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Little plastic bags to send clothes in - where do you get them?

In the past all the clothes I've bought off ebay have arrived in a gray plastic bag sealed up. Now I'm sorting out some clothes to sell and I'd like to buy some to send them in. Where do you buy them from?

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  • apples1
    apples1 Posts: 1,180 Forumite
    I buy mine from e bay!
    MTC NMP Membership #62 - made it back to size 12 after my children & I'm staying here!
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,935 Forumite
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    What do you type in to find them? I've just typed all kinds of things in but nothing came up.
    2008 Comping Challenge
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  • Fidget
    Fidget Posts: 642 Forumite
    If you do a search for familycraft (on ebay) they do really cheap ones - you can get an assorted (10 big 10 small) for around £1.89. They're pretty good and very light - I use them for sending clothes etc. and it does save on postage costs so well better than using jiffy bags!
  • Fidget
    Fidget Posts: 642 Forumite
    Failing that, try a search for poly bags or mail/ing sacks
  • What do you type in to find them? I've just typed all kinds of things in but nothing came up.
    The easiest way is to click "buy" and browse by category. You want Business, Office & Industrial> Packing & Posting Supplies> Mailing Bags, Pouches & Sacks
  • mom23
    mom23 Posts: 746 Forumite
    In the past all the clothes I've bought off ebay have arrived in a gray plastic bag sealed up. Now I'm sorting out some clothes to sell and I'd like to buy some to send them in. Where do you buy them from?

    All useful replies will be thanked :j
    Hi i have pm d you!!
  • mrsb_5
    mrsb_5 Posts: 155 Forumite
    You can get them free fro mroyal mail, they're special delivery bags, you used to be able to phone up and they would send them to you by the 50, can't remember the phone number at the mo i'm afraid but you can ask in the po and they'll give them to you, then just turn them inside out ;)
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  • vandanfc
    vandanfc Posts: 2,057 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I got mine from here:

    http://www.xs-stock.co.uk/section.php?xSec=127

    Blue not grey, but seemed very good value.
  • apples1
    apples1 Posts: 1,180 Forumite
    What do you type in to find them? I've just typed all kinds of things in but nothing came up.


    as already posted...

    I just type mailing bags
    MTC NMP Membership #62 - made it back to size 12 after my children & I'm staying here!
  • durham_girl
    durham_girl Posts: 2,715 Forumite
    I also get the Special Delivery bags from Royal Mail. Like the poster above said, I turn them inside out and away they go! They're good because you can charge less for the P + P and hopefully get more interest in your item! Just pop into the Post Office and they give you them no problem - just don't say you're not actually going to send anything Special Delivery!!!
    :j30/7/10:j

    :j24/1/14 :j
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