How to pack for sending

After a recent incident I recommend insuring anything you post.

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I ship pots every day. I have found that double boxing is a good answer.
The pot should be wrapped with newspaper, and cushions of newspaper set around the pottery in the box. That box should be put into another box that is cushioned with more bundles of newspaper.
I have found that using plastic peanuts have not worked well for me. They move during shipment.
Never put more than one pot in a box. vibration during shipment will cause them to get together for a bit of trouble.
There are plastic foam machines out there, but they are way too expensive for me. They do work, however.
The tape around the box is important. The box must not be able to deform during shipment. I use a stapler to strengthen the boxes, but if you only are shipping a few pots, it will probably be too great an expense.

Good luck!

I don't ship every day, but every couple of days or at the least every one or two weeks. I've had 0 items break. I feel the insurance isn't worth it if you pack well, even if you loose an item here or there because it adds up and if you calculate it out it's better to just eat the cost of a damaged item once in a blue moon. Unless the item is large and much more expensive. I guess you would have to look at your own stuff and figure that out. I insure very few select items, but most things I do not.

USPS insures $50 for free. Like I said, nothing ever damaged but they lost one once. I got the money back in days.

I agree with Bill, peanuts are NOT the way to go. Ive had things come to me in peanuts and they move like Bill said. I had one come to me broken in peanuts and I was amazed others were not.

I bubble with about an inch around smaller items and much more around larger items. I use the medium sized bubble. The small bubble doesn't have as much cushion. I fill the void space with thick heavy duty crumpled butcher paper under and around or for items that seem more fragile I use foam, sometimes even taping it to the bubbled piece. The paper does not move. I use 200lb crush boxes for smaller boxes and 275lb crush boxes for larger boxes.

I DO ship multiple items often. Make sure there is enough bubble around each and room for crumpled paper and it shouldnt be a problem. I ship 4 items together regularly and have done 6 or 8 things together.

The bubble and thicker boxes does get a little expensive. I add that cost to the buyers shipping.

occasionally I drop off a package at the post office after closing hours. The only thing to do is drop it in that big blue bin they have. It goes "thud" on the bottom because it is usually empty at closing time. So I basically dropped it on the floor and it still did not break.

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