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RE: Recycling Shipping Materials Save Me TONS Of Money & Helps The Environment!
Nice, I am always on the lookout for supplies but I have still purchased much more than you - well done man!
I don't know if you know but eBay still gives people with stores a $25 coupon every quarter. They just don't email it out anymore. Go here for yours: https://www.sd.ebay.com/subscriberdiscounts/viewOffer/Q3Basic2018
Another tip that I use is from the grocery store. Paper bags make perfect shipment wrapping for items in their original boxes, or just to wrap up a box.
And plastic bags? Those make great filler for the empty space in boxes and they are lightweight!
Here is a little glimpse of my crazy box and shipping supply dump, lol.
Music to my ears and a sight for sore eyes.
I've used the quarterly $25 promo for a while to get those padded mailers, but didn't see the last email (perhaps to your point). Thanks for letting me know.
Right on about the plastic/paper bags. I do use that trick often (balled up recycled printer paper also works). I bet customers are like WTF when they open our packages, but they they often write positive reviews about how well packaged their item was to keep me doing it.
I live in a single apartment, so I have to stay lean on shipping material stock. I wish I could pile up like that so it's easy to go out the door, but outside of USPS Priority supplies, I work on a just in time cycle.
Sounds like we're both on the right track here.
Do you use a lot of USPS regional rate A and B boxes? I use a decent amount of them, but I guess it depends on where you are in the country.
Never used any regional boxes. I figure that they're probably cost effective in some capacity, but I usually just use their flat rate padded mailers, envelopes, and boxes, as well as their shoe box as needed. I'll probably take a look into them since I might be missing out on some savings.
You can donate cardboard boxes/ mailers/ bubble wrap/ packing peanuts on https://boxgiver.com/.