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Post by Pantlandia on Sept 19, 2015 6:43:12 GMT
I'm thinking of selling some of my better magazine ads with frames, but I'm not sure exactly how to package them so they aren't broken. Does anyone have an experience shipping fragile flat items?
Maybe using one of the flat regional rate A boxes and double boxing with a good amount of bubble wrap? Any tried and true methods to have them not arrive with broken glass?
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Post by SA on Sept 19, 2015 12:09:33 GMT
I have had no good luck shipping those kinds of things. Sorry.
I see in your post you said it has glass. In the pictures and in the listing, it says framed, but it doesn't look like there is glass in the frame (I'm sure it was for picture glare), and I didn't read that there is glass.
If I were a buyer looking, I would think that it was a black plastic frame. I would also wonder about the backing.
If I were a customer wanting to buy ads to hang on the wall, I would prefer to just get the advertisement. JUST ME though!
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Post by Pantlandia on Sept 19, 2015 16:29:22 GMT
I have had no good luck shipping those kinds of things. Sorry. I see in your post you said it has glass. In the pictures and in the listing, it says framed, but it doesn't look like there is glass in the frame (I'm sure it was for picture glare), and I didn't read that there is glass. If I were a buyer looking, I would think that it was a black plastic frame. I would also wonder about the backing. If I were a customer wanting to buy ads to hang on the wall, I would prefer to just get the advertisement. JUST ME though! Thank you for the input. I think I'm going to not ship them framed. Seems like too much hassle and risk of breakage. I do have some up locally that I will do framed, but they are pick up only. |
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Post by zoesam on Sept 19, 2015 23:38:09 GMT
I've been dabbling in art lately, both framed with glass & unframed, or just matted &/or mounted on foamcore. I would not do it Jeremy. I sometimes REMOVE the frame just b/c it makes it that much easier. It doesn't seem to affect the sale. The sale is really based on the art piece. I've not had any glass break & I am a perfectionist, so I am packaging really well, but that means that 8x10's don't fit into standard PM packaging, once I add all the necessary padding, etc. I haven't double boxed, but I do wrap in a piece of heavy duty (corrugated) cardboard & add other padding, before boxing. You want it to go in vertical, not horizontal, but of course, in handling by the PO, it will be turned every which way.
The big downside for me is the time it takes to pkg well & try various box sizes, etc. Being an anal perfectionist, it has taken me 45 minutes to pkg 1 framed print. It doesn't even take me that long to pkg actual pottery. I value my time immensely & I feel it's simply not worth it. I have eaten up my profit in the amt of time it takes me to package it. Do yourself a favor & don't bother. Just mounted on a piece of foamcore or cardboard, is the way to go both for safety, time & profit.
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Post by jellybeanscloset412 on Sept 20, 2015 0:14:13 GMT
Double boxing works great. I don't do it all of the time but when I have I've never had a problem.
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Post by zoesam on Sept 20, 2015 0:35:53 GMT
Double boxing works great. I don't do it all of the time but when I have I've never had a problem.
For framed art? I've done it for pottery & glass pieces, but haven't really thought to do it for framed art, do to the fact that it's flat & so would really increase the shipping cost. Maybe I should start double boxing art?
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Post by jellybeanscloset412 on Sept 20, 2015 11:04:43 GMT
For a magazine size piece it would be okay.It would add an additional pound or so. If you ship kind of close it shouldn't add too much. Anything bigger than that and the cost would be double but still depending on the value I would consider it.
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