How to Ship Dishes or Plates without Breaking Them!
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Ship breakables with confidence after seeing the techniques I use to ship a box of dishes and plates from coast to coast without breaking them!
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Update: Dishes arrived safe from NY to CA!
Many years ago, I splurged and purchased a wooden, heavy-duty, 24-inch guillotine type paper cutter for a couple hundred dollars. I've been using it ever since to cut cardboard sheets to custom sizes for use when packaging. It's a real time saver, and makes nice clean and square cuts to the cardboard.
Thank you for this! I am a new seller on EBay and 90% of my items are glass collectable. Every time I pack an item, My Husband shakes his head and says " you are going overboard". I do everything you show on this video, including collecting boxes.!! showed this to my hubby! - No comment from him. LOL
Yesterday I shipped one stoneware plate that was a bit larger than average. I double bubbled it, put biodegradable peanuts in the void, then into a larger box with peanuts. The only thing I did differently was using foam board in the bottom of the box rather than cardboard. STILL I was worried about it!
Today I have 3 Christmas plates to ship and realized I should research before shipping multiples. You’ve given me confidence that yesterday’s pkg will arrive safely, and I have new info for today’s shipment. I’m a new eBay seller and appreciate this video so much!
Thank you so much! I recently had my first plate order, and I followed your directions step-by-step. The package arrived safely, and I received positive feedback with an emphasis on the care I took in packing/shipping. Thanks again!!!
Wow. I just picked up a fire king tulip bowl set at Yard sales this last weekend. About $200-$300. The packing was my biggest worry for shipping. And here your video is. You just saved my day and boosted my confidence. Thanks a bunch man. Keep up the great shares. Love your content!
Great packing! My post mistress said that things have to withstand a 20 foot drop. The University of Vermont engineering students used to have a competition where they devised a container in which to put an egg so that it would survive a 25 drop. I'm tempted to try it. Should it be a list challenge? 😊
Go for it! Lol 🍳
Several things...i sell lots of breakables and I haven't had a broken item in 20 years. Breakage is often caused by things banging around against each other, even with bubble wrap. I wrap up dishes with tissue, place a paper plate or a piece of small bubble wrap between each plate then wrap tightly with shrink wrap plastic so they don't move. Then I wrap the set of plates with half inch bubble wrap so all sides have at least two layers of bubbles on each side. Wrapping together also takes up less bubblewrap and less space. I also use lots of peanuts but heavy items will squish down the peanuts causing an increase in the voids during transport, causing increased movement. For these its better to use brown packing paper or newspaper in a pinch to fill the voids.
We all have our different techniques. There is no one way. Thanks for sharing yours. Viewers will use info from the video and comments to come up with their own style. These plates will not break.
Glad I saw you tonight on Kats live. I am the one that asked about calculating shipping. I am like Kat and live in Alabama on the Gulf coast. I know that cross country shipping is outrageous and all of you gave me great tips. Someone suggested your videos and I will be watching as much as I can absorb in a days run. Your educational content is phenomenal. Thanks for all you have done to help a newbie like me. Hopefully I will be up and running by the end of the week.
That's terrific. Thank you so much! Welcome to the Prime Time family!
Your the coolest down to earth Doctor ever
Lol you are too kind. Thank you!
Awesome video, I’m a visual learner and these types of videos are so much more helpful to me!! So thank you again!!
Thank you, Carla!
Great Show PTTH. Awesome Thanks For The Feature... You Rock!!👊
Thanks Pam!!
Thank you very much for your video
@@harvestyarns thanks for watching!
Love this lot, wish I could find some PotteryBarn Reindeer items, very nice. I do the extra cardboard bottom and Styrofoam too. Great tip on not taping the original paper, would not have thought that. I do the paper, small bubble, large bubble and even wrap a thin Styrofoam when I have it. Tip with peanuts, put them in shopping bags (Walmart, CVS, etc.), when packing around items, helps from them going all over when customer opens box. Great Video!!! 💜💜💜
Thanks Trish!!
Thanks for the tip on using plastic bags! I’m shipping three Christmas plates today, so I searched YT for advice on shipping. I’m learning a lot!
