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| Nicole almost 14 years ago | |
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This is something I tried to Google, but couldn’t find. My aunt told me that you don’t have to ship in a cardboard box. Apparently as long as something has an address and proper stamps, it will ship. I know her and her friend have sent silly things back and forth like cans of tuna, underwear, a banana, a ball, and things like that. Like they would just write the address on them and stick a bunch of stamps. But that’s local (well, same state), like they live about 40 miles apart. So my question is, does anyone know if you can mail things not in a cardboard box? Like, say I had a plastic box. Or plastic bag or something. Could I just mail in that? Middletown, Rhode Island |
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| Kimmee almost 14 years ago | |
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I have had someone mail me clothing in a clear plastic bag with a bunch of tape. Now, I know that is a way to save some money but everyone could see what was in it!! LOL LANCASTER, CA |
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| DiggaD almost 14 years ago | |
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I absolutely refuse to spend money on packing envelopes, since they’re probably just going to be thrown out once they reach their destination anyway. If I have no more old envelopes to reuse, and really can’t find a box, I’ve taped up brown paper bags and they work just fine. I’d like to see more ideas! Manchester, New Hampshire |
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| K almost 14 years ago | |
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Flat rate boxes and envelopes provided by the po are free. Best way to ship: Go to the grocery store and get brown paper bags (they are free). Cut down one side, then cut off the bottom. Cut to the right size (as if wrapping a gift) and fold into an envelope shape around the item being shipped. Tape, address, send! This is, of course, only recommended for items that don’t need to be protected by a box :) |
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| K almost 14 years ago | |
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ps i wouldn’t mail in a plastic grocery bag… it’s not very protective. you could theoretically use a plastic bag made out of thicker plastic, like the ones from gap. (you know, the ones that are white on the inside and printed on the outside?) |
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| DiggaD almost 14 years ago | |
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I hadn’t thought of thick plastic shopping bags – they are actually thicker than those poly sleeves that VS and other catalogs ship their things in, so I think that they’d do fine in a pinch, especially for semi-local mailing. Manchester, New Hampshire |
