Pride in packaging

[desponm]

After recieving some positive comments while on line in the post office the other day about the packaging I put together when shipping my items sold on EBAY I thought it might be fun to share and see what other creative, practical and prideful EBAY packaging others put together. I try to reuse and cut old boxes, then wrap in kraft paper and finish it with some EBAY logo tape.

[epowerbargains]

Your packages look so professional and wrapped with pride and care! Have you had any problems with the USPS handling system tearing up the kraft paper? 

[nobody*s_perfect]

Packages wrapped in brown paper aren't going to be admired by USPS staff. And if you try to ship them via UPS or FedEx, they won't be accepted at all, no matter how much tape you put on them..

[labs118]

Well I think they look great, I have massive poly envelopes I often cut open & wrap my boxes in , Never had a problem with the USPS .
Have you had problems with the brown wrap & the postal service?

Hubby has pride in packing, he uses the stanley knife & cuts down cardboard & makes boxes, me I try to cut cardboard with sissors and it makes him crazy
He likes Perfect .
I just got an item today in box with black sharpie across the bar codes & words on the box & my bowl throw in without 1 piece of wrapping.
Some care like you , many don't 

[sam9876]

The paper is a really bad idea.

[18704d]

" I have massive poly envelopes I often cut open & wrap my boxes in , Never had a problem with the USPS ."

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That's because tearing poly is like tearing a phonebook in half.

Tearing kraft paper is easy.

I agree.   'No' to the kraft paper idea.

Lynn

[cherry*fizz]

I don't have a picture but I always put mine in a cute polka dot or shopping themed poly bag, inside the item is wrapped in bubble wrap which is wrapped in colored tissue paper. 90% of the time I put in a personalized thank you note as well. 

[mr_lincoln]

@desponm  GREAT POST!  And you should be proud of those boxes.  In terms of reusing used boxes I simply flip the box inside out and reglue the Manufacturer's glue joint ...

[mr_lincoln]

@desponm  Additionally, it would be nice to have more choices in eBay shipping supplies for our quarterly coupon ... some things just don't fit well ... and then you have to get creative ... these shots are basically the 12 x 6 x 6 size box ... I know they added the 16 x 12 x 8 and that's a big help ...

[ten_o_nine]

That is so time consuming, it's ok if you have the time to do all this work. I don't.

[desponm]

Never had a problem with the brown paper through USPS. I re-use a lot of boxes with labels, icons or colors on them as well as USPS boxes that I cut down for re-use. So the brown paper makes them look a lot cleaner. 

[desponm]

I encourage buyers to send me feedback about the packaging. Id say maybe 1 out of every 50 or so I get an issue. But thats usually from the box being crushed or wet. I know its a little costly but it looks clean and I don't have a crazy volume of sales to where it gets too time consuming or costly.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@cherry*fizz wrote:

I don't have a picture but I always put mine in a cute polka dot or shopping themed poly bag, inside the item is wrapped in bubble wrap which is wrapped in colored tissue paper. 90% of the time I put in a personalized thank you note as well. 

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@cherry*fizz

@desponm

Just a thought~you might consider entering this contest.  Just takes a picture and you could win $500.00~or the Grand Prize!

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/makingithappen-Week-1-Winner/m-p/29253134#M1331614

I'm cheering you guys on!

[epowerbargains]

Sounds like it works well for you - I sometimes send items via Fed-ex and they refuse kraft paper wrap, poly wrap and boxes that are what they term "retail weight" or thin and prone to damage during transport. 

But - since Fed-Ex Smart Post is a USPS / Fed-ex collaboration - I have USPS pick up my polywrapped stuff and so far no problem. 

I have sent a few things wrapped in paper but stopped when I read somewhere that the paper can get caught in the USPS machinery and can destroy the label. 

[dblkj-0]

I do understand you love your job and thus appreciate what you're doing.