Hey, pennant guys

[Fballguy]

I just picked up a lot of about 150 pennants. They were actually the product of 15 different auctions. The combined shipping charge on these is $58...vs the $12.95 each for the individual auctions. Seems kind of high but never rec;d or shipped that many pennants before. What do you think?

Also, does anyone know of a lighter yet more durable substitute for cardboard to use when shipping pennants? I rec'd a pennant a while back that was shipping in a hard white, yet very light type of "cardboard". Not sure what that's called but would like to find it and price it out.

Thanks!

[ooo-ribay]

150 pennants will be a sizeable box with some weight to it. Even with that, I doubt it will even cost half of $58, in reality. That said, it works out to less than 40 cents a pennant, so that's hard to beat.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

I just picked up a lot of about 150 pennants. They were actually the product of 15 different auctions. The combined shipping charge on these is $58...vs the $12.95 each for the individual auctions. Seems kind of high but never rec;d or shipped that many pennants before. What do you think?

Also, does anyone know of a lighter yet more durable substitute for cardboard to use when shipping pennants? I rec'd a pennant a while back that was shipping in a hard white, yet very light type of "cardboard". Not sure what that's called but would like to find it and price it out.

Thanks!

I don't think you can expect to ship that many pennants for a whole lot less than that. It is not cheap anymore to ship a larger item. $12.95 is a lot for one pennant, but I would be just fine with $58 total. I send all mine flat by combining 2 Priority boxes together, but that's not cheap anymore either. Everyone wants their item to arrive in mint condition, but only wants to pay $3-4 for it and will complain either way. I ship everything Priority Mail and oftentimes lose money on shipping. Packaging supplies are not cheap either if you try to go first class. Good luck either way.

[smellthegum]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

I rec'd a pennant a while back that was shipping in a hard white, yet very light type of "cardboard". Not sure what that's called but would like to find it and price it out.

Thanks!

Sounds like it could be foamcore which is not cheap. For full-sized pennants you're probably looking at about $3 per sheet. You can find it at craft stores like Michaels, office supply or art supply stores.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by smellthegum

Sounds like it could be foamcore which is not cheap. For full-sized pennants you're probably looking at about $3 per sheet. You can find it at craft stores like Michaels, office supply or art supply stores.

Agree... I thought the same (foam core) as soon as I read that. It is a nice alternative to cardboard, but it will cost you. That much foam core will cost as much or more than the shipping itself.

I bet that whoever sent it to you that way already had the foam core lying around, as opposed to purchasing it just for that purpose.