Shipping securely is so important because postal services are so swamped with packages stuff does get abused, thrown, stacked, squished , even kicked pretty much rough handling. So yeah extra packaging is extremely important. Thanks for demonstrating for us how to pack fragile items. It helps me gain confidence in shipping fragile items.
Thanks Dmarie!
My Costco always has bins full empty cardboard boxes near the exit. A nice variety of shapes and sizes. Every time I go grocery shopping I always grab a few bundles. Nice video 👍
Same here! I’ve actually shown me sourcing cardboard from Costco on my videos.
Very detailed
My fingers are crossed for you Dominic! I would have floated the PB box in an even larger big box, with at least 3" of filled void on all sides.
Yep, there’s always something more that can be done but I promise that this method has never failed me yet.
That's what I would do.
This is so helpful , I had 2 large kitchen ware orders that I was too nervous to pack myself, and just dropped them off at FedEx and UPS to pack and ship
Wonderful instructional video Dom! I hope everyone double boxes and do not learn the healed way as I sadly have in the past.
Hey Dom, good job. I've found for double box jobs if you have some gap between boxes like that a layer of medium bubble works the best instead of the enviro-peanuts. Every challenging pack job is different through. Keep up the good content! I love seeing how other people approach stuff like this.
Thanks! Certainly an option to use the bubble wrap too!
I just put paper in between boxes. Works great.
I've shipped plates before, but wanted to hear another opinion, as I have picked up 10 pristine gold encrusted Minton plates and was planning to sell all 10 in one sale. I smiled at the advice/instructions as the ideas were very similar to mine. I still feel skittish about shipping all 10 in 1 box. It would be quite heavy & the box quite large. I enjoyed the video. It was well done & showed your experience.
Definitely be sure to double box it! Thanks for watching
Thanks great information. I have great record shipping fragile items but hadnt done plates yet.
Thanks for this video. I always watch the shipping videos as I'm always trying to learn the safest way to ship items.
You’re the man, man! Great bonus tip!
You're the Man!! Thanks for helping us be better!!! 😎👍
Thanks Tim! I appreciate it!
P.S. Just won 2 Bone China lots from an estate sale last night. Looks like I'll be playing / pausing your vid on reruns, shortly 😎
I LOVE the shake test!!!
Yes, it works great! Thanks!
I reinforce the bottom of the box with an extra piece of cardboard but securing it with tape is a level up! Really nice job on this sale and excellent packing technique! I’ve used those biodegradable peanuts and they are really nice! My kid put one in his mouth once so yeah…they dissolve LOL
LOL. thanks Nadia. Yeah, this way the cardboard does not slip around. I bet those peanuts don't taste nearly as good as cheese doodles lol
Another great video Dom! Thank you so much for sharing your shipping tips. 😃
Thanks Tristina!!
I have those appetizer plates.
Small world!
This pops up as I am feeling anxious about shipping a plate, thank you.
I must remember the box in box! Ty!
It’s the best
Thank you for preaching on prices. I see so many items with positive sold ratios and price erosion. We are killing ourselves. And so many UA-camrs are preaching beating the other guy with no caveat for high demand items.
My pleasure! Thanks for sticking to the end!
Good video, big guy! 😊
Thanks Nance!
Very nice step by step video!! Bravo 👏🏼👏🏼💖💖 only extra thing I do is layer peanuts at the bottom of the second box ✅
Thanks Esme! You the best! Your ceramic container arrived perfectly!
@@PrimeTimeTreasureHunter oh yes, I remember you bought it!! 🥳💥💯
I love this video! I have shipped single plates without much worry, but I’m always afraid to ship more than one. Maybe I’ll have to try it!
Thanks Kim!!
thank you so much for the shipping tips soooo helpful
Thanks for watching!
Shipped 12 plates, 2 of them broke... Came here and I will definitely learn from my mistakes.
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Great video! No shaky - no breaky 😃
Wow, I didnt realize they were worth so much. My parents still use those same plates every Christmas dinner. Not selling but good to know.
