Thrifty/Recycled Padded Envelopes
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40248)
United States
January 22, 2021 2:31pm CST
Hey all,
Recently I've been selling a bit online - odds and ends, my own hand painted jewelry and so on.... and have needed padded envelopes. While I don't consider myself a "business" it is good for anyone , selling anything, to note that whatever costs you have in getting the item(s) to your buyer, be that gas, postage, packing materials, etc - should be subtracted from the amount the item sold for. This should help you in your pricing of said items.
Truly it can be a case of a penny saved, = a penny earned.
So I found this hack for making my own padded envelopes.
Buy a pack of the "manila mailing envelopes" - typically around $1 for 6 envelopes.
Save whatever padded "bubble" mailers you get your orders in.
Cut "Bubble mailer" to either the size of your envelope, or size of your items.
Stuff bubble mailer inside of manila envelope.
Much cheaper than buying new bubble mailers AND better for the environment since you are re-using.
Photo: Mine
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@MALUSE (69416)
• Germany
22 Jan 21
Good idea! I save all old envelopes which look as if they can be used again.
I was a teacher and had a good relationship with the school secretary. She saved all good envelopes for me. Occasionally, I gave her a box of chocolates. So everyone was happy.
Try to find a secretary, it doesn't have to be someone working at a school.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 21
That's a good idea and thanks for the head's up. I'm sure your secretary enjoyed the chocolates too :-)
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@MarshaMusselman (38616)
• Midland, Michigan
22 Jan 21
Good idea not that I mail anything out at present but we do get bubble wraps of various types. They could be saved in a bin if they were needed for such purposes.
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@MarshaMusselman (38616)
• Midland, Michigan
30 Jan 21
@FayeHazel I've saved boxes that things come in just in case I'll want one sometime but now I'm working on eliminating them because they take up to much space. Plus if I never get them out it will be my kids that do it when we're gone and I'm trying to be more proactive with that.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
3 Feb 21
@MarshaMusselman Oh boxes yes, useful to have but space hogs!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 21
Oh yeah, saved up for just incase when you want to mail something
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@snowy22315 (169653)
• United States
22 Jan 21
Good idea, I try to reuse and recycle that stuff too where I can.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 21
That's a good all around thing to do
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 21
Thanks, yeah - good all the way around
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 21
True. Sometimes Ebay's postage price adjuster tool is just so very off
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 21
Yeah - because you are putting the used one inside of a "clean" new one....
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@xander6464 (40828)
• Wapello, Iowa
23 Jan 21
Ah, so that's how you ship your slogans and jingles. You're saving so much money, are you sure you can't work for free?
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@xander6464 (40828)
• Wapello, Iowa
29 Jan 21
@FayeHazel They are very fragile. I break them all the time.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 21
@xander6464 Is there any use for broken ones?
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 21
Yes, slogans and jingles need to be well padded and wrapped don't cha know? lol.
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@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
29 Jan 21
Thats an awesome Idea! Thanks for sharing
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
29 Jan 21
@FayeHazel He was chairman of the special education and reading departments. He taught special ed, but mostly lectured.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 21
@DianneN Oh wow, what a specialized position. Must have been rewarding. Did he like it?
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 21
Thanks! It works out well. What did hubby teach?
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
29 Jan 21
I really like this idea. Way to go. And by the way, you may not consider yourself a "business," but costing your items to include all of the associated costs, and not just thinking of a markup...
Is simply good business and great business sense.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
29 Jan 21
Thanks! Good for my pocket and the environment. I picked up on this way of thinking from my dad, he was good at business :-)
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
30 Jan 21
@FayeHazel A good trait to have for sure.
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