Shipping on B/S/T Priority or fist class ?

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@crammitfrog

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Do you guys re-use the priority boxes you receive by wrapping them in paper? Also, can anyone recommend where to get some boxes for free or cheap that are good for shipping yo-yos.

Good question crammitfrog.  If you wrap those priority boxes, and don’t do a good job, the post office likely will notice and reject it.  If you wrap it, you’d have to wrap it so good that it’s undetectable.  With the red, blue and “priority” and USPS logos all over that box, it is difficult to disguise.  The only way I could see doing it, would be to take a brown paper bag, and tape a layer over the box.  That will work on a small box, but probably not as well on their larger boxes.  I think there’s nothing wrong with trying to recycle a used Priority box in that way.  The only wrong thing would be using a new box to wrap over.

I use Uline.com for boxes.  I buy the 5" square boxes, perfect for yo-yos.  I keep a roll of packing tape around at all times.  I mail a yo-yo out for $3.65, including tracking.  No way would I pay $6 just so I can use their box, and then their small box is flat and rectangular, so I have to disassemble the yo-yo first.   

I wrote up something here, you may want to check it out:

A Guide to Packing, and (domestic) Shipping BST Yo-Yos - Unrelated Discussion - YoYoExpert

What an informative thread  Thank you so much for showing me, I’m surprised I’ve never seen it before!

No problem, a lot of stuff in “unrelated” gets buried lol.  But, when this subject comes up, I always like to have something thorough to link to.  Glad it helped.