I've yet to have one person say "No...I don't want free shipping. Here's an extra $30 so you can ship flat". And, honestly, I've never offered any seller the money for flat shipping either.

Not only is shipping flat ridiculously more expensive now, I've never had an issue with a 12x6x6 box while pennants shipped flat are routinely bent...even had, on more than one occasion, flat pennants folded and stuffed in my mailbox by a substitute letter carrier (my regular one knows better). It makes zero sense to ship flat unless you're going to use very durable cardboard, but many people don't because it pushes you into Priority...so I'm fine with loosely rolled.

I regularly receive pennants folded in a bubble mailer. I can't even begin to understand how anyone would think that's a good idea. Sometimes you get the "thoughful" seller who says "I made a point to not fold on the graphics."

A few years back, I received both a Houston Colts and New York Titans pennant shipped together in the same bubble mailer from a fairly well known sports auction house. Damaged the graphics on the Titans to the point the paint fell off. They offered to refund the shipping cost.

I don't really buy pennants off ebay. When I use an AH, I usually speak to the shipping department and ask for them to be gently rolled. The best way do this is to use part of a poster tube as the core and roll the pennant arount it. That gives some support but till allows the sender to use a small box.

This was my "favorite"....from Argentina.

They were the Senators, Mets and Expos pennants that I mentioned last week, seen here. Unfortunately, I’m out of town for a few days, so this is the only photo I can show you now. When I get back, I can post a better photo of each.

I had told the shipper that I was interested in any options to save a little bit of money on shipping, meaning that I didn’t need next day or priority and was fine if he shipped them and they took a week or two. He told me that he was offering a 20% discount on shipping this month so I thought it would be fine. I never thought in a million years that he wouldn’t ship them flat, and would roll them up like that in a Ziploc bag.

Unfortunately, this was a seller of general vintage memorabilia so maybe he doesn’t have a handle on treating baseball memorabilia with kid gloves.

I think they’ll be fine, with a little ironing.

I think so too….once I find the box that the iron is in after the move!

They should iron out nicely. Just be sure to place a cloth between the pennant and the iron to ensure you don't overheat the graphics.

Great tip! Thanks!

I’d suggest even with a cloth: don’t iron the front. The back can usually be ironed with direct contract, without cloth.