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Re: Suggestions / Comments on Recent Brickbay Transactions
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lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade
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Wed, 20 Jun 2001 05:28:25 GMT
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Troy Cefaratti writes:
> > 1) Order Information - A great deal of orders do not have any information
> > along with it, such as order number, the name of the shop, order contents,
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> When Brickbay was sending invoices, i'd send it to myself as well and print
> two copies. One would be used for my records, and one would be used as a
> "packing" slip, with each part checked off as I pulled it from inventory.
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> Now i'm using a print of the order screen, which has less info than the
> invoice, but does atleast ahve the order number and all of the parts on it.
The order screen is not as good as "previewing" the invoice and then
printing that... you get printed all the info the invoice has. The only
thing you lack is that the order screen has pictures. But pictures usually
don't matter to me as much. IMHO. YMMV.
>
> Of course, I do sometimes forget to put the slip in the box before sealing
> it up. And it is unfortunately not an assurance that I put the RIGHT parts
> in the box! :/ But buyers are ususally understanding of my faults, for
> which i am thankful. :)
>
>
> > 2) Packing - I have had glass parts (Doors, windshields etc), in which I
> > have paid a good deal for a them, actually packed within a full, jammed
> bag of
>
> How I pack an order depends on what was ordered, and how it will be shipped.
> Large quantities of individual pieces are usually packed in seperate
> ziplocks. Expensive pieces are almost always packed individually, or
> atleast seperately from basic parts. (I've sold some train pieces for up to
> $12 each and would never consider packing them with basic parts)
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> Small quantities of numerous parts will usually be packed into a single bag.
> The bags, while cheap, do cost money.
>
> Packages sent Priority Mail are packed in the boxes provided by the post
> office and are packed with newspaper. First Class shipments are packed in
> bubble envelopes from Office Max. International shipments are also usually
> sent in bubble envelopes, unless they are unusually large.
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> I've only had one complaint about the packing/shipping of my orders, and
> that was a priority mail box that had come open in transit losing some
> pieces. This was when the post office had switched box design, and
> apparently had a batch with bad glue. Ever since, i've been sure to use
> either tape or a sticker to make sure they stay closed.
One packing nit. I am not at all big on the shredded catalog/flyer style of
packing. It adds weight (a lot of it, that stuff is dense), the shreds have
chaff that gets into everything (I reuse incoming packing boxes for outbound
when I can) and I have actually had small bags get lost in the shreds. I
prefer newspaper. But better than newspaper is unprinted newspaper if you
can get it. You usually can go to your local paper and get a roll end for
almost nothing. Why unprinted? in case a bag comes open you don't get ink on
your parts.
I use that or kraft or regular newspaper for all my outbound domestic.
Overseas gets the peanuts and bubblewrap and airbags because that is where
weight is more critical.
Picking the right size box is an art. If you get the box right, you don't
need much packing material to make a snug package. And snug (but not
overstuffed) packages are the ones that hold up best in transit.
++Lar
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