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Postage bags suitable for jeans...

HUFCsteve
HUFCsteve Posts: 513 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
Hi there

Am looking to buy some strong postage bags that would be suitable for packaging jeans in. Any ideas as to some companies I could check out?!?

Thanks!
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  • Bowling_4_Gold
    Bowling_4_Gold Posts: 1,771 Forumite
    Maybe you could just bubble wrap them then double-wrap with brown postage paper... Should do the job and is cheap. Just a suggestion though.
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  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
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    I bought the blue metallic ones from ebay. £8.85 per 100 and no delivery. They're slightly larger than A4 and I've managed to fit all of my clothes parcels into these so far. HTH's.
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  • Deesc
    Deesc Posts: 7 Forumite
    Hi,
    I was looking for the same thing to post clothing to buyers. Wanted to use the lightest bag possible! Jeans are pretty tough and these bags are weatherproof, should be all that you need. Go to auctionpax.co.uk and search for the grey mailing sacks. Would post a link for you but i can't for some reason.

    Cheers
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,957 Ambassador
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    I wouldn't use brown paper as it is fiddly and weighs surprisingly heavy. Like others have said plastic mailing sacks just like the catalogue companies use, I buy either on ebay or via anyone with an offer on after doing a google search and would expect to pay less than 10p per bag for a mid sized clothes bag.
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  • Smart_But_Casual
    Smart_But_Casual Posts: 806 Forumite
    Go you your local PO and ask for a load of large SD bags.

    Just turn them inside out and hey presto, heavy duty postage bags free of charge.
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  • Deesc
    Deesc Posts: 7 Forumite
    Good idea! Curious though, what's an SD bag?
  • DaveAshton
    DaveAshton Posts: 7,851 Forumite
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    Deesc wrote: »
    Good idea! Curious though, what's an SD bag?
    Special Delivery bag. They're silver and blue, with Special Delivery stamped on them. Just turn them inside out, stick the jeans in them, put stamps on and post :)
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  • Leanne200
    Leanne200 Posts: 1,385 Forumite
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    Smart_But_Casual wrote: »
    Go you your local PO and ask for a load of large SD bags.

    Just turn them inside out and hey presto, heavy duty postage bags free of charge.

    Cheeky but clever! :beer:
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,957 Ambassador
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    Be careful though many POs will not accept them, neither my small PO nearby nor the two crown ones I use will take them and say that even inside out you either pay for SD or you don't use their bag.
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  • Smart_But_Casual
    Smart_But_Casual Posts: 806 Forumite
    soolin wrote: »
    Be careful though many POs will not accept them, neither my small PO nearby nor the two crown ones I use will take them and say that even inside out you either pay for SD or you don't use their bag.

    Never, ever had an issue, ever.

    I use them in the same POs I get them from. They couldn't care less.
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