raymusumeci
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 10:48:57 AM
Heya everyone

So now that i am about to ship my first bomb off (small bomb in comparison to some i have seen here lol)

What is the best company to use, Reputation, reliability, prices, etc..

What tips and tricks are used by the veterans here to keep the shipping cost low?

Mrs.Tank
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 10:51:58 AM
Most people use USPS...

Oscar
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 10:55:21 AM
USPS
Campage
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:18:25 AM
I use to use USPS flat rate boxes but got to expensive. So know I go get the little flat rate box and take a brown paper bag, turn it inside out and wrap it like a Christmas present. Then take whit sticky labels or a white note card. Write on that and cover the clear tape over it. This puts the cost anywhere from 2.50-4.00 with DC as opposed to 6.10.

Hope this is somewhat helpfully. If your sending a humidor or something heavy use a medium or large flat rate box.

Campage
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:20:46 AM
You can also buy brown shipping paper but I don't want to spend money in boxes an paper because then I might as well be usin the flat rte to save time. It is very time consuming to do it my way and makes it hard to ship a lot of stuff if you ably have a short amount of time after work or whatever I make it to the PO but I've already saved over a hundred bucks. You can also try and pack the night before them drop off the next day.
Campage
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:21:17 AM
USPS takes 2 days. Ups takes up I a week. Also
ZRX1200
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:06:01 PM
You can put a priority mail sticker on any box.
sd72
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:11:08 PM
Camp saved a hundred in shipping? I didn't see anyone post they got anything.

USPS. Any box.

tyyler82
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:32:16 PM
In baggies? Bubble packages? Are humidity packs necessary?
Advojp
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:39:58 PM
You'll want to secure them somehow... Most use bubblewrap. Humi packs are rarely used, even by retailers. Once the package is opened, sticks will get put back into humi and there will be little harm done.
Campage
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:40:33 PM
They made a comment to me about it when I used there flat rate boxes. Maybe I need to go to a dif PO
Campage
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:42:04 PM
I saved 30$ this week. I sent out 10 packages but most were trades.
raymusumeci
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 1:53:39 PM
great advice all.

Thank you

dubleuhb
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 2:59:48 PM
Go USPS but not Flat rate. Get the Priority Mailing box. There is a size just a bit larger than a Small Flat Rate box and you can fit a good size smacking in it with adequate padding.

These are shipped by weight and since cigars don't weigh much it will save a buck or two over a SFR.

The box # is 0-1096L. The lady at the Post office asked me why I wasn't using these since my boxes didn't weigh much. She said it would save on shipping and she was right. How often does something like that happen at the PO?

Campage
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:12:40 PM
Hey dub?? Do they sell these at The PO?? Somebody sent me one and it was perfect size. But my PO only has the flat rates out in the lobby? Do you have to ask them? Thas why I've been wrapping the flat rates but that are usually a little too small with all the padding.
mikey1597
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:19:22 PM
Order them from their interweb site. They will send them to you.
dubleuhb
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:19:58 PM
My Po has them sitting out but they are not with the Flat Rates. Usually where the shipping supplies are. Just ask them, if they don't have them they can get them, just tell them that #.
Campage
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:22:33 PM
Very much appreciated. Got one of these sent to me and was the perfect size like you said for a good ammount of sticks and good packing.
grrrrr609
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:26:13 PM

I use to use USPS flat rate boxes but got to expensive. So know I go get the little flat rate box and take a brown paper bag, turn it inside out and wrap it like a Christmas present. Then take whit sticky labels or a white note card. Write on that and cover the clear tape over it. This puts the cost anywhere from 2.50-4.00 with DC as opposed to 6.10.

Hope this is somewhat helpfully. If your sending a humidor or something heavy use a medium or large flat rate box.

Campage wrote:

Take the flat rate box, sharp knife, bust the seam, turn box inside out and retape.

Philly Jack
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:50:25 PM

I use to use USPS flat rate boxes but got to expensive. So know I go get the little flat rate box and take a brown paper bag, turn it inside out and wrap it like a Christmas present. Then take whit sticky labels or a white note card. Write on that and cover the clear tape over it. This puts the cost anywhere from 2.50-4.00 with DC as opposed to 6.10.

Hope this is somewhat helpfully. If your sending a humidor or something heavy use a medium or large flat rate box.

Campage wrote:

Cam what you save in postage you spend in tape cost Holy Baby Jesus it takes me ten minutes to open one of his packages. You work or have stock in 3M

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