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Best and cheapest mail bags

Hi

Please can someone recommend plastic mail bags/cheap jiffy bags that i can purchase off ebay. The last lot of bags i bought were rubbish.

Many thanks

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  • Crowqueen
    Crowqueen Posts: 5,726 Forumite
    No specific sellers in mind but browse the packaging categories; the more you buy, the more economical it becomes. I recently bought 50 padded envelopes for £7.70. I suspect it will be quite some time before I have to buy any more.

    The only ones I would actively avoid are grey plastic; they make items smell of smoke.
    "Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4

    Am now Crowqueen, MRes (Law) - on to the PhD!
  • Ms-Money-Penny
    Ms-Money-Penny Posts: 1,604 Forumite
    The bags i bought are practically see through :mad:
  • Strapped
    Strapped Posts: 8,158 Forumite
    Also bear in mind that plastic bags do degrade eventually. I bought one lot off eBay that were completely brittle and unusable. Now I am very picky about who I will buy from. No specific recommendations but check a seller's feedback very carefully for the specific item you want.
    They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -- Plato
  • lovinituk
    lovinituk Posts: 5,711 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    For bubble envelopes look for Mail Lites. I use thousands of them and rate them very highly. They are excellent quality and generally a bit cheaper than Jiffy.
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