I couldn't believe the packing material...

Tedw9

So I get this package today from an Ebay transaction. It was just a sheet of uncut cards from the 1962 Post Cereal set, nothing big or bulky. It was in between two pieces of cardboard and packaged within a Priority Mail Box. What got me was the packing material inside the Priority Mail box....pink FIBERGLASS insulation! I've had some wierd things come in my packages, but this is the first time I had insulation used for packing materials.

I am still gonna give him good feedback because he did ship very quickly and there were no problems, but I am thinking of dropping him a line and offering him the suggestion of NOT using insulation for packing. Or would I be over the line in doing that?


Anyone else got wierd packing material stories?

zep33

I usually ship my cards wrapped in panties

torc

Not over the line, you should let him know that it is dangerous, at least put some kind of warning on the box.
that is nasty stuff, and can be very fine particles, why do you think the guys/gals installing that stuff wear a mask. I would not want to breath that glass dust into my lungs.
Fiberglass Health Risks

and5zac

I usually pack mine with 100 dollar bills!minimum of 50 per card for just the right cushoning;




Lou

CDsNuts

I recommend galvanized razor wire. Keeps the USPS carrier's grubby little hands out of the box.

ajw

I might prefer fiberglass to the Churchy propaganda I get for "free" in a package every now and then.

OAKESY25

I bought a lot from the same guy and had the same packaging...
I was like what the heck.. but it was packed very well.. must say...
just gave positive and moved on...

MajorDanby

it's better than short, curly hairs...

StanTheManMusial

<< <i>I might prefer fiberglass to the Churchy propaganda I get for "free" in a package every now and then. >>



Awe....... a little word from God never hurt anyone.

It beats a package I got that had a stinching smoke smell, coupled with long dog hairs. I was a bit annoyed to say the least.

BunchOBull

I had an overseas package shipped with, what looked like, lint from a clothes dryer filter.

I've also had the type of insulation made from cardboard and cotton used as packing material before, never fiberglass though.

edited to add...
As for short and curlies, I've had a few of those pop up in random team bags from time to time.

mkg809

I always use asbestos.....

digicat

A seller I've purchased from a few times ships his stuff with torn up, used carpet pads. Heh.

artistlost

<< <i>I had an overseas package shipped with, what looked like, lint from a clothes dryer filter. >>



I'm sorry alright!!!! Darn...i was just trying to multi-task.

mathew

BunchOBull

<< <i>

<< <i>I had an overseas package shipped with, what looked like, lint from a clothes dryer filter. >>



I'm sorry alright!!!! Darn...i was just trying to multi-task.

mathew >>



Haha, no, you are a very generous, sanitary shipper!

KbKards

Note to self. Ask neighbors to start saving their dryer lint for me.

Bigstep

I have recently received a beer stein taped between 2 styrofoam egg cartons on a bed of empty plastic bottles. The whole thing was heavily taped in what was once a very colorful Reeses Pieces box but no longer had a box like shape. I felt like I was being used as a substitute to going to the dumps.

Rich

HighChopper

Dryer Lint = Sheer Genius.

yankeeno7

weird....

thedutymon

Good Day,
Had a guy pack my cards in Playboy and Penthouse Centerfolds once..Not Kidding..For Real....Been looking for more of his auctions ever since !!!!!!
Neil

nightcrawler

<< <i>Dryer Lint = Sheer Genius. >>




Actually, belly button lint absorbs shock better, and it holds together.

TNTonPMS

<< <i>Good Day,
Had a guy pack my cards in Playboy and Penthouse Centerfolds once..Not Kidding..For Real....Been looking for more of his auctions ever since !!!!!!
Neil >>


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That right there is dangerous , I mean it is not so bad for you and I .
But what if the same package were going to a young boy or girl ?

I'm definitely not a prude but that I think is in bad taste .

Having said that , If my son were to open that package , I'm sure that would be quite an eye opener , as I'm not exactly sure if he has ever seen a naked woman ?

cohocorp

back in the days, dealers would goof around with other dealers by using odd items for packing material. the funniest thing i heard of was a cheese steak used as packing material.

TNTonPMS

LOL . . . . Must have been from Philly .

lawnmowermanswife

I've never received any odd packing materials myself.

Matt sold a truck part on Ebay a few years ago, I think an engine fan or something. He mailed it to them in a pizza box.

Ladder7

I'm surprised noone's mentioned those padded, rectangle thingy's that ladies wear occasionally. You know, mouse mattresses?

lawnmowermanswife

<< <i>I'm surprised noone's mentioned those padded, rectangle thingy's that ladies wear occasionally. You know, mouse mattresses? >>



I thought that too... unless that's what digicat meant when he said:



<< <i>A seller I've purchased from a few times ships his stuff with torn up, used carpet pads. Heh. >>

rube26105

thats a good way to get rid of empty beer cans,thanx 4 the idea

digicat

<< <i><< I'm surprised noone's mentioned those padded, rectangle thingy's that ladies wear occasionally. You know, mouse mattresses? >>
I thought that too... unless that's what digicat meant when he said:
<< A seller I've purchased from a few times ships his stuff with torn up, used carpet pads. Heh. >>
>>



Uh, no.

otwcards

As a poor child growing up in Beverley Hills, my mother saved dryer lint and navel lint. Every Fall, she'd hand weave the fibers into a fine thread and make me a fine lint-en suit. Never thought of using it for packing material. But it makes for great wearing once you get used to all the static and plethora of colors, although the navel lint was always blue . . . even when I wore white t-shirts or red sweaters it was still blue! Why is that?