Cheapest "Do Not bend" envelopes?

Mrs_Money

Does anyone know where to get cheap A4 envelopes - the sort with a card backing and "Do Not bend" on the front. I have just started selling Vintage knitting patterns on Etsy (well, I sold one thing since Sunday!) and it really is best if they are posted in a cardboard backed envelope - but my local high street shop is selling them for 55p each.:eek:. This sort of price eats into any profit (along with paypal currency fees and etsy listing fees etc etc) and if it's going to be at all worth doing I need to cut costs!

soolin

We have a poundstretcher near me that do 8 for a pound, but I don't think they are big enough for a knitting pattern, but it might be worth looking round that sort of shop. Alternatively make your own with cereal packets and a strong envelope.

NotQuiteNorbert

soolin wrote: »

We have a poundstretcher near me that do 8 for a pound, but I don't think they are big enough for a knitting pattern, but it might be worth looking round that sort of shop. Alternatively make your own with cereal packets and a strong envelope.

Was going to suggest this lol.. Last time I had photographic prints to send out I used a strong envelope and slipped a bit of card in along with them, then wrote Do Not Bend on the front and back myself. Worked a treat.

chja

How about a normal envelope with a bit of card cut and put inside - perhaps using some existing packaging , cereal box or such like ?

Mrs_Money

Thanks all! I did consider the envelope and cardboard idea- thought it may look a bit shonky, though - but if everyone thinks it's okay - I think I'll go with it - I've got plenty of A4 envelopes to re-use, but we may have to eat a lot more cereal!:rotfl:

mookie

You could buy a pack of A4 card, I have seen packs in our local poundland they are in the kids stationery section usually something like 20 sheets of multi colours in a cellophane pack. They also sell them in Wilkos if you dont have a pound shop of any kind nearby also find Pound shops are very random what you see one week might not be there the next.

mi55moneypenny

Next time you get something big delivered in the post, cut up the cardboard box for protecting smaller items. My son's highchair box has kept me going for months!

Beaker1

I collect cardboard from work from cut up boxes. My colleagues see me as a bit of a womble. Also, when you pull a cereal packet out from the cupboard, it usually only has one side left to it.

I don't think the punters mind. They just want their items in one piece.