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You may be right - but there are alternatives. EcoEnclose is where I get most of my shipping supplies. While they do cost a little bit more, I just do the best I can - meaning, the worst offender being plastic, I replace the plastic items with eco alternatives.

• I ship in paper envelopes instead of poly mailers.
  
  
  
• I use a 100% recycled shipping tape (Earth Huggers brand) which you can get on Amazon and its about the same price as virgin plastic.
  
• Right now I am looking for alternatives to the small plastic baggies I cannot avoid using sometimes for beads and small items - EcoEnclose only makes larger sizes but I just found this site from which I will order compostable small baggies! That's amazing!
  
• as for bubble wrap: yes, you can really beat padding things with air for ultra-sensitive items, but there is a greener way to do it. When shipping a breakable and fragile item, I will directly wrap it in a layer or two (depending on size of bubbles) of repurposed bubble wrap. There is also this compostable bubble wrap but I don't use enough to need more than what I already get via packaging. EcoEnclose also makes this corrugated bubble wrap out of recycled paper and it has great reviews but I haven't tried it out yet myself.
  
  I just wish that everyone was more aware of the amount of waste that is produced. We are all so disconnected from the process of production - what it takes to exploit and extract the materials that go into things that we so blithely throw away - and disposal. It is just so easy to consume and discard, and if you live anywhere in the "first world" you don't have to deal with the real consequences like people in developing countries do - we have all seen the pictures. Even if you don't care about those people in developing countries...or all the marine animals whose GI tracts are blocked by broken pieces of plastic that they've mistaken for food...even if it doesn't cross your mind to wince at the overpackaing of pretty much all products that we buy and consume....you should care about your self: our drinking water is contaminated with plastic fibers and compounds...if you eat seafood, your fish are carrying dangerous levels of plastic compounds...and for the big picture, plastic is a petroleum product, the extraction of which is a major contributor to climate change which, as the US Department of Defense has recognized, is a threat multiplier.
  
  Again, apologies for the long form, but this is just one of those issues that has wide-ranging global consequences and yet is just naively ignored. Man that makes me feel "woke". But seriously...please please please just consider your own use and waste production and do what you can to minimize it. Do the work beyond the "convenience" of plastic and you will be a better person living in a better world for it.

I used something similar to these: 50 packs 4"x5.5" SELF-SEAL CLEAR BUBBLE POUCHES BAGS https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BUJMIIW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_xItKDbBJ8E4Y9

My HGs fit easily in one, the MGs fit into 1 or 2 depending, and the PG went in 3, with the head in a ziploc bag first since it has that super fun led you have to build.

Don't listen to the other person about "markets". There are bathbombs being sold for $17 dollars EACH with free shipping and the seller has 11k sales in less than 2 years.


Etsy isn't about being in a race to the bottom with other sellers. If you want to, make your items more than $10 and add on the shipping into the total OR just do the thing Etsy is promoting where the shipping is free after $35+ and price your items in a way that suits you. I promise you, having free shipping as a option (such as with a set minimum to meet) is tens times more enticing to buyers and benefits you a lot more (especially for lightweight items) than just selling one $6.50 + $4.50 shipping item. I have over 80k sales and make 12k a month out of ONE of my shops. I've never once let my competitors pricing influence how I "value" my work, and when I opened my shop I charged more than most people, and I've surpassed all of them in daily sales (30-60 orders a day) for over 2 years.

Okay, enough of my rant, as for shipping extremely lightweight items (with a focus on bath&beauty), these boxes are fairly popular, and you can find them on uline in larger amounts once you start selling regularly: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M5B91Q3/?coliid=I15B0YY5IERKN5&colid=3LI4KLG3587E8&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it with these bubbles https://www.amazon.com/Duck-Original-Cushioning-Perforated-1061835/dp/B0021L9M1Y/ They come in 12 inches, but you can cut it down so that each 'roll' is only 3 inches across (so it turns into 3" x 60', 4 rolls), that gives you a ton of bubbles to use. Use it to 'wrap' around your product - left to right, top to bottom, like an X sandwich. As for liquids use something like 3M No Residue Duct Tape around the caps to keep it from slipping open while it's being shipped (they have it on Amazon, but it's wayyy cheaper at home depot or lowes) squeeze the lid to make sure the tape is stuck good and then put then in plain generic ziploc bags, such as these https://www.amazon.com/Plymor-Heavy-Plastic-Reclosable-Zipper/dp/B0194CUNCO

They should be relatively safe being shipped this way. I used those boxes for (unrelated to beauty) another product I sell and they are extremely difficult to crush.

