Making a box to ship BJDs

awesome! didn't know you could do that! I will keep that in mind, in case I ever decide to sell a doll (if I ever get above 2! XD)

 

Do you still have to send it Priority (seeing as you're using the Priority box )? and, About how much would it be to ship an SD using that method? Thank you!

 

LMAO, that's how I ship furniture. XD I combine two of those boxes. My post master doesn't mind at all, he says he finds it clever.

If you found out that you have to ship another method, you can wrap it up in brown paper. They look down on that, but they understand it happens.

 

The post office is allowed - and DOES - if they thing you are using
their boxes and not paying for Priority - check the box - even under
the brown paper. I have seen this happen. And IF they catch you -
not only do you get to pay the postage that you've already paid -
but the make you pay for it via Priority as well!

Personally, I don't think that cheating pays. I've seen people get
caught at the post office! If you are going to use their boxes - for
free as you say - then the RIGHT thing to do is to pay the appropriate
postage.

Go ahead and flame away - but I think that doing the right thing is
still the best! Getting caught or not.
Robyn

 

If you mail UPS (sometime it is cheaper) you can use these boxes. UPS doesn't care whose boxes you use. I always do a comparison between UPS and USPS for a large box.

 

Thank you for answering my questions! It is a clever method that I've thought about doing, but just never did. :3

 

IF the post office wouldn't object to the boxes being used when you're shipping via Express mail, my suggestion would be to forgo the brown paper and just turn the boxes inside out. You'd have to slit one side, and then tape it back together, but you wouldn't have the possible problem of the paper getting torn off.

 

My apology, I didn't realize the boxes had been changed so they couldn't be used wrong side out. I was just thinking that might be a way around the use of brown paper which they don't seem to like at the post office. Personally, I prefer not to wrap a box, for fear of the address label being torn off. But that's just me, I'm paranoid.

 

*nods* That's just my personal paranoia/bias. I prefer not to wrap if I can help it. But being able to use the priority boxes with brown paper wrapping for EMS is an excellent resource!

 

Hmm, if the doll I'm selling has its shipper, I ship it in that... No sense in keeping that pristine... but the priority box stacking is a great idea if your doll only has its comparatively flimsy inner box.

Raven

 

Exactly. If I don't have the shipping carton that the doll came in from Korea, or Japan, and can't find a box large enough, then stacking the priority boxes is an excellent idea. I would never ship a doll just in the pretty 'presentation' box.

 

The tape was discontinued though, darn it. xP

 

Ooo..good deal. Sometimes it is really hard to find that right sized box. ^_^

 

Oh darn! No wonder I couldn't find it anywhere on the site. =/ I really needed tape and I don't want to buy the tape from where I work, It cost 5 bucks!

 

Yeah, just ask the post office to reinforce it. They'll NEVER say no, as long as the top and bottom of the boxes are tapes as normal. I WOULD put a little clear tape on the corners, then just ask them to reinforce the entire thing with -theirs-. At least, my post office does this for me, they're SO nice. T_T

 

the link at the top of the post does not seem to want to work for me I found this on is it the same because I am in the process of selling of of my angels http://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/sto...01&categoryId=13354&productId=11637&langId=-1

 

A good cheap source of stuffing for filling in the box gap is plastic bags from the grocery store. :3 I keep all of them(usually for kitty litter bags XD) that I get and they work very well to stuff boxes with! I wrap the inner doll and box in bubblewrap, but outside is usually plastic bags. X3

 

I tried to do this at my Post Office, they flat out said no. When I mentioned that other post offices apparently allow it because I'd seen it online...she laughed at me and told me that I was wrong.


SO....I went to the UPS store. They were more than willing to tape boxes together for me....

 

I'm talking about taping Priority mail boxes together. I've turned Flat rate boxes inside out and used them to ship internationally...there was no issue there. But the second I asked if I could take Priority mail boxes together the woman laughed at me and told me no way. >_> UPS is far more expensive sure, but let me tell you....they are far less rude and more than willing to help out.

 

OMG this is just what I was looking for! Now I won't be afraid to try my hand at group orders.

 

Well, the lids for Icee cups, the dome lids the put on top of some drinks. Those work perfectly!

 

Since I didn't notice a price listed yet, priority mail from Las Vegas, Nevada to Eugene, Oregon was $17. Not bad for an SD13!

 

Thanks nikita - this is so neat. And it works so well I send my MSD today. You don't have to use the big Boxes for the MSDs they have smaller ones who work well for them ^^ Same amount of boxes (3), tape and voila!

 

Just a heads up! There's a USPS SHOE BOX that is perfect for shipping MSDs.

 

Not to mention that shoe box is flat-rate!

 

I had the same problem, I even asked for the manager and he told me no too. So I walked out and went to the P.O. by my mothers house and they took it with no problem.

 

i just use brown paper i get at the dollar tree for a buck to cover it, and they don't know, and i tape the sides and top and bottom with tape.

 

nice box~~~~
i will try it when i have to sell my dolls^^

 

What about a box for just a head? I have a box, but I'm curious as to what I should put inside, to keep the head safe, as I was really stupid, and threw away the packing peanuts and the bubble wrap that came with the head when it was delivered to me.

 

Well, I already have a suitable box. I was just wondering on how to PACK it. What goes on the inside to protect the head and that jazz.

 

Thank you so much for the tip!!! I did that first time when I shipped my doll out ;_;
I wonder if anyone experienced the same issue as I did when I went to the post office? they said it's illegal to use their FREE boxes to do something like this [or it's just my post office branch that's really picky ;_;'.....well....not really, she's their Supervisor.]

did they just change the rule or something? the last post was in 2007 X'D

 

It it not just your post office. I believe it is true.

You can use it as one box but you cannot break it and make a big box out of it to ship. Because then it won't be what it was suppose to be and they are not there to give you free supplies to be altered for say 'personal use'. It is property of government (?)

It is also illegal to wrap their box up and ship another form of shipment (say priority box and use it to mail media mail for cheaper rate). They don't want people to take advantage and not purchase other kind of boxes from them (which I understand totally).

(You can still ask for their boxes but don't tell them that's how it will be used....although I am not sure that is morally corrected or not but that's another whole diff issue) I ran out of boxes so I start to ship dolls disassembled in smaller boxes. You can always go to grocery stores or something and ask for unwanted boxes or something they don't mind giving them to you I"ve seen people ask, you can make your own boxes out of those maybe!

 

I think it's just the post offices you use. I know of some who will not allow you to use a box say from McDonald's that once held packs of mustard unless you cover it. Others, they honestly don't care as long as it has an address on it from you to say Aunt Sue. Around here, it seems to be the post offices.

 

awww thank you so much for clarify this XD it's a lot more clear now >w<
so next time I will flip the box and do the same wrapping method XD so they won't know HAHA!*shot*
thank you so much again m>_<m