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Where to buy boxes for sending parcels?

  • 06-04-2017 4:26pm
    #1
    jeanjolie
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    I'm sending an ebay item to the UK and would like to know where to buy specific cardboard boxes.

    I'd also like to know if I could weigh the parcels anywhere besides An Post to find out how much the cost will be.


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  • #2
    nava
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,739 ✭✭✭nava


    jeanjolie wrote: »
    I'm sending an ebay item to the UK and would like to know where to buy specific cardboard boxes.

    I'd also like to know if I could weigh the parcels anywhere besides An Post to find out how much the cost will be.

    Some post offices will sell boxes or big envelopes, also Eason's and maybe Tesco/Dunnes, or get an empty box from your local supermarket.

    The post office will also weight them for you if needed, you don't have to post straight away. I seen before in some shopping centres have an anpost parcel posting, it's a self service there's what looks like a weight scales (I never used them so not sure how it works)

    For parcels also check Parcel Motel sending service, Parcel2go, etc make sure you send via register post or service with tracking number, so you won't have the buyer saying the never got it.


  • #3
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Boxes in supermarkets as said, also think of friends or family and where they work. In my workplace we have loads of different boxes that come in, many are good quality. We also have loads of packing materials like bubble wrap & air inserts which we end up having to pay to get rid of.

    Oversized boxes can be cut down to form smaller size boxes, I expect there are tutorials to do it neatly.

    Many years ago I used to weigh things in supermarkets, many still have scales near the vegetables even though they are weighed at the till. Self service checkouts usually have scales built in too, many think you have to press the button when you place veg on it before you would see the weight. But if you look carefully at the screen you can usually see the weigh is always being displayed no matter what is placed on it.

    So you can go in when its not busy and weigh it, or if going in to shop anyway just bring the box with you and weigh, just make sure security do not think you are nicking stuff!

    Commercial scales in supermarkets should be calbirated so can be trusted. Cheap kitchen digtial scales up to 5kg are readily available, I recommend salter brand, plenty in argos, some might do higher than 5kg, but bodyweight scales are not really suited to small weights.

    An post's site shows the price by weight and the size limit where "packets" turn into "parcels" etc.


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