I was also thinking about this when I first moved here, and I decided that the best idea was just to bring the expensive (but not too heavy) parts with me. i.e. GPU, RAM, CPU, SSD/HDD, maybe MoBo.

PSUs are way too heavy, and depending on where you're moving from there might be some compatibility issues with Japanese power supplies. Just buy it here.

Cases are also heavy compared to their price, best to just buy one here.

I also had a liquid cooling system (Corsair H100i), but decided not to bother since it's also pretty heavy for the price (and didn't want to risk any of the lines breaking and spilling liquid everywhere).

With regards to wrapping, by bubble wrap do you mean the anti-static kind? If not, then you should look into that. It's pretty cheap.

If they are roughly bottle shaped, there are also wine bubble wrap packs available. It cradles bottles within an inch of their lives.

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Not that you'd need 20, but I can confirm they are super great. There are even "spill proof seal" ones

I think your joking, but that would be pretty fucking cool looking. Of course you could go with the shitter solution and wrap it :)> http://www.amazon.com/Carbon-Fiber-Vinyl-Bubble-Free-Film/dp/B008B9W0IC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415025676&sr=8-1&keywords=carbon+fiber+vinyl+wrap

Buy a scale. I got mine for $20 on Amazon and it weighs up to 75LB but also can weigh in ounces.

http://www.amazon.com/Weighmax-2822-75LB-shipping-Battery-Included/dp/B002U4OEDS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426960294&sr=8-1&keywords=Weighmax

Anything under 13 oz. can ship first class for usually less than $2-4. I use poly mailers and bubble mailers for this purpose.

(I don't know if these are the best choices for your purposes, do some research on what size items you typically sell and buy mailers accordingly. These are what I buy and they fit anything from DVD's, small trinkets, and XXL jackets.)

Buy packing tape, bubble wrap, poly mailers and/or bubble mailers.

Packing tape: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005P7P9M2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Bubble wrap:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D3AFMT8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Poly mailers:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HGB33U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


You print your shipping through eBay/PayPal because they give you a considerably decent discount and then can print straight from whatever printer you may have access to and tape it onto the package. It's acceptable to write it on a piece of paper and tape it, but then you have to wait in line at the post office (with prepaid labels, you can just drop it in the package drop box) and pay for tracking there.

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You could have shipped that record USPS Priority with insurance included for $15 tops. You must have paid them to pack it for you or gotten some other type of premium service. That's pretty much the sole way that UPS stores make money, so there is a huge mark up for the service. UPS is a little more expensive then USPS but $46 for a record is ridiculous.

Do you hav more records to sell? Go to USPS.com and get yourself some free Priority mail boxes. Go to Amazon and get a giant roll of bubble wrap for $12. If you're really stressed about the records, go to home depot and get 8 feet of 1/8 inch backer board for like $10 and sandwhich the record between two small pieces. Priority shipping from Maryland to Washington will probably be $10 and includes $50 worth of insurance. Shipping supplies might cost you $2 per record shipped?

So charge more than other listings for the same item. Got it!

Here's an example of what I bought last time. Trust me, I've been selling on ebay for about 8 years now. A 20-30 lb receiver needs to be wrapped about 3x around with this. I've tried using less 2x around and the receiver arrived damaged. This bubble wrap came in 2 rolls and I'm using about 1-4-1/2 a roll for one receiver. Here is more of the bubble wrap I also have in stock. The price has since gone up, because I paid $19.59 for this, it's now $24.59 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FP61MMI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

If you wrap it 3x around the girth of the receiver that's about 18' and then you have to do it again around the front and back thats about another 15' Maybe my price is closer to $2.50-3 per receiver in bubble wrap. I dropped $100 on bubble wrap, it will last me 3-6 months, but I'd like free.

This is what I ended up doing as I didn't have the original box either. If you go this route, you'll probably need 2 of these (at least I did to be extra safe). I shipped the graphics card in a separate package entirely. If you have a bulky heatsink remove that too, otherwise if you have an AIO you can keep it on. Use ground shipping if you can, as air can be more unpredictable. Good luck on the move!

Unfortunately your raffle phrase is true for me as well! I can't stop procrastinating.

I think that you should buy this.

For reasons.


And from my wish list, an album.

