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When doing a b/p you do not need a padded envelope on the outside of a padded envelope. You put the dvd's in the padded ebnvelope inside a non padded envelope, this makes it cheaper for your postage.
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clint72 wrote:
When doing a b/p you do not need a padded envelope on the outside of a padded envelope. You put the dvd's in the padded ebnvelope inside a non padded envelope, this makes it cheaper for your postage.
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:19 am Posts: 6221 Location: Tasmania / Australia Gender: Male
Bee Girl wrote:
clint72 wrote:
When doing a b/p you do not need a padded envelope on the outside of a padded envelope. You put the dvd's in the padded ebnvelope inside a non padded envelope, this makes it cheaper for your postage.
And cheaper for your mailing supplies.
yep, i put it down as i have had 5 or 6 out of my last 30 that have done this, it is not a bad thing, just being a little too cautious
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clint72 wrote:
Bee Girl wrote:
clint72 wrote:
When doing a b/p you do not need a padded envelope on the outside of a padded envelope. You put the dvd's in the padded ebnvelope inside a non padded envelope, this makes it cheaper for your postage.
And cheaper for your mailing supplies.
yep, i put it down as i have had 5 or 6 out of my last 30 that have done this, it is not a bad thing, just being a little too cautious
haha...who are those fools that would send a padded envelope inside another padded envelope...geez...oh wait...
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This is just the topic that I have been looking for!
I have been thinking this cross-border B&P thing, how it actually works?
Well, Pegasus asked just the questions that I've been wondering...
btw. stupid question... is 1 USD note or is it a coin?
btw. stupid question... is 1 USD note or is it a coin?
There are $1 notes (bills, paper) and $1 coins. $1 bills are commonly used. Coins are too heavy to mail.
i hate the 1 & 2 dollar coins.
why oh why did Canada get rid of the 1 dollar bill. why the hell would ya want to carry loose change .. instead of paper money in ya pockets. i guess that person who passed this law thought it was cool to walk around and sound like a goof ball with the loose change's in his pockets. hopefully one day he will lay a track down on his 8-track. damn.
*rant be over. had such a great day this morning, then this afternoon heard some bad news which really pissed me off. oh well. my life alway's balances out. i break even each day. when will i break free and move up & stay up? .. d'oh!
Also, save supplies!!! You can reuse supplies in various ways, from CD sleeves to padded envelopes. Next time your doing a trade or give away etc, use a padded envelope from an old trade or B&P, black out the addresses, put your discs in it, tape the top so the discs don't come out, and put it in a non-padded envelope. Good for the pocket book AND the environment.
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Bee Girl wrote:
demetrios wrote:
prl wrote:
one thing I learned with all the B&Ps/trades I did through the years is: use tape on the envelopes! I got so many opened envelopes in the last trades / b&ps..
i've been doing the same thing for years now. i scotch tape.
*runs for that hot chocolate at tim's before the insanity hit's again.
Just don't use pirate tape unless you want your post office to hate you, too.
I still use it on ones I can just drop in the box.
thats freakin awesome ... need to find me some
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paaks wrote:
Bee Girl wrote:
demetrios wrote:
prl wrote:
one thing I learned with all the B&Ps/trades I did through the years is: use tape on the envelopes! I got so many opened envelopes in the last trades / b&ps..
i've been doing the same thing for years now. i scotch tape.
*runs for that hot chocolate at tim's before the insanity hit's again.
Just don't use pirate tape unless you want your post office to hate you, too.
I still use it on ones I can just drop in the box.
thats freakin awesome ... need to find me some
Don't bother, unless you're just going to use it for moving. I used to sneak it onto b+p packages and ones that I could mail myself but now they even have a thing on that Automated Postage Center that says if your package has ANY MARKINGS that look like ANY of their hazard symbols they will not send it anywhere.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:35 pm Posts: 7530 Location: Rockford IL
Haha - I did a B&P for someone a few days ago, and their return mailer was uised...and had obviously passed through Angi's loving hands in te past, as it had this tape all over it!
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Bee wrote:
The only thing that makes me hesitate to use my PayPal is the issue we had with the hooker
hook me up with one. i'm running low on scotch tape. the lady at staples here gave me a weird look with my last purchase of tape. i don't want to go back. lol.
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emanon wrote:
From another thread, re: new rates:
SASUKETIM wrote:
This is a rough chart for 1st Class Parcel. Your mileage may vary.
1 disc = 2 oz = 1.30 2 discs = 2 oz = 1.30 3 discs = 3 oz = 1.47 4 discs = 4 oz = 1.64 5 discs = 4 oz = 1.64 6 discs = 5 oz = 1.81 7 discs = 6 oz = 1.98 8 discs = 6 oz = 1.98 9 discs = 7 oz = 2.15 10 discs = 8 oz = 2.32 11 discs = 8 oz = 2.32 12 discs = 9 oz = 2.49 13 discs = 10 oz = 2.66 14 discs = 10 oz = 2.66 15 discs = 11 oz = 2.83 16 discs = 12 oz = 3.00 17 discs = 12 oz = 3.00 18 discs = 13 oz = 3.17
Above 13 oz = Priority Mail
Oops, forgot about this one. So we have it already. Roughly. And the new rule, that anything over 13 oz with stamps on it MUST BE HANDED TO A POSTAL EMPLOYEE. Yeah.
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