Best way to ship small loose figures

[JTCh]

I am in the process of major culling of my collection and I have a ton of loose figures that I am selling. I am wondering what is the best and cheapest ways to ship these loose figures? I've had packages shipped in those bubble wrapped envelopes before. They are probably cheaper to ship, but I don't know about how durable they will be. Or is a small box the best way?

What is your recommendation for shipping, for example, several Marvel Legends figures?

Thanks!

[Xtreme987]

Well I recommend shipping them in a small box but with a bunch of grocery bags surrounding the figure inside. This way the box has less of a chance of getting crushed.

[Dragon Knight]

Putting in some news paper might help too.

[JTCh]

Ok, so boxes seem to be the best for not damaging the figures. Where can one source these boxes? I used to ship them with boxes from my Amiami boxes, but I don't have many left from them anymore.

[Rodimus Prime1]

Buuble wrap, foam peanuts and Box.

Try a packaging/ shipping company.

Try Canada Post or Staples ( canad post has them but I'm sure they are the most $)

[JTCh]

Originally Posted by Rodimus Prime1

Buuble wrap, foam peanuts and Box.

Try a packaging/ shipping company.

Try Canada Post or Staples ( canad post has them but I'm sure they are the most $)

Cool, thanks!

[Chigimus]

If you want to source out smaller boxes, go visit a retail store like Best Buy, Staples, HMV, etc. When you get there, specifically ask for a warehouse/inventory associate or someone that can go into the back where the public is off-limits. Usually these companies will have a cardboard area where they stack boxes to be thrown out later in the week. The companies I mentioned above are good choices because you should be able to get smaller shipping boxes that originally contained console game releases, cell phone accessories, ink cartridges, etc.

As for packing material, as a fellow collector, hopefully you kept the packing peanuts and bubble wrap from items that you bought which were shipped to you (but then again, since you're asking for a source for boxes, maybe you trashed the packing materials too?) Alternatives would be clumps of newspaper and a massive collection of plastic bags; it's ghetto but it works.

[Pascal]

If that can help, within Canada, for anything under 90cm total (30x30x30 cm,15x15x60 cm, etc.), for a given destination, it's going to be the same price whether your parcel weighs 1 gram or 4.5 kilograms. So when getting shipping quotes, doesn't matter if your estimated weight is off by 100-200-500 grams, unless you're close to the limit.

[JTCh]

Originally Posted by Pascal

If that can help, within Canada, for anything under 90cm total (30x30x30 cm,15x15x60 cm, etc.), for a given destination, it's going to be the same price whether your parcel weighs 1 gram or 4.5 kilograms. So when getting shipping quotes, doesn't matter if your estimated weight is off by 100-200-500 grams, unless you're close to the limit.

Thank you sir! That is something I've been wondering about, whether there is a range because it seems like most of the package I've shipped in Canada is around $15-20. Do you know if that is the case with shipping to the states?

[JTCh]

Originally Posted by Chigimus

If you want to source out smaller boxes, go visit a retail store like Best Buy, Staples, HMV, etc. When you get there, specifically ask for a warehouse/inventory associate or someone that can go into the back where the public is off-limits. Usually these companies will have a cardboard area where they stack boxes to be thrown out later in the week. The companies I mentioned above are good choices because you should be able to get smaller shipping boxes that originally contained console game releases, cell phone accessories, ink cartridges, etc.

As for packing material, as a fellow collector, hopefully you kept the packing peanuts and bubble wrap from items that you bought which were shipped to you (but then again, since you're asking for a source for boxes, maybe you trashed the packing materials too?) Alternatives would be clumps of newspaper and a massive collection of plastic bags; it's ghetto but it works.

I've already used up all my packing material along with the boxes I had. But I've already sourced out some cardboard boxes, maybe i can get some packing material from them too.