Complaint about re-using jiffy bag

benedictadams

Another one who puts on the auctions that for environmental reasons recycled packaging may be used

Next thing somebody will start a thread that a buyer didn't like a cardboard box being reused

So long as the packaging does the job it shouldn't matter if it has been used before

Not sure how many times you can reuse jiffy bags but they can't be manufactured just to be used once

frivolous_fay

mishkanorman wrote: »

I re-use for ebay and alike but for amazon i always send in a new jiffy bag as the buyer has paid a higher amount and amazon expect the packaging to be of a 'high standard'

I take your point, but sometimes Amazon postage doesn't even cover the cost of posting heavier books!

(I recently sent one that cost £5)

Contains_Mild_Peril

wileycat wrote: »

Silly really, I've never had anyone say anything except for when I used a empty beer box as an outer box for a well secured item! And even then they said they'd bought two of the same item and mine was much more securely packed and sent as the other item broke in transit!

I've done the beer box thing too, and a Southern Comfort box, and the buyers didn't remark on the packaging. I do put this in the blurb Iinclude on all my listings: " I often use recycled packaging to help protect the environment and minimise costs, so please don't be surprised if your item arrives in a pre-used jiffy bag or a box belonging to a completely different item."

funkyfunkymonkey

mishkanorman wrote:

I re-use for ebay and alike but for amazon i always send in a new jiffy bag as the buyer has paid a higher amount and amazon expect the packaging to be of a 'high standard'

frivolous_fay wrote: »

I take your point, but sometimes Amazon postage doesn't even cover the cost of posting heavier books!

(I recently sent one that cost £5)

Part of Amazon's T&C are that items are dispatched in new packaging:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=3149411

FFM

mishkanorman

Re-reading the op it says "that i shouldnt re-use jiffy bags" not that the buyer objected to recycling, perhaps they were selling on Amazon and a buyer was trying to point their terms out ???

mishka

Cute_'n'_Quirky

ellybelly89 wrote: »

lmao. i only use brown jiffy bags. and they are the only colour i recieve. I must have a huge !!!!!! business going on!

Do the buyers not realise that white jiffy bags cost a lot more than brown jiffy bags which would mean that they would have to pay more for p&p?

misfire

I have had every type of recycled packaging imaginable!! As long as it keeps my item safe and secure i don't care how many times it has been reused.

You do get some odd people on ebay!

RoxsiScotland

some people dont like receiving things in pre-used jiffy bags because they are less asthletically pleasing when they are crumpled ect, and they think you are cheaping out on them for not buying a new bag. however thats just tough really, because its much better for the environment, and if their item hasnt arrived damaged or parts missing then they havent a leg to stand on in a formal complaint.

frivolous_fay

funkyfunkymonkey wrote: »

Part of Amazon's T&C are that items are dispatched in new packaging:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=3149411

FFM

Crikey, Amazon are now the packaging police

jasmineswhiskers

The most unusual packaging I used was an egg box. The item sold fitted perfectly. The buyer mentioned it in the feedback as 'made me laugh - an ingenious use of packaging'. Good job it wasn't sent to 'Mr I want a new jiffy each time!'