for pwes. I stopped buying on SportLots because of it.

U Commish. LOL.

I haven't had any issues with PWE's.  Like others said not worth the postage sometimes.  I personally have found better luck with not using top loaders. 

I'll pay the extra $0.15 for the non machinable option. Odds are that's where they get bent.

Forgot to mention, I always send my PWEs non-machinable. Worth the extra 15 cents. 

There are many, many good traders that use PWEs. I does not make you cheap to be economical. IMO it is ridiculous to spend $4.00 to mail $1.00 worth of cards.