NotABigDeal wrote:You're not shipping money. You're shipping copper discs....
HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:NotABigDeal wrote:You're not shipping money. You're shipping copper discs....
".. for jewelry making"
AGgressive Metal wrote:Any objection to making this a sticky?
galenrog wrote:I've been looking at several way of packing the medium flat rate box. I have found that I can fit six small flat rate boxes in the medium. It is a good snug fit. Each small flat rate box holds 1500 cents, which I pack into ziplock bags of 500 each. 9000 cents into the medium box. I've bounced this around a bit by dropping it to concrete from every angle I could thing of. The medium box gets quite a bit of damage, but I could not get any pennies to spill. I like this method, although others like the way they do it. Anything I put up for sale here will be packed this way.
galenrog wrote:I've been looking at several way of packing the medium flat rate box. I have found that I can fit six small flat rate boxes in the medium. It is a good snug fit. Each small flat rate box holds 1500 cents, which I pack into ziplock bags of 500 each. 9000 cents into the medium box. I've bounced this around a bit by dropping it to concrete from every angle I could thing of. The medium box gets quite a bit of damage, but I could not get any pennies to spill. I like this method, although others like the way they do it. Anything I put up for sale here will be packed this way.
Using Tape on Envelopes/Boxes
· Can tape be used to close, reinforce or enlarge Flat Rate envelopes / boxes?
When mailing using the Priority Mail® service, Express Mail® service or Priority Mail International® flat rate, the contents of the flat rate envelope must be confined within the envelope with the adhesive provided on the flap as the primary means of closure. Contents must also be confined within the box secured with tape.
The flap must have the ability to close and adhere to the envelope.
Tape may be applied to reinforce the flap of the envelope and to secure the box.
The design /shape of the envelope or the box may not enlarged by any means.
Note: The design of the container may not be enlarged by opening the sides, and the container may not be reconstructed in any way.
· Mail was returned to me because there was tape on the stamp. Why?
When stamps are covered, the canceling machines cannot imprint directly on the stamp; therefore, they are not acceptable for mailing. The machines must also be able to read the ultra-violet ink on stamps to detect them on the envelope. If your stamp had only been partially covered, perhaps at the top and bottom, the stamp may have been acceptable for processing.
· Tape on shipping label barcodes – is it okay?
No. Barcodes with tape over them cannot be scanned by our equipment.
1.5 Flat Rate Envelopes and Boxes
Any amount of material (up to 70 pounds) may be mailed in a USPS-produced Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope or Flat Rate Box. When sealing a Flat Rate Envelope or Flat Rate Box, the container flaps must be able to close within the normal folds. Tape may be applied to the flaps and seams to reinforce the container, provided the design of the container is not enlarged by opening the sides and the container is not reconstructed in any way.
frugi wrote:i just thought i would throw in my 2 cents.......
I used to ship coins quite a bit on eBay.....lately I have been reminded on how to ship, I basically follow the above original 1st post, but I do a few other things for security.
I hate to hear jingleing in the box that sounds like coins, so I usually put them all in a canvas coin bag, and then inside of a plastic grocery bag, and then tape the hell out of it, until there is no jingle, then I put it into two paper grocery bags. The box I tape inside and out, then I take cardboard scraps and re-inforce the corners inside, I also use a second box inside, but I cut it all up, and use the scraps as bumpers against the sides and corners, I always make sure there is no movement or sound coming from the inside. I always assume they are going to break my box or steal the contents, so I also, pre-dent the corners to make it more round, I also use a 2nd address label under the top label, and I tape over the upper half of the delivery conf. , and insurance. In addition I do a few other things too.
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