Help How to send Redemptions cards

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[AndyfanLOTR]

just thought id i'd ask here. i have 3 redemption cards from Lost, Kates auto costume, kates auto & Sawyers auto. i've never had redemption cards before and was wondering the best way to send them in.  All together, separate with or without insurance. Any advice would be greatly received

[I--SEE--YOU]

Hello,
the best way is to send them in is together,and send them with insurance of £500.00. it only will cost around £5.00 to send them this way.

[Nienna]

The other thing I'd like to know, is once the autos are ready to send back from the card company, how do they send them - Airmail, Surface Mail, with or without insurance ... and how do they package them against loss or damage?
I'm like Andy in that I've never had to redeem autos before and want to avoid any difficulties which may arise - like them being returned with their full value declared on the return package!

[LikORish-Spider]

The other thing I'd like to know, is once the autos are ready to send back from the card company, how do they send them - Airmail, Surface Mail, with or without insurance ... and how do they package them against loss or damage?
I'm like Andy in that I've never had to redeem autos before and want to avoid any difficulties which may arise - like them being returned with their full value declared on the return package!

The full value to the company is probably nil.  And since you are actually not sending cash for them the customs form will probably say something like that.   

[Nienna]

Ahhh right.
But you can see what could happen, especially with how mean the Customs ppl are here in the UK and how little in value we're able to bring into the country before getting hammered for Duty!
I've no objection to sending them insured to the US, it's how they're returned I'm more concerned about John.

[Sharon]

If they are returned like the HP Artbox cards I would describe it as minimalistic 

I sent my redemption's to them in top loaders, padded envelope, recorded.  I got the auto back in a top loader but in a normal white envelope with just normal postage, uninsured.  Don't get me wrong, the auto's were perfectly OK but that was more by luck than judgement.  The plastic of the top loader had almost sliced through the envelope and one of them was sort of half hanging out.  But I did get them back very quickly and they are lovely 

Hopefully Inkworks return their auto/pieceworks a little better protected.

[Roz]

But hang on - we've paid tax on the cases when they came in - if they yielded good cards then we've already paid the tax on them...

[I--SEE--YOU]

Hello.
inkworks send them back to the uk airmail.so if they get lost you have to email inkworks for replacements.if they go missing before they get to inkworks and there insured then you cab claim the book price back from royalmail.

[Anna]

Hopefully Inkworks return their auto/pieceworks a little better protected.

Inkworks returns the voided redemption card with the auto/pieceworks card in your penny sleeve & top-loader in a bubble mailer (unlike Artbox).  The card isn't insured or tracked in any way though.

[Sharon]

But hang on - we've paid tax on the cases when they came in - if they yielded good cards then we've already paid the tax on them...

Roz, Roz, young and naive Roz.  You are in the UK, the land of tax you for every measly penny you can scrape together.  Where there's a will, there's a Gordon Brown  

Excellent news about how Inkworks return cards.  Two thumbs up for them 

[m.o.b.]

If I remember correctly the Spike Auto-pieceworks were sent out using a courier service with a declared value of $1, so no problem with UK customs. I had three redemption cards (all sent separately) and had no trouble with any of them.
I don't know if the Lost Auto-pieceworks are the same rarity but I would imagine Inkworks would be aware of their value and treat them accordingly

[blackcat20]

I spent in Spike redemption cards...I cant remember what was on the customs forms, but they did cut out the bit of paper that I wrote my address on, and stuck that to the front of the envelope, so I received mail addressed by me...strange...

[tialessa]

One thing about redemption cards (at least for Inkworks).  You do NOT have to fill out the back of the card (that way you can leave it unmarked).  Write the information on a post-it note and stick it on the card or better yet put the card in a slip sleeve and stick an address label on the sleeve.

Card stays pristine (except for the punch hole that shows it's voided) and they get the information they need

[Trey]

For inkworks I usually just type out my return address on a bit of paper...with a small note saying 'I would like to redeem the enclosed cards' and they cut the address out and stick it to the front of a padded bubble bag. I received mine fine all the way here to australia. Very well protected unlike Artbox. 

[Geek Boy]

I sent my 3 Potter Azkaban Update cards in about 2-3 weeks ago from the UK.  Used a padded envelope to ship them, no insurance and I got them back today.  Artbox sent them back in plastic card loaders with a regular envelope, no insurance.  Didn't enclose the redemption cards themselves though.

[Sharon]

I sent my 3 Potter Azkaban Update cards in about 2-3 weeks ago from the UK. Used a padded envelope to ship them, no insurance and I got them back today. Artbox sent them back in plastic card loaders with a regular envelope, no insurance. Didn't enclose the redemption cards themselves though.

No Artbox never send the redemption back, even if you ask them to with a corner cut off or something    Just out of curiosity did you get letters back with how many cards have been redeemed?

[Geek Boy]

Yes I did and I posted the info in the Azkaban Update Forum - but here are they are, just for you 

Ernie Prang - 243
Ernie Prang - 246
Uncle Vernon - 176

I had a similar question to this thread about the closing date for Azkaban Update redemptions.  I couldn't quite work out if it was May 11th or November 5th!  Anyway, I emailed Artbox, they said "send them in asap".  I sent them about 10 days after the closing date but they still redeemed them for me.  KBMum said the numbers looked low for those cards.  If the redemption date is closed and the numbers redeemed are low, what will they do with all the unclaimed cards?  Bin them?  I'm guessing they decide in advance how many cards they want each actor to sign.  So if Jimmy Gardner signed 500 cards and only 246 have been redeemed, well I guess I'd be pretty mad at signing all those cards if half are going to be thrown away!

Does it mean that these autos are going to be more rare than expected?

[kbmum]

The deadline was Nov. 5, 2005 -- in the US, we write our dates month/day/year.  After a while, Artbox might throw away the extra autos.  You do post an interesting question about the redemption autos being more rare than expected.  The prices for the Ernie and Stan autos have been fairly low, but maybe they shouldn't be.

[Sharon]

Yes I did and I posted the info in the Azkaban Update Forum - but here are they are, just for you 

Thank you 

The numbers redeemed don't surprise me that much.  Quite a few people like the redemption and the auto for their collection so if you halve the number signed it works out about right.  My guess is the spare autos will go into the grab bags Artbox do. 

Or here's another suggestion for Artbox.  Send some to the Yak Shack for competition prizes.  We would be very grateful and they would go to a good home 

_{For those of you who think this is an odd thing to put, I have a theory that Artbox regularly read the Shack on the sly} 

[Nienna]

I appreciate everyone's thoughts and contributions on this one, but I'm still none the wiser as to the best method to use to give me the greatest chance of receiving my redeemed autos in tip-top condition and without having to pay Duty on them all over again.
I'm genuinely delighted that Inkworks looks after their customers so well, but that in turn leaves me very worried about how Artbox will package my autos and what shipping method they'll use to return them to me.

Has anyone heard yet if the GOF redemptions are ready yet?

Today (the 12th) was the last posting date for the USA (guaranteed Xmas delivery), so it's pointless me sending anything anywhere at the moment ... but I'd still like to know ...