The packing stack
- Penny sleeve — the card goes in with the opening at the top; no fingerprints on the surface.
- Toploader — for cards you plan to grade, a one-touch magnetic holder keeps the corners off the plastic.
- Team bag — a resealable bag around the toploader, so the card cannot slide out in transit.
- Card sandwich — two pieces of cardboard slightly larger than the toploader, taped together around it. This is what stops the bend.
- Mailer — a bubble mailer for raw cards; a small box with bubble wrap for graded slabs. Write the address and a return address.
Tracked, or hand it in
Every card sold on AllCardzz is handed over at the counter named on the listing, and there are two ways to get it there. Post it, tracked, and enter the tracking number on the order page. Or bring it in yourself — say so on the order page and you have a week to make the trip. Either way the clock starts at payment: 48 hours to say which, and untracked post is not accepted, because when a card goes missing nobody can show where it went and the money stays held.
Three mistakes that cost a sale
- A card loose in an envelope. Sorting machines bend envelopes; a bent card arrives as GD and the buyer is within their rights to raise it.
- Tape on the sleeve or toploader. Removing it damages the sleeve, the card, or both. Tape only the cardboard sandwich and the mailer.
- Skipping tracking to save a euro. Untracked post is refused outright, so the order cannot move and your money stays held until it is sorted out.
Graded slabs and multi-card orders
Slabs crack at the corners. Wrap each slab in bubble wrap, put it in a box with no room to move, and choose a tracked service with insurance for anything over a few hundred euros. For several cards in one order, sandwich them together in one stack — never one sleeve on top of another without cardboard between.
Questions sellers ask
Can I hand the card over in person instead of posting it?
Yes — that is the other half of the same route. Say you are bringing it in, and you have a week to get it to the counter named on the listing. The operator logs it against the order and the buyer collects it there.
Who pays for postage?
The seller does: getting the card to the counter is yours to arrange and to pay for. Collecting it costs the buyer nothing.
What if the tracking stops moving?
Raise it from the order page. The money stays held while it is looked at, and the tracking number is what shows where the parcel stopped.