posted on March 6, 2007 05:43:55 AM
I have a load of spoons which will be sold individually. Since these sell (when they sell) for less than $20 each, I want cost-effective shipping to encourage bidding. Anybody out there sell this type of thing? My main concern is that they do not get bent.
posted on March 6, 2007 06:10:17 AM
First class mail, small bubble around spoon, wrapped in cardboard (the fluted kind -- ridged -- preferably, but any cardboard will do). Plain brown envelope. You should be able to charge $3 and still come out ahead.
posted on March 6, 2007 09:16:52 AM
I sold a whole collection and wrapped each one in bubble wrap before putting them in a very small bubble envelope. The danger is that the package will be flattened by something heavy enroute, and the spoon would thus be flattened too. I'm probably overly careful. . . . but there were no mishaps or complaints with any of them.
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posted on March 6, 2007 10:04:12 AM
I sold over a thousand sterling silver souvenir spoons, one at a time. A 4 to 5 1/2 inch spoon will fit diagonally inside a #53 sturdy jewelry box like this:
Slip the box inside a Tyvek envelope, address it and you're good to go...plus the thickness is perfect for first class delivery confirmation. You can price your shipping at $2.50 to $3.00 each.
I don't recommend bubble wrap inside a bubble bag.
For flatware, shipping tubes are your friends. I like the snap-seal ones. If you get the tubes with the plastic ends, you need to carefully glue or tape them in. Either type of tube is heavier than the jewelry box/Tyvek envelope solution, though.
posted on March 6, 2007 10:35:10 AM
Thanks for the ideas. I don't want to do this long term (don't want to do these at all), just wanted to get them out of my inventory (and life).
Love the papermart site - found some interesting stuff for my shop.
posted on March 6, 2007 11:04:57 AM
Well, if they're sterling souvenir spoons, you could always wholesale them to a fellow dealer for some quick cash...
posted on March 6, 2007 12:14:13 PM
Yes, if they are sterling, and if you want them out of your life and don't want to do them at all, perhaps a scap run might be worthwhile.
I see dealers carrying plastic grocery bags filled with sterling (not wonderful pieces, but hard to sell or plain vanilla items) to a scrap dealer at one of the shows I do every month. He pays $11 per troy ounce I believe.
