EBay - Any clothers sellers around please?

Miró

I'm thinking of listing a BNWT, ladies, full-length raincoat. I've taken some photos and thought about the wording/listing etc. However, I've got stuck when it comes to packing the blooming thing! How does one pack something like that? Box, (where to get?)? Ginormous jiffy bag? I want it to arrive in uncrumpled, good condition. How would you wrap/pack something like that?

Sorry if this is a really dumb question but it's really got me stumped!

bertyboo

I have sold clothes in the past from tops to coats , all i do is fold them and put them in a clear plastic bag,( you can get these on ebay) and then i either put them in a postage bag or jiffy, and the bigger items i put in about 2-3 layers of good strong brown paper with lots of packing tape round to stop it fromn tearing.

icandream

Hi - I'm also selling a raincoat at the moment. If it goes, I'm planning to pop it in a plastic bag with tissue wrapping, then in a box. I feel it will get crumpled if it's not in a box, and it's a pretty good one.

Miró

icandream wrote: »

Hi - I'm also selling a raincoat at the moment. If it goes, I'm planning to pop it in a plastic bag with tissue wrapping, then in a box. I feel it will get crumpled if it's not in a box, and it's a pretty good one.

My feelings exactly....perhaps I'll wait to see how much it sells for, (if it sells), and look around for a suitable box in the meantime.

Thanks

luxor4t

If you pack it with tissue paper inside, then fold it carefully and tape it into a plastic bag (like a dry cleaner uses) so it is a firm shape it will travel well inside a plastic mailer.
It will needed hanging in a warm place afterwards - as most garments would - but it will arrive in good shape. We bought a vintage cashmere coat that was packed like this and it was fine on arrival.

Jakejakejake

How about one of the 10p bag for life's from the supermarket?

A box sounds like the best idea.

DKLS

Ring up City Link or any other of the big couriers, and ask about setting up an account, they will send you loads of plastic 'pillowcases' that can easily be turned inside out and posted.

ITFCNUT

I have sold over 1500 items on ebay most of them being clothes and the feedback I have received from my customers indiicates that if items are sent in brown paper this time of year they sometimes arrive damp as the paper get torn due to rain snow etc .So my answer to this was to still wrp them in tissue paper/brown paper but after that wrap them in a black bin liner which is then taped with parcel tape.Thus keeping the items dry and secure plus keeping the weight down and also the items cannot be seen through the black bag.
I hope this is of some use to you.

rosekitten

I put a sheet of tissue inside the top
half of the coat,then I carefuly fold mine
up,cover it in white tissue paper.Wrap it
in cellophane and then use a bag for life
from the supermarkets.

I use cellophane but you could just as
easily use clear plastic,in the past when
I have ran out of cellophane I have used
gift wrap.

I have sold lots of clothes of various types
over the years and everyone without
exception has remarked about the nice
packaging and pleased that everything
has arrived in good order.

With coats they can be really heavy
and if your not careful you could add
a lot to the weight,if the packaging
is too heavy.I think people who buy
clothing thats being sent in the post
expect that there may be a degree
of creasing,but placed on a hanger
tey soon drop out.

Miró

Many, many thanks for all your suggestions :T - much appreciated. Lots of ideas to take on board for the future. In the meantime I have unearthed one of those lightweight, freebie, suit cover/carriers that M & S used to give away so might go the 'tissue/cover/bin liner' route this time....if it sells