Why you should use a box to ship.

[amishmotorboat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYFtalTNzKk&feature=fvw

Imaging nice straight teeth in a bubble mailer, falling down that chute with those other big boxes.

 

[michiganlover]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYFtalTNzKk&feature=fvw

Imaging nice straight teeth in a bubble mailer, falling down that chute with those other big boxes.

Not only that, but what about the machine that determines a flat envelope from a small package/ thick envelope? That looks like it could do some damage to a typical razor as well.

 

[Sledgehammer39]

I can totally see if a razor is just placed in an envelope that it could get damaged.

 

[drewmac]

I pretty much only use priority mail flat rate boxes now. I like that they are free boxes; I can grab a bunch of them when I'm at the post office and not have to run out and buy any. By the time I bought a box to send a razor first class, an extra dollar or two would bump it to the cost of a small priority mail box.

 

[squirrel_nut_zipper]

Don't blame the Postal Service. The onus is always on the shipper to pack properly, and if people want to get cheap with packing materials, then somebody will suffer the consequences.

http://www.usps.com/send/preparemailandpackages/preparingpackages.htm

 

[Slivovitz]

Worst example I had was a Neillite plastic razor, known to be a brittle razor anyway, shipped in a lightly padded envelope. It arrived in fragments. Luckily the seller refunded the full price and didn't ask that the pieces be returned to him.

On the other hand, I've had injectors arrive fine with just a layer of bubble wrap inside the envelope.

 

[cooncatbob]

I always box a TTO, but I double wrap 3 piece razor and use 000 padded mailer.
I've only once had a NEW head get damaged (broken tooth) and the client said there was a skid mark on the outside of the mailer where it got jammed in the Post office machinery.
That's why I now double wrap everything first.
I'm convinced that 1st class a padded mailer will arrive sooner then a box will.

 

[BBrad]

I always box a TTO, but I double wrap 3 piece razor and use 000 padded mailer.
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I'm convinced that 1st class a padded mailer will arrive sooner then a box will.

Last year I started shipping everything in boxes. I follow up on all tracking numbers (what is feedback for, anyway?) and am amazed at how fast the Postal Service is presently getting packages delivered coast-to-coast!

I buy 7x4x2 white mailer boxes from Pkging.com for just under $33 for 100 shipped. I can't buy a padded envelope locally for .33!

Automation is a major factor in their improved service . . . but it does have a downside!! Proper packaging is so important!!

 

[Chester]

I don't think envelopes are so bad, actually. I use a nice thick layer of bubble wrap, and put a piece of cardboard around that, and slip it in a padded envelope. No problems so far.
Boxes are, almost always, the best option against compression, though.

Some guy I bought from a couple times on the 'bay (a New Yorker) always made his own foamboard (like you use for architectural modeling) boxes. Really nice attention to detail, that.

-- Chet

 

[mark_mw]

What about shipping in cardboard tubes?

 

[Loric]

I recently had a horn handle brush arrived with several big cracks on it as it was only shipped in the original box from the factory and an envelope

 

[squirrel_nut_zipper]

What about shipping in cardboard tubes?

I bought a cased Parat from an Australian eBay seller and he packed it in a cut down heavy-duty cardboard tube mailer (like for blueprints). Worked great. I never would have thought of that.

 

[mark_mw]

I received a 1924 Ever-Ready in a folded TRIANGULAR box made from thin cardboard (part of another box?), about 5 inches long. Worked great as a triangle has mechanical strength.

 

[amishmotorboat]

I always box a TTO, but I double wrap 3 piece razor and use 000 padded mailer.

Agreed. A 3 piece that comes apart like a Tech or a NEW is a different story. It's those that must ship with their heads perpendicular to the handle that are more prone to damage.

 

[Merkur25]

I try to always ship in boxes. I would hate if my things got damaged

 

[mdunn]

I received a 1924 Ever-Ready in a folded TRIANGULAR box made from thin cardboard (part of another box?), about 5 inches long. Worked great as a triangle has mechanical strength.

thats kinda what I do.

i build a little triangular prism out of corrugated cardboard, and then put it inside a padded bag.