kellyb1
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posted on September 24, 2000 04:28:55 PM
Hi,
My bidder just sent me an email that says, "Thank you Kelly,,,, Please use a stiffner and write
> DO NOT BEND on package.
This is for a cloisonne pin. It comes on a card, and I wrap it in plastic bubble wrapper before I put it in a bubble envelope.
I don't mind the email, I just am not sure what a "stiffner" is.
Any ideas?
Kelly
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VeryModern
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posted on September 24, 2000 04:30:51 PM
a piece of stiff cardboard.. something to keep from bending.
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NetProfits2
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posted on September 24, 2000 04:32:55 PM
I believe the buyer wants to avoid any type of "smashing" to the pin. I would cut the ends off of a cardboard box, wrap the pin in bubble wrap, tape it between the two pieces of cardboard and then put the entire thing in the bubble package.
Are you shipping Priority? There are Priority boxes that are the same size as a VCR tape, and I have had good luck shipping jewelry in them. Wrapped in layers of bubble wrap first, of course!
Suburbia: Where they tear out all the trees and then name the streets after them!
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Muriel
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posted on September 24, 2000 04:33:10 PM
Oh heck, I thought the bidder meant Viagra. 
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kellyb1
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posted on September 24, 2000 04:37:28 PM
Too funny M! 
This is for 1st class shipping. I use so much bubble wrapper that it is impossible to bend my packages!
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macandjan
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posted on September 24, 2000 04:44:13 PM
Why not humor them? They probably had stuff thrown in an envelope with nothing padding it. They are the customer.
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rarriffle
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posted on September 24, 2000 04:46:06 PM
Most of what I sell is jewelry. I put the item in a small box, well padded. Tape that shut. Put in larger box with bubble wrap around the small box. Have never had a damaged piece.
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kellyb1
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posted on September 24, 2000 04:50:58 PM
macandjan: I DO want to humor them. That is the reason for the post. I wasn't sure what the bidder meant.
[ edited by kellyb1 on Sep 24, 2000 04:51 PM ]
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cdnbooks
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posted on September 24, 2000 04:57:58 PM
kelly
To REALLY humor them, email them Muriel's response.
Bill
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Muriel
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posted on September 24, 2000 05:00:13 PM
Shoot, just tape that Viagra tablet right to the pin! 
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kellyb1
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posted on September 24, 2000 05:13:58 PM
Muriel, you are too funny!
The pin is of Tinkerbell. Do you think if I tape the viagra she will come out of package with a big smile on her face? 
There are over 5 or 6 thousand tinkerbell pins, and My ebay id is not kellyb1, so no one should be able to id the auction!
Kelly
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hamburgler
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posted on September 24, 2000 07:02:57 PM
If you tape the Viagra to Tinkerbell you may get a STIFFER problem with the law then just shipping it in cardboard. Some posts kill me. LOL
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abingdoncomputers
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posted on September 24, 2000 07:32:45 PM
If the package gets stolen the police will have to look for a hardened criminal.
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mballai
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posted on September 24, 2000 09:23:27 PM
And if they shoot the criminal it will be an unlucky stiff 
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tuition44years
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posted on September 24, 2000 10:07:05 PM
Bwahahahahaha 
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I have a memory like a steel trap .. unfortunately it's rusted shut!
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Meya
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posted on September 25, 2000 03:44:07 AM
You're all just trying to give Kelly a hard time.
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heavnsqt
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posted on September 25, 2000 10:25:16 AM
dont give Kelly a hard time bulle wrap should keep pins safe
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kurzon
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posted on September 25, 2000 11:21:13 AM
Well, if you're not sure what the buyer really meant for a 'stiffner' just attach the pin to a dildo. That way you're sure to satisfy her.
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