Nicely done Sir. A tip for one and all. Your local Auto parts store, trashes 99% of their boxes. Many of them are ideal for smaller items like a coffee mug or a ball cap at 6"x6"x6" Obviously the pones with printed information are no good to resellers, but if the printing is limited to one side, guess where your shipping label goes?
Thanks Steve! Nice tip!
Thx for the tips!
Thanks for watching!
Awesome packaging job 👏 🥇🥇
Thank you 🤗
Best shipping video
Thank you!
Nice, I'm a few minutes in as you taped up the box, and wondering what tape dispenser and brands of tape you or any other viewers would recommend. I've been using cheap Dollar General tape for too long and the few seconds at a time either running out or having the tape slip and get stuck to itself is adding up to lots of lost productivity.
Hi. I have links to the tape and dispenser I use in the description section.
@@PrimeTimeTreasureHunter Get yourself a WET TAPE machine and use the reinforced tape it will change the way you ship and pack. IMHO
Number 1! Yeah, been putting of shipping a ceramic cake pedestal and top. No box.
I shipped a Pedestal cake plate and cut the shape of the plate out of 4 pieces of foam that were the size of the box. It arrived safely 🙏🏼
Here’s your chance!
very thorough!
Thanks!
Great shipping video thanks
Thanks!!
Great video. I learned a lot from it. Thanks
Mrs Prime Time found great breakables
She rocks!
Great packing tips! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
The moving companies say to pack them vertically, like in a dishwasher. Why?
Thank you, I have plates I need to list.
You missed the opportunity to play Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer 🤣 🥁 🍽
Lol next time!
Wait, wait, wait. So a padded flat rate envelope isn’t appropriate?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Awesome thanks for sharing
I completely agree on the wrapping of the plates themselves but as someone who values vintage items and the packages they come in I wouldn’t have put tape on the original box. There’s ways of reinforcing it without taping directly on it. Or at the least disclose in the listing you will be adding tape to the original box. If the picture shows the box without tape then you add it after, no bueno. Keep up the good content though!
I see your point. Normally I would disclose that in the listing but I didn’t realize the state of the bottom of the box until Mrs PT gave it to me. Also, We showed the top part of the box in the pictures but not the bottom. The top of the box already had a bunch of wear to it and the real selling point of this set is the plates themselves so I’d really be surprised if there was an issue. How else would you reinforce the bottom?.
Economy shipping, thank you! 📦📦📦
Exactly
You pack well. I keep in mind that the box will be thrown against a wall and have a coffee dumped on it. If it passes that test, then good to go.
Lol I completely agree
I hate getting packages with tons of tape. I hate tape.
Yes, but you know what you will hate more? Broken dishes.
I hate tape too.
Instead of taping, grab the Elmer's glue to glue down the bottom peice of cardboard....adds strength too
Nah. Tape is faster and easier and it has not failed me yet
Nice video! Great info!
People complain about peanuts, regardless if they are the ones that are easier on the environment, because they make a mess 😢. Great video 👍❤️
Yes but they really do a great job of protecting that item.
@@PrimeTimeTreasureHunter I totally agree and I love using them but have gotten complaints because people hate the mess they cause and having to pick them up. Thanks 😊
@@janehouck1906 I haven’t had any complaints yet but don’t doubt it at all. Lots of ppl hate them. But I would just tell them, you’d really be mad at me if your item broke lol
@@PrimeTimeTreasureHunter 🤗
Use the regional stores to your advantage. They may sell it cheaper than ebay but not everyone has access to them. You don't have to be the cheapest price on a ebay as well. If you have an account people can trust and specialize in specifical categories people will gladly pay a little more.
Great video! How would you recommend prepping a breakable for sending into Amazon where it will be unpacked from the box you sent it in and sent back out to the customer?
Thanks! Same method. You can’t control how others repack things
@@PrimeTimeTreasureHunter Awesome :) Say this item comes in a set and the buyer wants their items to come in the original box that was sent to me by the vendor in which I bought it from. Would I take each item out of the box and prep them up or could I just wrap the box up?
@@dnunn9475 I would make sure the original box had appropriate cushioning and void fill inside so nothing moves inside and the put that box in another box, making sure it can’t move around inside.
