How do you wrap your Ebay parcels up??

Mischa8

Just a general query. Have been selling on and off on Ebay for the past few years. Mostly clothes, sometimes the odd unwanted gift etc.

In the past I used brand new jiffy bags (bought from Poundland or if couldn't get to Poundland then just from stationers) and used parcel tape to secure.

Recently, where I'm able to, I've recycled jiffy bags not just out of cost but just because it's sensible. And I don't wrap up clothes in tissue paper.

I've just noticed some people tend to wrap items up in tissue paper, for me it's just pop in Jiffy bag and post. Something a bit more expensive and delicate I would wrap beforehand e.g. double wrap and pad more (like an expensive and delicate dress which I sold).

And now, especially when sending abroad or even in this country where I can I send it Recorded Delivery or just use the postcard proof of sending at Post Office if within UK.

Anyway, how do YOU wrap your parcels up for sending? And do you think it makes any difference if they're wrapped in tissue paper or not??

PasturesNew

If it's a fairly flat/square thing I'd first put it into a resealable sandwich bag - to protect against any liquids it encounters in transit.

shellsuit

I use the self sealing mailing sacks for clothing which you can buy on eBay.

Anything that could get bashed goes in bubble wrap and then a mailing sack.

jasmineswhiskers

shellsuit wrote: »

I use the self sealing mailing sacks for clothing which you can buy on eBay.

Anything that could get bashed goes in bubble wrap and then a mailing sack.

Or better still bubble wrap, newspaper and a cardboard box for really delicate items. (Although watch the weight as this can add up quite substantially.)

Regarding tissue paper there was a thread here ages ago about an item of clothing wrapped in coloured tissue paper which somehow got wet/damp in transit and the colour transferred onto the item. Disaster .

Sublime_2

Large items are boxed, with scrunched up paper, and bubble wrap.

I wrap all delicate items in bubble wrap, and cushion with scrunched up paper. Anything I can, gets mailed in a jiffy bag, which I always re-use if able.

I always offer a refund, if it costs me less for p&p than what I charged.

squeakysue

I use plastic mailing bags for most things, sometimes wrapped in a bit of bubble wrap for shoes etc. I try to wrap as tightly as possible with brown tape. Sometimes I have used a4 brown envelopes and brown tape which has been fine for clothes

hermum

squeakysue wrote: »

I use plastic mailing bags for most things, sometimes wrapped in a bit of bubble wrap for shoes etc. I try to wrap as tightly as possible with brown tape. Sometimes I have used a4 brown envelopes and brown tape which has been fine for clothes

Brown tape is pretty heavy & something I bought a while a ago I cut, as there had been so much tape used I had to cut it off. I wasn't happy.
OP for clothes the plastic mailing sacks are the quickest easiest things for clothing. Pretty light & cheap as well.

KiKi

I use recycled jiffy bags, or bubble wrap then brown paper. I've used boxes when I need to send something delicate or something I don't want to get squashed.

KiKi

Mischa8

Thanks to all for their really good tips!

Mailing sacks etc I will look out for and eek about the brightly colored tissue paper transfering onto an item!

:T

Hammyman

Garden rubbish bags are good for clothes etc. They're a lot thicker than bin bags.

terra_ferma

Hammyman wrote: »

Garden rubbish bags are good for clothes etc. They're a lot thicker than bin bags.

I don't think many buyers would want to receive clothes in a rubbish bag, maybe if it's something second hand and really really cheap, but postage stars may suffer.