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Old 05-05-2023, 09:55 AM
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Default How you package kits you just sold

Amigos!

I am looking to sell some of my kits from my collection in the near future. But I am located in Puerto Rico and I am not sure if using USPS will be cost effective in terms of shipping costs to the mainland. So I am reaching out to my compadres on the forum to see how they pack and ship their kits to their customers. I want the kits to arrive well at their destinations after the sale.

Also tell me how you calculate the shipping.

Thanks for your input.

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Old 05-05-2023, 12:40 PM
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I rarely sell except for a time about 7 years ago when I was thinning my herd of doubles, and kits that were just to valuable to build. I always shipped USPS, wrapped/padded the kits with a lot of newspaper then boxed them. Never any damage.
If you want boot-prints on packages and plenty of random damage/mayhem, go with UPS.
I always guesstimated shipping higher than it would possibly cost, never below $10 even back then.

I have a cousin that worked for UPS while in college back in the 90's.
He said they would DELIBERATELY Boot -Print packages to make them LOOK damaged.
Needless to sayyyyyy, I found this hilarious !
Yuk, yuk, yukkity, yukk, yukk !
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