Reusing a CenturyLink modem box to ship a TP-Link wireless router

[fairytalepink]

If you remember me, I once used a Belk mailer to ship a pink IZOD shirt, but that mailer didn't have any store logos.

However, now I would like to sell a TP-Link router, and I think what would be good packaging would be a CenturyLink modem box.  This box I think is sturdy enough to ship without any additional packaging and has nice compartments for the modem/router, ethernet cable, and power adapter.

I wonder, are there any downsides to this?  I just wonder if I should cover up the CenturyLink logo on the box.

[gracieallen01]

I think you should probably cover the logo/labels.  And, if there is anything on the 'address side', cover or remove it.  Some buyers are so easily confused, you understand.  They may refuse and return it - 'I didn't order THAT'!.  

[fairytalepink]

I have removed all labels from the box (there was no shipping label, but a label with the specifications of the modem), but there is a printed CenturyLink logo on the top of the box and "hello" on the front of the box.

[gracieallen01]

Well, as long as the one on the top doesn't distract from the address, you could probably be good to go.  You might think about taking a piece of brown paper packing tape to cover it - just for the sake of argument, that is. 

[atikovi]

The buyer paid for the merchandise, not the box it comes in.

[toyshnip]

If possible, try to turn the box inside out. So that the outside it the brown, and the inside is the logo/photos. That way it is clear you just recycled a box.

[craigsdieselrepair]

I sold a Caterpillar part recently, and the only box that I had in this whole place, that would fit, was a Cummins box. So I took some gummed paper tape, (which is a brown color- almost the same color of a box) and taped over the Cummins name. I had the same thought as you, the buyer might think that I made a mistake and sent a Cummins part. So I made sure the name was covered on the box. 

[loveyourimagination49]

Put your shipping label over the logo and ship.

[fashunu4eeuh]

Hi, think it is very conscientious of you to consider what impact the packaging might have on the buyer.

I usually cover up logos and the like when i am recycling boxes for shipping. I use brown contact paper I bought inexpensively here on eBay. One side is adhesive to provide a firm hold that will stand up to the rigors of being mailed. The brand I prefer is Scotch and it comes in sheets or rolls, see pic..

[craigsdieselrepair]

Your idea is awesome! I just started using the gummed paper box tape and that's all I had laying around to cover the logo on the package that I mentioned above. But the contact paper would've worked much better. 

I love the gummed paper tape. Even though you have to wet it, it is so much easier and faster than regular box tape. But to cover logos, the contact paper would be so much better. I'm going to try that out. Thanks for great idea. 

[m60driver]

If buyers were concerned about boxes I would have heard about it by now.  If it doesn't fit into a flat rate box I reuse some other box and only remove shipping labels.  Customers have never commented on buying on Ebay and then receiving a widget in an Amazon box, which, thanks to my daughter sending her online purchases to my house, I seem to have a never ending supply.  I think it is a non issue.