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Ok, so I found out return shipping from Beckett will not be free because it's a discounted order. He said it's cheaper to get the discounted order than getting the free shipping at full price a card. (and it is like $160+ cheaper). It's $32 for ground fees, $70 for 2 day return shipping, and $100 for next day air. So, the question is, would you rather add $0.32 per card, $0.70 per card, or $1.00 per card (which shipping method do you want)? We all would have to come to an agreement on this because the whole lot ships at the same time. Me, personally, do not care if it's ground. Taking my example from above of 13 cards, here is what I'm thinking:

<h3>Price for cards (13) = $91.00</h3>
<h3>Price for Autographs (4) = $4.00</h3>
<h3>Insurance to Beckett (Declared value of $400) = $3.20</h3>
<h3>Return shipping from Beckett = ($4.16 Ground, $9.10 2 Day, $13.00 Next Day)</h3>
<h3>Return shipping from me = $7.95</h3>
<h3>Delivery Confirmation (optional) = $0.80</h3>
<h3>Insurance from me (optional) = $5.00 (guessing, never had anything insured)</h3>

Ground Total (w/ Insurance and Delivery Confirmation) = $116.11
Ground Total (w/ Delivery Confirmation) = $111.11
Ground Total (w/ Insurance) = $115.31
2 Day Total (w/ Insurance and Delivery Confirmation) = $121.05
2 Day Total (w/ Delivery Confirmation) = $116.05
2 Day Total (w/ Insurance) = $120.25
Next Day Total (w/ Insurance and Delivery Confirmation) = $124.95
Next Day Total (w/ Delivery Confirmation) = $119.95
Next Day Total (w/ Insurance) = $124.15

If I were to send 13 cards by myself, it would be:

$11 a card = $143
Autographs = $4
Insurance to Beckett = $8
Return Shipping from Beckett = $14, $26, $46
Total = $169.00 (Ground), $181.00 (2 Day), $201.00 (Next Day)

So here's what you'd save:

Worst case with Ground: $116.11/$169.00 = 31.3% off
Worst case with 2 Day: $121.05/$181.00 = 33.1% off
Worst case with Next Day: $124.95/$201.00 = 37.84% off

Also, if you're wondering how I did the insurance, I did the following:

My declared value is $400. It's $8 for every $1000 declared value. $400/$1000 = .4. .4 * $8 = $3.20. When you declare your values, I'd like you to round to the nearest $100. That's $0.80 insurance (to Beckett) for each $100. And don't do it per card, do it on the lot. So if you have 10 cards, I don't want you to think each one (if you value each one under $100) is $0.80. If your total declared value of the cards is $300, then you'd pay $2.40 in insurance (to Beckett). I'll have to determine insurance rates from USPS so I can calculate return insurance (from me to you). So, since your value may be cheaper, you may save more. I may have to chip in some money for insurance (to Beckett) because we won't hit the thousands on the head, but it shouldn't be much. It'll be worth it. Also, that $7.95 is because of there being 13 cards (not sure if it will fit or not, have to check), but if you have 5-8 cards it'll be $4.95 and if you have fewer than that, I'm not sure what to do. Would you be ok with a bubble mailer? Thanks everyone for reading all of this. Sorry if this is getting confusing. I'll unconfuse it this weekend.