How would you package a 2 piece glass cake/pie plate on a pedestal with a glass dome with glass knob on top?
Careful lol. May need separate boxes or one big box with divided components.
Thank you for your prompt reply!! Both suggestions are really great!!
@@joannehorak9705 thanks! Be sure to subscribe
Do you write fragile on box
No but I have FedEx put on fragile stickers. USPS charges $10 for those and they seem to target anything identified as fragile for destruction so I just rely on the packaging.
Will the buyer be upset that you put tape on the Pottery Barn box? I always double box breakables but still, I can get breaks once in a while. Great video as usual!
I doubt it. The box already had significant wear on it and was evident in the pictures. We did not show the bottom part of the box in the pics and most people really don’t care what the bottom part of a box looks like since it’s sitting on the floor and not visible. She’s going to be more upset if she receives broken plates
Will scrunched up newspaper work for void spaces instead of peanuts? Peanuts are very expensive to get here but I can get free newspaper. Thought, anyone?
Yes. That will work.
I wouldn't tape an original box. Maybe shrink wrap
Usually, I agree, unless it’s reasonable to believe that the person would not care about the box
@@PrimeTimeTreasureHunterPoint is you can't know that. I would want the box
@@dennisferguson9129 sometimes you can. In this case, I was right.
@@PrimeTimeTreasureHunter next time you might not be
@@dennisferguson9129 that’s why I’m very careful. Never had a problem
Ah yes, a box within a box.
It really helps
I'd have never thought to tape the original box! Thank you!
My pleasure!
The only thing I wouldn't do is tape the original box. I post pictures when I have the original box and don't want any changes to the box. I cardboard the heck out of every side of the original box, but do not tape it. I also put it in another box.
Taping the pottery barn box is a no no for a collector. You just devalued the set 20%.
You are pretty funny 🤣🤣🤣
@@PrimeTimeTreasureHunter perhaps you should look it up before looking foolish. Glue is acceptable for minor repairs if done without noticing. Using tape moves a collectible from mint in box to you just screwed the pooch. Yes there are pottery barn collectors who would not be happy campers. I won't be helping you again. You're green in collectibles and antique.
Why wouldn’t you just put the original box inside another string box that’s just a little bigger rather than taping up the original box and ruining its integrity ?
The box integrity was already ruined. What I did helped strengthen it. The original box was put in another box but without securing the bottom the plates could fall through when trying to lift that box out.
It can be done without taping it too.
@@vaderladyl what would you do?
@@PrimeTimeTreasureHunter What you do is perfectly fine and I actually had done it your way on occasion, but I am also reassuring these people that it can be done like they suggest too, as I had tried that as well and both ways worked fine for me in the past.
I had customers asking me not to put any kind of tape on the original box whatsoever.
@@vaderladyl ok thank you
How do you wrap them. I don't care about your reindeer.
Like I’m going to answer you now? Give me a break lol
I know that big box from somewhere
Lol told ya!
Just take a heavy piece of cardboard and put it in the bottom of the box ??
If the original box was a selling feature, wouldn't want to receive it taped all over .
Gotta be a better way .
Nope. The main selling point is the dishes. Ppl just want the box for storage convenience. They are not going to care about the bottom of it. And they are also not going to want to find themselves in a situation where they remove an untaped sagging box that results in the dishes falling out when trying to lift the box out. Most importantly, the plates need to get there unbroken.
You can just put it in without taping it, actually. Works too.
@@vaderladyl You can but it’s just not going to be as secure.
I would never tape an original box. Collector ain't agonna like that
"Pirate Ship to ship it Fedex" is not really a thing...
Lol that’s right…Slip of the tongue, they just made a deal with UPS though and you can get the FedEx discount on eBay.
why is it every youtube video takes 5 minutes to get to the point
It's just one part of the video. It's pretty easy to use a fast forward button.
This guy has no idea what he's talking about. His stuff would break left and right.
Actually, you have no clue what you are talking about. Just go check my eBay feedback which is 100% positive including on ALL breakable and fragile items. And go watch my vids on how to ship glasses without them breaking because the person who received those items mentioned in the comments how she received them in perfect shape. So, get some facts before typing stupid comments.