How To Get Free Boxes & Supplies From USPS

[EndQuest]

I helped another board member earlier with the info on how to get free boxes & supplies, so I thought I would pass on the info to anyone else who might like to know.



This is an exact copy of the message, so you can just ignore anything that doesnt make sense.



Boxes: http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/p...jsp?OID=1003567



Tape: http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/p...jsp?OID=1003577



Labels: http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/p...jsp?OID=1003578



Theres other **** on there to, but this is the stuff you will use the most. The boxes are perfect size for 2 - 4 figures. If you have more then that just tape 2 boxes together, you will see an example when you recieve this package from me. I just use news paper for packing, its light and cheap. Anymore questions, feel free to ask.

[AngelsDemon]

Links don't work. Take you to the front page for USPS.

[EndQuest]

http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/po...sp?OID=1003567


http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/po...sp?OID=1003577


http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/po...sp?OID=1003578

[EndQuest]

My regular mailman delivers them to me.

The boxes / tape are as shown. If you choose Priority boxes you'll pay that price when shipping.

Another "trick" is use is turning the box inside out. Just the brown cardboard shows. Then you can ship regular mail, or via UPS, FedEx, etc. I just cut down one side, slap it back together with clear or brown tape. If you use the Priority tape, well, you'll be charge to ship via Priority. Hope that makes sense, not enough coffee in my system yet.

[shiner]

That's kinda shady turning the box inside out. Any USPS teller with half a brain will recognize the box and either charge you Priority rate or ask you to repackage the item - same with the labels if you try to cut the Priority parts off.

[EndQuest]

Plenty of places besides the USPS to mail boxes that don't care about the box itself.

Sorry I dropped a peg down on the respect scale.

I think the USPS charges too much. Especially overseas.

I pay the USPS enough when it comes to shipping and I ship often. Rarely do I ask anyone to help with shipping costs.

Edit - I'm just a dumb old Jarhead, so I doubt this is a unique idea. I've been doing this for awhile. I thought it would be useful to post it, especially since Joker did the "hard part" of spelling out what to do. If you are uncomfortable doing this, don't. Just don't "narc" me out to Newman. [img]eek.gif[/img] [img]wink.gif[/img]

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ July 24, 2004 12:05 PM: Message edited by: EndQuest ]</font>

[Peter Peeker]

you guys get diff boxes for diff rates?!?

that's messed up.

I just use whatever box is handy.

and I NEVER pay for them.

tape, on the other hand....

[shiner]

Originally posted by EndQuest:

Sorry I dropped a peg down on the respect scale.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not at all EQ. I just don't want my free supplies to disappear (I usually send Priority anyway).

Just don't "narc" me out to Newman. [img]eek.gif[/img] [img]wink.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bwahahahahaha! I'm not a narc. Gotta watch it though...you can be fined if the USPS catches on.