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Jul 2019
12:00pm, 16 Jul 2019
22,393 posts
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fetcheveryone
Ideally, as each shirt comes off the production line, it'll get folded up and slotted into a "whatever", and then they box up all the shirts and send them to me. I will put the address on the outside, seal it up, and post it.
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Jul 2019
12:08pm, 16 Jul 2019
3,450 posts
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run free
Fetch - have managed to get a number of organisations to purchase boxes of t-shirts - unwrapped - small marathons and large marathons. IF you are open to this, ask the manufacturer to simply use zero packaging and send you a box of shirts. The box can be divided using tracing paper/baking paper/normal paper for your different sizes.
For your delivery - Can you give out those t-shirts to those who have ordered at your regular events, and those who want it mailed - can you use used packaging? I have loads from a company that used to send me regular posts that would suit your needs. This means no new packaging was created.
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Jul 2019
12:13pm, 16 Jul 2019
3,451 posts
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run free
I would be happy to send you them. They are large A3 paper envelopes lined with plastic bubble wrap. I kept them over several years and finally got the company to digitise!!!
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Jul 2019
12:21pm, 16 Jul 2019
22,394 posts
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fetcheveryone
Thanks rf, I'll have a think about that. I think the amount I could hand out would be relatively small, so whatever packaging I look at needs to be postal-savvy. I need to be sure that using the larger packets would not push my posting costs up into the next bracket, which would potentially add over £100 to costs.
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Jul 2019
12:25pm, 16 Jul 2019
10,377 posts
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MazH
any scope for Ron Hill specials to mail to pre-ordered customers direct?
and send you a stock of zero packaging for surplus at home stock?
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Jul 2019
12:25pm, 16 Jul 2019
10,378 posts
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MazH
reducing the carbon footprint per item too
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Jul 2019
12:29pm, 16 Jul 2019
22,395 posts
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fetcheveryone
I've looked at the A3 envelopes, and they push us up from the usual large letter cost (£1.50/item) up to small parcel cost (£3.50/item). So I don't think that would work without inflating the prices of the shirts, sorry.
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Jul 2019
12:50pm, 16 Jul 2019
20,371 posts
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Meglet
If the company are slotting them into something, could that something be used a postal packaging? If it's a cardboard sleeve it would be easy to put the address on one side.
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Jul 2019
12:53pm, 16 Jul 2019
22,396 posts
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fetcheveryone
That's what I'm asking for.
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Jul 2019
1:28pm, 16 Jul 2019
374 posts
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Turtlemama
What about basic non-jiffy A3 envelopes? I've posted small items of clothing like that before. Yu could probably fold most tech shirts into an A4 actually, except the extra thickness may push it into small parcel territory again.
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