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144 posts tagged delivery
Delivering sarees: courier, local or collection
Light, foldable and almost ideal to post — as long as the monsoon is accounted for.
Delivering comics: courier, local or collection
Light individually, heavy in runs, and ruined by damp whichever way they travel.
Delivering coins and notes: courier, local or collection
Heavy for their size, valuable for their weight, and best sent quietly.
Delivering trading cards: courier, local or collection
The lightest thing you will ever post, and the one where rate rules matter most.
Delivering jewellery and watches: courier, local or collection
Small and valuable, which makes this the one category where the method is a security decision.
Delivering sneakers: courier, local or collection
Light, boxed and robust — the easiest category on the site to post, with one exception.
Packing and posting food and drink
Ask the courier first. Then seal it twice and assume the parcel will be hot.
Packing and posting beauty products
Everything liquid leaks, and an Indian summer finishes the job. Bag it, then bag it again.
Packing and posting baby and child items
Clean and completely dry, every part listed, and the manual in the box.
Packing and posting an estate lot
A lot is heavy, mixed and fragile in one place. Pack it as several parcels in one box.
Packing and posting furniture and homeware
Small things pack like any fragile object. Big things are a delivery decision, not a packing one.
Packing and posting collectibles
Work out how your own object breaks, then pack against that. It is the whole method.
Packing and posting art
Take it out of the frame if you can, never fold what was not folded, and protect the corners.
Packing and posting minerals and crystals
Heavy, and it breaks at the points. Wrap the terminations before you wrap anything else.
Packing and posting outdoor gear
Dry first, compress second, and never post anything that was put away damp.
Packing and posting sports memorabilia
Do not post glass. Keep padding off ink. Fold shirts along folds that already exist.
Packing and posting manga and figures
Spines break when books slide. Figures break at whatever sticks out.
Packing and posting sporting goods
Length costs money and weight costs more. Find out what your courier charges before you promise.
Packing and posting womenswear
Damp ruins cloth and beadwork catches on everything. Tissue and a sealed bag fix both.
Packing and posting menswear
Clothing survives almost anything except damp. One plastic bag is the whole defence.
Packing and posting toys and boxed collectibles
Never post a boxed collectible in its own box. That sentence is the whole guide.
Packing and posting handicrafts
Edges, points and rims. Everything fired, carved or lacquered breaks where it sticks out.
Packing and posting electronics
Batteries are a delivery question, not a packing question. Settle it before you promise a price.
Packing and posting antiques
Some of this should not be posted at all, and saying so is the professional answer.
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