How should I prepare and protect my cards for mailing?

At first glance, cardboard boxes are preferable to letters. In most cases, choose registered mail (or any similar type of mail that requires a signature) and insure your shipment for the estimated market value of the cards.

1. Protect your cards from rubbing and micro-scratches:

Place your cards in soft but thick sleeves if you use toploaders (cards in penny sleeves tend to slip out during transport) or use card savers for which penny sleeves are quite adequate. Please avoid the following models: “pro/perfect/precise fit” and the “double sleevage” technique.

2. Protect your cards from scratches and light creases:
Place your sleevaged cards preferably in card savers, or for want of a better option, in toploaders with a tab for easy removal of your cards. Please do not use tape to cover the opening of your card savers/toploaders.

3. Arrange and pack your cards together:
Arrange your cards in the order shown on your anonymous packing slip (sent to your email address within 24 hours of your order) and pack them together. You can use cellophane or adhesive tape, taking care not to wrap them too tightly.

4. Protect your shipment from shocks:
Whether you have a small or large number of cards, protect them from shock with bubble wrap, foam, newspaper or cushioning particles. The cards should be held firmly in the package so that they do not move freely. However, make sure that the box is not completely filled with your shipment to avoid the risk of it bursting open under its weight.

5. Insert the anonymous packing slip into your parcel. If it is not possible to print it out, we ask you to note the following on a piece of paper and enclose it with your parcel: the order reference, the date of the order and the number of cards sent. We will then print your anonymous dispatch note ourselves when we receive your parcel for further processing of your order.

6. Seal your parcel securely, ensuring that it cannot be accidentally opened and that its contents cannot be identified from the outside.

7.  Insure your parcel to the full declared value of your cards, then send your parcel to us at the following address, carefully retaining your proof of posting: