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would it be better to send it via post office? the book is in really good condition and i really dont have anything to wrap it up in. i wouldnt want it to get there damanged so maybe i should just go to the post office and tell them i wanna send the book and have them help me? |
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Is it hardcover or softcover? With hardcovers, I use the bubble mailers because it offers extra protection. With paperbacks, I just wrap the PBS wrapper that prints out around it. As long as a person used postage tape, I've always received books wrapped this way without any problems. |
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its a paperback. Maybe ill just wrap it in postage tape. Thank you :D |
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I bought a box of manilla envelopes and use them to send books. I put the book in the envelope, then roll the excess back and tape it with pkg tape. After you belong for awhile, you'll have a supply of padded envelopes to reuse. I use these for hard back books. I always thought it was interesting how far a book traveled, but I am guessing some of the padded envelopes have logged many more miles. You are going to love pbs! |
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From the Help Center: How to Wrap a BookHow to wrap a BookThe basics: you are creating a sturdy package that will totally enclose the book(s) in your shipment, using shipping (not Scotch) tape, so that the contents will get to the destination safe and sound.You are not required to use the PBS wrapper. You can use alternate packaging for any shipment (heavier/larger and multiple-book shipments may require this), using the 1-page PBS Label (the far right layout choice on the Wrapper Settings page) as an address label. You can also hand-write the address on your package.Here are the options for how to wrap a book so that it is carried safely to its destination, and arrives in the same condition as it was when it left you!The 2-page PBS Wrapper:
The 1-page PBS "Label"
Alternate Packaging:
General Guidelines for Wrapping:
If you receive a book that you think was inadequately wrapped
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Thank you everyone for your help. Just got back from the post office and things went smoothly :D |
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Welcome, Brittany! |
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Welcome to PBS Brittany! |
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Welcome, Brittany! As time goes on, you'll become an expert wrapper, but for now, here are my top 5 tips (some came from other people in this forum): 1. Subway sandwich bags are perfect to protect books in. 2. When packing tape goes on sale, buy it! 3. I use the 1 page mailer printout, and put the entire bottom half in the book with the receiver's address sticking out of the front cover (and inside the Subway bag) so that if the package gets opened or damaged, USPS might be able to get the book to the receiver. 4. Sending more than 1 book together is often cheaper than sending them singly. (I recently sent 20 Harelquins to 1 person for about $5, instead of 20 to 20 people for about $45). 5. Relax and have fun! |
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If you're using PBS postage, I'd recommend a kitchen scale. That way you're not paying too little or too much for postage.
ETA: Welcome! You'll have fun here. Last Edited on: 12/18/11 1:15 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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When packing tape goes on sale, buy it! I buy all my tape at the dollar store. |
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Once you start receiving books you'll have mailers that you can reuse as most people seem to use bubble mailers. |
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If you do online shopping and receive packages in the mail, you should have plenty of materials you can reuse for PBS . For example, I order most of my husband's clothes online (he's an unusual size) and they mostly come in the very heavy plastic bags. I cut these down to wrap books. Since the bags are designed to withstand the postal machines that like to eat wrappers, they are a perfect material to send books in. |
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Thank you all of you for sharing your Warm welcomes with me :] I will keep all of these ideas in mind. I plan to make a trip to the Store this week to pick up some supplies. :D |
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I buy rolls of brown paper at the dollar store. I can wrap a lot of books in that. Just make sure packaging is smooth so it can't catch on any machines and enough take is used so that in case the paper tears, the tape will still hold it together. |
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Brittany, once you start receiving books from other members, you can keep the bubble mailers that others used to mail books to you. I never have to buy bubble mailers now because I always have a used stash of them from shipments mailed to me. I've even learned how to cobble different bubble mailers together to fit large books. |
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And if the bubble mailers have labels, etc., that are too hard to remove, cross out all the old info, then put the book in the mailer and wrap the mailer (or put it in a manila envelope). I use enough manila envelopes (for this and other things) that I buy them in bulk at Costco, but you may not. Someone elsewhere said that if you want bubble wrap free, furniture stores are good places to ask, as they usually have more than they know what to do with from incoming items. Do not, under any circumstances, buy shipping supplies at the Post Office. They are way over-priced. The dollar stores are your friends. And do not re-use Priority Mail packagaing (even inside the envelope) unless you are shipping via Priority Mail. If the Post Office catches you, they will ding the recipient for Priority Mail fees! |
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