Paperboard Mailjacket Envelope For Ebay Standard envelopes

[tazgma311]

Greetings all today got small Question. i just order 5” x 7” Paperboard Mailjacket Envelope (No padding) ( https://www.ebay.com/itm/256469177259)

I am wondering if i can use this ships out my trading cards and sports cards . has any one use these to ship Paperboard Mailjacket Envelope with Ebay standard envelopes shiping?

[richard1rst]

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@tazgma311 wrote:

Greetings all today got small Question. i just order 5” x 7” Paperboard Mailjacket Envelope (No padding) ( https://www.ebay.com/itm/256469177259)

I am wondering if i can use this ships out my trading cards and sports cards . has any one use these to ship Paperboard Mailjacket Envelope with Ebay standard envelopes shiping?

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A few questions first.

Does it have a clasp or string sealer, or a self stick peel and press label?

How thick will it be with the card(s) inside?

And will the thickness be uniform the entire length and width of the envelope?

Can you EASILY wrap it around a beer can with the cards inside? (And YES, this is a legitimate question)

[reallynicestamps]

Anything that the letter carrier can bend will be bent.

[richard1rst]

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@reallynicestamps wrote:

Anything that the letter carrier can bend will be bent.

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The letter carrier can bend an aluminum license plate in a padded envelope but even the mini motorcycle plates that will fit an ESE envelope will not be allowed due to lack of flexibility. OP is looking for a straight answer. Let's not confuse him.

[richard1rst]

Follow up:

[harborauction]

ebay at one time recommended these for ESE shipments but quickly stopped that when many sellers were running into problems with those mailers, they were being rejected by the P.O. as being too rigid or sent on to the buyer with postage due. They are not a good fit for ESE as some will go through and some will be rejected by the workers sorting the mail. "too rigid" is a bit vague and open to the judgement of the individual P.O. worker so it's a gamble using those mailers. Plain white envelopes with lightweight cardboard like cereal box inserts are what most are using

[tazgma311]

Does it have a clasp or string sealer, or a self stick peel and press label?  Yes sealers strip on the back of it and pull tap

dont know how thick the card will be with cardboard in paperboard mail jacket

 will the thickness be uniform the entire length and width of the envelope? no dont think so 

[tazgma311]

what about A6 Invitation Envelopes 5x7  Brown Kraft Envelopes? or  A4 Envelopes 4-1/4 X6-1/4 Inch Self Seal Brown Kraft 4X6 Envelopes

[1786davycrockett]

@tazgma311 

"what about A6 Invitation Envelopes 5x7  Brown Kraft Envelopes? or  A4 Envelopes 4-1/4 X6-1/4 Inch Self Seal Brown Kraft 4X6 Envelopes"

The A6 invitation envelopes and the A4 envelopes may be suitable -- I always use either #6 or #10 plain white envelopes.

I would avoid the brown Kraft envelopes with clasps or tie-downs.

The eBay Standard Envelope (ESE) must be able to bend around a long series of automatic, high-speed sorting rollers, which will nearly bend the envelope in half -- so the paperboard mail-jacket envelopes are notoriously too thick, and will be rejected as "non-machinable," and labeled "insufficient postage."

What @harborauction has suggested is what I've been using for the last 3 or 4 years -- "Plain white envelopes with lightweight cardboard like cereal box inserts are what most are using"

Good luck.

[bdmh-enterprises]

Uniform thickness is super important! Having a bunch of empty floppy envelope is bound to cause problems when the roller suddenly finds a bulge in the middle (especially if that bulge is a hard top loader).

I use semi-rigid sleeves (larger grading size) in a #6 envelope. They're flexible and take up about 80% of the envelope making the thickness uniform. I don't seem to have the problems I constantly read on here so.. Even when I've put enough cards in to not be machined I've never had one returned or up charged.