Am I about to make a stupid eBay error?

GDB2222

Amazon have just gifted me 4 bottles of supplements. (They sent the wrong item, and don't want it back.)

They are Solgar supplement tablets in a glass bottle. Worth £6 a bottle, or so. I thought I might sell them on eBay. I'm a private seller, and I'll price them a bit lower than the other sellers.

This sort of thing:-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Solgar-Chelated-Zinc-Tablets-Pack/dp/B0001VVZUC

And, then, I thought about delivery. I don't have any small boxes suitable for glass medicine bottles. So, I'll just have to double wrap them in bubble wrap and stick them in an envelope. But, is this likely to be rejected by the carrier? Do I have to choose a particular one? And what about the questions I haven't even thought of? :)

messia07

If your looking for a box, just go to a high street store or diy shop and ask if they have any cardboard boxes you can have for free. Most stores will happily give you a free box.

soolin

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6673338/am-i-about-to-make-a-stupid-ebay-error

Firstly you cannot possibly send glass 'anything' unboxed, you'll end up on one of those facebook groups where people take the mickey out of sellers packaging.

Secondly, you are unlikely to be allowed to sell vitamin supplements on ebay unless you are a business seller with permissions to sell supplements.

Annietott

Nope, never send glass bottles in an envelope. Big safety risk.
What did them come in??

Say the buyer reaches into the bag and grabs a hand full of broken shards. even a small shard can cut deep. Ask around for a box - mate, neighbor or co worker?

GDB2222

Thanks everyone.

DW knows a nice lady who runs a health food shop. We’re going to give them to her. I’d have given them to the local food bank but I don’t think they’d want them. It just seems a shame to bin them.

HampshireH

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82042081#Comment_82042081

Hopefully not for her to sell

mta999

If anybody once a cardboard box supermarkets often have wine boxes in the wine department

GDB2222

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82042107#Comment_82042107

I’m confused. Why would that be a problem? She sells all sorts of supplements, anyway. I envisaged that she could sell these too.

jim1999

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82042141#Comment_82042141

Generally not a good idea to sell products for people to ingest if you don't know the provenance. The root cause was slightly different, but see the tylenol murders of 1982 for reference.

Grumpy_chap

If the lady who runs the health food shop has a proper, legitimate business with proven supply chain, she won't need the extra profit that might be generated from four free bottle of something worth £6 per bottle or so. Far less will she be willing to sacrifice her reputation and any regulatory licencing by taking and selling four bottles of whatever you say they are but could be anything.

GDB2222

Fair enough. They can go in the bin.