Didn't realize there were more responses here...must've missed the 'new post' symbol at some point.
dnemiller wrote:
Man I dont blame you for that..... The maps not being updated is getting old.... sounds like a good gentleman's agreement
Yeah, we actually quite frequently do some 'gentleman's agreements' at our one LGS. The Tournament Organizer is really relaxed on how we want to run things. So, that's how we end up doing things like Tile Wars, or theme builds, etc. and still reporting them to DCI. Technically, other than using Tiles to play on, or using maps that aren't on the DCI list, everything else fits into the general guidelines for DCI reporting. And we figure the tile thing is just the same as playing in a small portion of a regular map.
However, we always have said that if someone is visiting our LGS and either doesn't want to follow the special builds we'd planned on for that day, or doesn't like the fact that we're 'bending' the rules a bit, we are perfectly fine with playing regular old DCI rules.
At our other LGS, we run quite a few special builds, but usually only do one official DCI tournament per month. The store owner there is a little more leery on the rule 'bending'
Darth_Sal wrote:
I've been selling on Ebay for years and I can say that if the maps are folded, they should fit into a free Priority Mail envelope (i don't have one here to check the size). If so, you can use the Flat Rate envelope for a standard cost of $4.60 (in the USA). That's pretty good with no cost for the actual shipping materials (envelope/tape/etc).
The only thing I'd be concerned about with this route is sufficiently protecting the maps. If you put them between cardboard or something, that might work fine, but I know our mail deliverer has a tendency to just fold up envelopes like that and stuff them into our mailbox. It'd have to be a pretty stiff envelope with "DO NOT BEND" written all over it.
Plus, there's really no need to mail it by Priority, so you might check into how much it costs to buy envelopes like that in bulk (like, 50 at a time). Overall it might be cheaper to buy envelopes and mail things by Parcel Post, at least for customers in the US.