You need a few of these. Good luck!

https://www.amazon.com/Small-Bubble-Cushioning-Perforated-Every/dp/B0735VSMLJ

The riskiest part of the dock is the front "lip", which is just a thin piece of plastic. Its only function is to obscure the Switch's screen and prevent it from falling forward out of the dock. It looks like it'd be easy to crush inward, right? To prevent that, you should put something in the space to provide support. One thing that should work well is a deck of cards (standard deck of 52+instructions and jokers). The kind they usually sell everywhere (grocery stores, drug stores, etc..) in the thin cardboard boxes. Those squeeze in and should secure it from getting crushed. If that's not an option, you can hunt a substitute. I'd suggest something solid, though. If you want to shove something soft in there, like a sock (or something), you'd need to really cram it in there so it provided a solid support. If whatever you put in there yields too easily, it won't do much better than the empty space would.

Beyond that, I'd just some some thin bubble wrap (small bubbles; can't find a good, illustrative picture) and give the dock probably two layers of that. Or, if your box is more than a few inches bigger in every dimension, maybe just one layer of bubble wrap, but then use more packing foam in the box itself to fill out the space.

as long as the items aren't really expensive, I think it's fine for Ebay. I would not send Etsy items this way, just because buyers there do seem to prefer a little more "class" in the packaging.

As a previous poster mentioned, I think packaging the way you do probably eats up a lot of time. Could you afford something like these bubble bags? Yes, they are more expensive than Ziploc bags, but at 10 cents per piece, maybe the time savings would be worth it.

You might be ok leaving it in, however if you are worried about the gpu wiggling there you can throw in a couple of packing airbags, I've seen they ship prebuilt systems like that.

I moved a pc cross country with the gpu on and was totally fine.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B017OL3K7C/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511266926&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&dpPl=1&dpID=51tEYlsbviL&ref=plSrch

If you're interested, bubble wrap is on sale at Amazon. Only $14.97 for 150 feet...

This takes away the tactile part of popping this stuff which is half the fun.

Here is 175 feet of bubble wrap for $12

https://www.amazon.com/Bristol-Novelty-AC570-Costume-Unisex-Adult/dp/B000QAXJ66/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?adgrpid=62129961329&gclid=CjwKCAjwnMTqBRAzEiwAEF3ndmkTBWhYmXIyOORTg0aDAeQUP4mV_V4XzpUYw6_x7K-AC73N5ml4MhoCiRMQAvD_BwE&hvadid=295667133104&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9031259&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=b&hvrand=17843540246320653920&hvtargid=aud-646675773986%3Akwd-302547340944&hydadcr=9875_9624913&keywords=adult+bubble+suit&qid=1565632615&s=gateway&sr=8-3

Here you go. Now you can be protected from the world

BUBBLE WRAP!

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amazon prime brotha. Beats buying it at a UPS store. Fucking crooks in there.

and the price on amazon is super reasonable

We bought this one from amazon back in March - the quality was good but the price jumped up though it seems to be around $30 now. Says it ships from Virginia- I do remember it coming on a big single roll and was bubble boy wrap brand.
I did not count back then but just ordered a roll now and will post results. I make nothing from this link FYI.
BUBBLE WRAP Brand 3/16"- 700 ft x 12" Perforated Every 12" Made in U.S.A https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079RPSZJG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_jZ57Bb47KF7E2

Scrolling through new, saw this post got curious and found this 1 ft wide 350ft roll for 20$ amazon

Make sure you completely wrap them in this first.

I'm still using these rolls from Amazon that were posted here a while back. The reviews are all horrible and there seems to be a chance they will short you on the amount of feet, but it has been fine for me.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073Q6HMB2

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XJBGNN2

http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Original-Cushioning-12-Inches-284054/dp/B00D3AFMT8/ref=pd_sim_229_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=51O8jqTCtCL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=04FPPQ05XYY0CQE2ZS1D

Wrap everything in anti-static wrap

i'm not gonna get it.

SC PACK 3/16" 700 ft x 12"Small Bubble Cushioning Wrap, Perforated Every 12 (4 Rolls X 175 = 700 feet) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0735VSMLJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_7GJOCbZXNHJ22

I'm investing in some ceiling protection

https://www.amazon.com/Duck-Original-Cushioning-Perforated-393251/dp/B000CS787S

Some companies make bubble wrap pouches. Like a bubble mailer, except just the inside part. You might see if there are suppliers in your area. Here's an example, but they come in all different sizes.

https://www.amazon.com/16-inch-Bubble-Cushioning-Self-Seal-4x5-5-inch/dp/B00BVWS4I6

Otherwise you're going to have to weigh the amount of time it takes to package these items versus the money you're losing by buying premade packing supplies.