how to pack a coat and post on ebay?

zzybee

hi,

i am new to ebay. could anyone please guide me as to how best to pack a winter coat and send it to the buyer?

thanks.

springer211

zzybee wrote: »

hi,

i am new to ebay. could anyone please guide me as to how best to pack a winter coat and send it to the buyer?

thanks.

How will you be posting? Is it new or old, worth a lot of money?
Do you need basic packaging or do you want to package nicely?
New or recycled?

I'd use a mailing bag (you can get lovely colourful ones cheaply on ebay), a plastic bag (like a zip-lock NOT shop carrier bag) to protect from getting wet etc, and folded in tissue paper (white one as coloured apparently can stain if it gets dump).
HTH

soolin

I have sold coats in the past and have used large plastic mailing sacks, th etamper proof type. I fold and bag the coat and then just pack it into the mailer.

If it is a linen coat or one liable to a lot of creasing you may prefer to use a box.

Due to the weight I certainly would be suggesting a properly made bag or box rather than just trying to tape it inside something.

zzybee

thanks springer211 and soolin for your suggestions! the coat is new and bulky. hence my confusion. i was worried about creasing if i tried to roll it into a normal size mailing bag. might try to see if i can get hold of a bigger bag or go for a box.

terra_ferma

Here's examples of large bags on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-PURPLE-MAIL-POST-LARGE-POSTAL-MAILING-BAGS-17-x-22-/160502456724?pt=UK_Envelopes_Mailing_Bags&hash=item255eb12194

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-Blue-Plastic-Post-Postage-Mail-Mailing-Bags-24-x-28-/390155869459?pt=UK_Envelopes_Mailing_Bags&hash=item5ad71a1d13

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-Grey-Plastic-Mailing-Mail-Post-Postage-Bags-28-x-33-/400192847444?pt=UK_Envelopes_Mailing_Bags&hash=item5d2d5a3e54

martindow

If the coat is heavy it is likely to be over 2kg and going with a carrier or standard parcels. Weight bands are quite broad for SP and with a carrier it is often a flat rate up to 25kg so you probably will pay no more with the extra weight of a box. You can afford to pack it well.